Zaria is home to Ahmadu Bello University, the largest university in Nigeria and the second largest on the African continent.
The institution is very prominent in the fields of Agriculture, Science, Finance, Medicine and Law.

Zaria is also the base for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, and
Barewa College.
The school is known for the large number of elites from the region that passed through its academic buildings and counts among its alumni five who were Nigerian heads of state, including the late president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. (
There are two other famous schools in the adjoining town of Wusasa, where the former Head of the Federal Military Government Yakubu Gowon resides: St. Bartholomew's School and Science School Kufena, formerly known as St. Paul's College.)

Also MAISS-GIWA a school established by The Emir of Zazzau Dr. Shehu Idris is situated there.

Barewa College (formerly Katsina middle school) and Alhudahuda college are other famous schools
Zaria is home to Ahmadu Bello University, the largest university in Nigeria and the second largest on the African continent. The institution is very prominent in the fields of Agriculture, Science, Finance, Medicine and Law.
Zaria is also the base for the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, National Research Institute for Chemical Technology, and
Barewa College. The school is known for the large number of elites from the region that passed through its academic buildings and counts among its alumni five who were Nigerian heads of state, including the late president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua. (There are two other famous schools in the adjoining town of Wusasa, where the former Head of the Federal Military Government Yakubu Gowon resides: St. Bartholomew's School and Science School Kufena, formerly known as St. Paul's College.)
Also MAISS-GIWA a school established by The Emir of Zazzau Dr. Shehu Idris is situated there.
Barewa College (formerly Katsina middle school) and Alhudahuda college are other famous schools
Zaria