UNIMAID Job Recruitment 2026: positions and portal

University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, has opened job recruitment for 284 positions across 93 departments. The university is inviting suitably qualified candidates to apply for academic and non-academic roles before the closing date.

The vacancies cover several teaching posts and support roles; applicants are expected to check the stated requirements for each position and complete the process through the official portal.

UNIMAID academic positions

The academic vacancies are grouped by rank.

Graduate Assistant positions

• Graduate Assistant
• Graduate Assistant (Accounting)
• Graduate Assistant (Agric Extension)
• Graduate Assistant (Animal Science)
• Graduate Assistant (Arabic Studies)
• Graduate Assistant (Arts Education)
• Graduate Assistant (Banking and Finance)
• Graduate Assistant (Biochemistry)
• Graduate Assistant (Biology)
• Graduate Assistant (Biotechnology)
• Graduate Assistant (Botany)
• Graduate Assistant (Computer Science)
• Graduate Assistant (Continuing Education and Extension Service)
• Graduate Assistant (Crop Protection)
• Graduate Assistant (Economics)
• Graduate Assistant (Geology)
• Graduate Assistant (History and Strategic Studies)
• Graduate Assistant (Islamic Studies)
• Graduate Assistant (Journalism)
• Graduate Assistant (Languages and Linguistics)
• Graduate Assistant (Library and Information Science)
• Graduate Assistant (Marketing)
• Graduate Assistant (Mathematics)
• Graduate Assistant (Mass Communication)
• Graduate Assistant (Microbiology)
• Graduate Assistant (Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Graduate Assistant (Petroleum Chemistry)
• Graduate Assistant (Physical and Health Education)
• Graduate Assistant (Physics)
• Graduate Assistant (Political Science)
• Graduate Assistant (Public Administration)
• Graduate Assistant (Science Education)
• Graduate Assistant (Social Science Education)
• Graduate Assistant (Soil Science)
• Graduate Assistant (Sociology and Anthropology)
• Graduate Assistant (Statistics)
• Graduate Assistant (Urban and Regional Planning)
• Graduate Assistant (Zoology)

Assistant Lecturer positions

• Assistant Lecturer
• Assistant Lecturer (Accounting)
• Assistant Lecturer (Agric Economics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Agric Extension)
• Assistant Lecturer (Agricultural & Environmental Resources Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (Animal Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Arabic Studies)
• Assistant Lecturer (Arts Education)
• Assistant Lecturer (Banking and Finance)
• Assistant Lecturer (Biochemistry)
• Assistant Lecturer (Biology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Biotechnology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Botany)
• Assistant Lecturer (Broadcasting)
• Assistant Lecturer (Building)
• Assistant Lecturer (Chemical Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (Civil and Water Resources Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (Computer Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (Computer Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Continuing Education and Extension Service)
• Assistant Lecturer (Crop Protection)
• Assistant Lecturer (Economics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (English and Literary Studies – Literature in English)
• Assistant Lecturer (Food Science Technology)
• Assistant Lecturer (General Studies)
• Assistant Lecturer (Geology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Geomatics / Survey)
• Assistant Lecturer (History and Strategic Studies)
• Assistant Lecturer (Human Anatomy)
• Assistant Lecturer (Human Physiology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Industrial Design)
• Assistant Lecturer (Islamic Studies)
• Assistant Lecturer (Journalism)
• Assistant Lecturer (Languages and Linguistics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Library and Information Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Mass Communication)
• Assistant Lecturer (Mathematics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Medical Laboratory Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Medical Rehabilitation – Physiotherapy)
• Assistant Lecturer (Microbiology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Nursing Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Petroleum and Gas Engineering)
• Assistant Lecturer (Petroleum Chemistry)
• Assistant Lecturer (Pharmacognosy)
• Assistant Lecturer (Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Physical and Health Education)
• Assistant Lecturer (Physics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Political Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Private Law)
• Assistant Lecturer (Public Administration)
• Assistant Lecturer (Public Law)
• Assistant Lecturer (Radiography)
• Assistant Lecturer (Science Education)
• Assistant Lecturer (Sharia Law)
• Assistant Lecturer (Social Science Education)
• Assistant Lecturer (Soil Science)
• Assistant Lecturer (Sociology and Anthropology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Statistics)
• Assistant Lecturer (Urban and Regional Planning)
• Assistant Lecturer (Veterinary Microbiology)
• Assistant Lecturer (Zoology)

