A rana mai kamar ta yau, 2 ga watan Maris, na shekarar 1977, Jami'ar Bayero ta Kano ta zama cikakkiyar jami'a, bayan da aka ɗaga likafarta daga Bayero Kwaleji. Wannan mataki ya zama wani muhimmin canji a fannin ilimi a jihar Kano da kuma arewacin Najeriya.
An kafa Bayero Kwaleji a shekarar 1962, kuma a lokacin tana dauke da kwasa-kwasan ilimi na digiri na farko (undergraduate) a fannoni da dama. Amma saboda ci gaban bukatun ilimi a Najeriya, an yanke shawarar canza Bayero Kwaleji zuwa cikakkiyar jami'a.
Wannan ya biyo bayan bukatar ƙara inganta tsarin ilimi da kuma bada damar ƙirƙirar sabbin sassa na bincike da ilimi a ƙasashen duniya.
A shekarar 1977, gwamnatin tarayya ta amince da canjin suna daga Bayero Kwaleji zuwa Jami'ar Bayero ta Kano (BUK). Wannan canji ya ba da damar ƙara ɗaukar sabbin kwasa-kwasan ilimi, ƙirƙirar sabbin sassa da na'urori na bincike, da kuma inganta tsarin ilimi a cikin jami'ar. Hakan ya taimaka wajen samar da ilimi mai inganci a cikin jihar Kano, musamman ga matasa da ke neman ci gaba a fannonin kimiyya, fasaha, da sauran fannoni.
Bayan wannan mataki, Jami'ar Bayero ta Kano ta ƙara samun karɓuwa daga cikin al'umma da kuma sauran sassan duniya. Ta kasance wata daga cikin manyan jami'o'in Najeriya, inda ake gudanar da bincike a fannoni da dama da suka shafi ci gaban kasa.
A yau, Jami'ar Bayero tana da yawa daga cikin sassa na ilimi da ke ci gaba da kawo canji a fannin ilimi, musamman a fannonin kimiyya, injiniya, da ilimin zamantakewa. Wannan ci gaba yana daga cikin abubuwan da suka tabbatar da muhimmancin wannan rana ta 2 ga Maris, 1977, a tarihin ilimi a Najeriya.