The university is located in Wudil, Kano state.

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso proposed establishing the university during his first tenure.

[4] The university was renamed to Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, in 2022 by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

[5] The University Library was established in 2001 with the objectives of supporting teaching, learning and research activities of the university through systematic acquisition and organization of modern information resource in all field of study patent to the goal of the university.

[8] This article on a Nigerian institution of higher education is a stub.