Lecturer II positions

• Lecturer II
• Lecturer II (Accounting)
• Lecturer II (Agricultural & Environmental Resources Engineering)
• Lecturer II (Anaesthesia)
• Lecturer II (Arabic Studies)
• Lecturer II (Architecture)
• Lecturer II (Banking and Finance)
• Lecturer II (Biochemistry)
• Lecturer II (Biology)
• Lecturer II (Biotechnology)
• Lecturer II (Botany)
• Lecturer II (Broadcasting)
• Lecturer II (Building)
• Lecturer II (Business Administration)
• Lecturer II (Chemical Engineering)
• Lecturer II (Chemical Pathology)
• Lecturer II (Child Dental Health)
• Lecturer II (Civil and Water Resources Engineering)
• Lecturer II (Community Medicine)
• Lecturer II (Computer Engineering)
• Lecturer II (Computer Science)
• Lecturer II (Continuing Education and Extension Service)
• Lecturer II (Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT))
• Lecturer II (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
• Lecturer II (English and Literary Studies – Literature in English)
• Lecturer II (Food Science Technology)
• Lecturer II (General Studies)
• Lecturer II (Geography)
• Lecturer II (Geology)
• Lecturer II (Human Anatomy)
• Lecturer II (Human Physiology)
• Lecturer II (Islamic Studies)
• Lecturer II (Languages and Linguistics)
• Lecturer II (Library and Information Science)
• Lecturer II (Marketing)
• Lecturer II (Mathematics)
• Lecturer II (Medical Microbiology)
• Lecturer II (Medical Rehabilitation – Physiotherapy)
• Lecturer II (Medicine)
• Lecturer II (Mental Health)
• Lecturer II (Microbiology)
• Lecturer II (Nursing Science)
• Lecturer II (Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Lecturer II (Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G))
• Lecturer II (Ophthalmology)
• Lecturer II (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
• Lecturer II (Orthopaedics)
• Lecturer II (Paediatrics)
• Lecturer II (Petroleum and Gas Engineering)
• Lecturer II (Petroleum Chemistry)
• Lecturer II (Pharmacognosy)
• Lecturer II (Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology)
• Lecturer II (Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology)
• Lecturer II (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
• Lecturer II (Physical and Health Education)
• Lecturer II (Physics)
• Lecturer II (Political Science)
• Lecturer II (Private Law)
• Lecturer II (Public Administration)
• Lecturer II (Public Law)
• Lecturer II (Radiography)
• Lecturer II (Radiology)
• Lecturer II (Restorative Dentistry)
• Lecturer II (Science Education)
• Lecturer II (Sharia Law)
• Lecturer II (Social Science Education)
• Lecturer II (Sociology and Anthropology)
• Lecturer II (Statistics)
• Lecturer II (Surgery)
• Lecturer II (Veterinary Microbiology)
• Lecturer II (Zoology)

Lecturer I positions

• Lecturer I
• Lecturer I (Agric Economics)
• Lecturer I (Agricultural & Environmental Resources Engineering)
• Lecturer I (Anaesthesia)
• Lecturer I (Broadcasting)
• Lecturer I (Chemical Engineering)
• Lecturer I (Chemical Pathology)
• Lecturer I (Child Dental Health)
• Lecturer I (Civil and Water Resources Engineering)
• Lecturer I (Community Medicine)
• Lecturer I (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
• Lecturer I (English and Literary Studies (Literature in English))
• Lecturer I (Food Science Technology)
• Lecturer I (General Studies)
• Lecturer I (Haematology)
• Lecturer I (Human Physiology)
• Lecturer I (Islamic Studies)
• Lecturer I (Journalism)
• Lecturer I (Languages and Linguistics)
• Lecturer I (Library and Information Science)
• Lecturer I (Mechanical Engineering)
• Lecturer I (Medical Microbiology)
• Lecturer I (Medicine)
• Lecturer I (Mental Health)
• Lecturer I (Nursing Science)
• Lecturer I (Obstetrics & Gynaecology (O&G))
• Lecturer I (Ophthalmology)
• Lecturer I (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
• Lecturer I (Orthopaedics)
• Lecturer I (Paediatrics)
• Lecturer I (Petroleum and Gas Engineering)
• Lecturer I (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
• Lecturer I (Physical and Health Education)
• Lecturer I (Radiology)
• Lecturer I (Restorative Dentistry)
• Lecturer I (Science Education)
• Lecturer I (Surgery)

Senior Lecturer positions

• Senior Lecturer
• Senior Lecturer (Anaesthesia)
• Senior Lecturer (Broadcasting)
• Senior Lecturer (Chemical Pathology)
• Senior Lecturer (Child Dental Health)
• Senior Lecturer (English and Literary Studies – Literature in English)
• Senior Lecturer (Geography)
• Senior Lecturer (Haematology)
• Senior Lecturer (Journalism)
• Senior Lecturer (Medical Microbiology)
• Senior Lecturer (Medical Rehabilitation – Physiotherapy)
• Senior Lecturer (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
• Senior Lecturer (Pharmacognosy)
• Senior Lecturer (Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology)
• Senior Lecturer (Restorative Dentistry)
• Senior Lecturer (Sociology and Anthropology)
• Senior Lecturer (Surgery)

Associate Professor position

• Associate Professor (Paediatrics)

UNIMAID non-academic positions

The non-academic side also has openings.

Available non-academic roles

• Research Officer II
• Procurement Officer
• Medical Laboratory Technician
• Instructor
• Health Information Management Technician
• Education Officer II
• Archivist II
• Accountant
• Technologist (Wood Work and Carpentry)
• Technologist (Civil Engineering)
• Technologist (Building)

How to apply for UNIMAID job recruitment

Applicants are to check the specific requirements for each position and submit applications through the UNIMAID recruitment portal.

Documents required

Candidates should prepare these documents before starting the application.

Personal documents

• Current passport photograph
• Birth certificate or declaration of age
• Indigene certificate
• National ID or International Passport

Academic documents

• Primary School Certificate
• O’Level Certificate, WAEC or NECO
• Tertiary Institution Certificates
• NYSC Discharge Certificate

Closing date and notes

The application closing date is 31 December 2026.

All applicants must possess the required qualifications before the closing date. Candidates will also be required to present original copies of all credentials during the interview process.

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