Ahmadu Bello University is a federal government research university is located in Samaru, a suburb of Zaria in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Samaru is situated on latitude 112o 12″ N and longitude 07o 37″ E, at an altitude of 550-700 meters. It is about 13km from Zaria-city on the Sokoto road, 8km to Shika and 7km from Bassawa.