It is one of the four federal technology universities established with the sole purpose of advancing science-based research.
The university's name was changed to Modibbo Adama University of Technology,(MAUTECH) Yola in 2011 with the approval of the then- current President and Commander in Chief, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, and it became effective on October 1 of that year.
[6] supposedly named after Modibbo Adama Ibn Hassan(1809-1847), a great scholar, an erudite educationist, an outstanding leader and the founder of the Fombina Kingdom (The Present Adamawa Emirate).
Subsequently, President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the Modibbo Adama University Yola establishment bill on 6 January 2021.
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It began providing services to the university community from its temporary building in April 1983.