Plateau State University, Bokkos was established through an instrument of Law in March 2005 and was granted recognition by the National Universities Commission (NUC) on April 29th of the same year 2005 as the 66th University in Nigeria and the 24th state owned University in the Country.
The Law Establishing the University is cited as Law No. 4 of 2005 (March 7, 2005) as contained in Plateau State of Nigeria Gazette No. 3, Vol. 11 of May 24, 2006. It is located in Diram Village along the Butura-Tarangol axis in Bokkos Local Government Area, about 70 kilometers away from Jos the State capital.
Although academic activities started in May 2007 with a total of 480 students, such activities were suspended on September 10th of the same year and the students transferred to the University of Jos. The University was, however, re-opened in October 2010 during the 2010/2011 Academic Session with lectures commencing in January 2011.
LIST OF PLASU COURSES OFFERED
| S/N | COURSES OFFERED |
| 1. | ACCOUNTING |
| 2. | AGRICULTURE |
| 3. | BIOCHEMISTRY |
| 4. | CHEMISTRY |
| 5. | COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| 6. | CRIMINOLOGY AND SECURITY STUDIES |
| 7. | ECONOMICS |
| 8. | ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
| 9. | GEOGRAPHY |
| 10. | HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES |
| 11. | HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT |
| 12. | INDUSTRIAL DESIGN |
| 13. | MANAGEMENT STUDIES |
| 14. | MASS COMMUNICATION |
| 15. | MATHEMATICS |
| 16. | MICROBIOLOGY |
| 17. | PHYSICS |
| 18. | POLITICAL SCIENCE |
| 19. | PSYCHOLOGY |
| 20. | SOCIOLOGY |
| 21. | THEATRE ARTS |
