Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano

Northwest University (formerly Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano) is a Nigerian public university owned by the Kano State Government. It has two campuses: City Campus located in Kano City, and the main campus located along General Buhari Way, Kofar Ruwa.

In 2017, the university initially renamed Yusuf Maitama Sule University as a tribute to Maitama Sule, the influential 20th-century Kano politician, was later renamed back to its original name, Northwest University, Kano.