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Faculty Of Environmental science
Welcome To The Faculty Of Environmental Science
The Faculty of Environmental Sciences started in the year 2013 with only Geography as a Department. Prof. Daniel Dabi Davou serves as the pioneer Dean of the faculty. Subsequently the Department of Geography was merged with the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences. However, by 2022, the faculty was reestablished with Professor Danjuma Wurim Dadu as Dean from 1st November, 2022. Currently Dr. Wuyep Solomon Zitta is the Dean of the Faculty with effect from 18th July 2025. The Faculty of Environmental Sciences has three Departments; Architecture, Building and Geography. The Faculty has a Journal at www.pjes.ng
- Department of Architectue
- Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)
- Department of Geography
- Bachelor’s degree in Geography
- Department of Building
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Building
- Since its inception, the faculty has produced a total of two hundred and seventy-two (272) graduates.
The faculty staff engage in a range of research activities and community service notable among which is the research on and the recording, transcription and translation of folktales, songs, proverbs and riddles from Plateau State tribes conducted by the Department of English Language, the community theatre outreach of the Department of Theatre Arts, all sponsored withTETFund institute based research (IBR) grants. In addition, individual faculty members conduct researches, with some on postdoctoral research outside the country, and a trail of presentation of academic papers at local and international conferences. The vivacity of the staff is reflected in the students, some of whom have won national and international awards.
Dean of Faculty

DR. WUYEP SOLOMON ZITTA
Wuyep Solomon Zitta holds a doctorate degree in Geography from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He had his Masters and Bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Technology Yola now (Modibo Adama University of Technology, Yola) and University of Jos respectively. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Geography and the Dean Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Plateau State University. He Lectures courses in the area of Environmental Resource Management, Remote Sensing and Cartography. His research interest is in the issues of Human-Environment Interaction/Management, Agro-climatology and Climate change. He has published articles in reputable journals both at Local and International Level https://scholar.google.co.za/citations . He has presented at local and international conferences. He is a member of the Nigerian Environmental Society and Association of Nigerian Geographers.
Faculty Heads

Architect, Joseph Ashi Kazeh
Architecture Department

Bldr. Marut Johnson Josiah
Building Department

Dr. Joshua Yohanna Gwanshak
Geography Department

Dr. Solomon Zitta Wuyep
Environmental Science