Jami'ar Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ( ATBU ) ita ce jami'ar fasaha ta tarayya da take a jihar Bauchi, arewa maso gabashin kasar Najeriya . An sanya wa jami’ar sunan Firayim Ministan Tarayyar Najeriya na farko, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa . Taken jami'ar shine "Doctrina Mater Artium", wanda ke nufin "Ilimi shine uwa mai fasaha". An kafa jami'ar a cikin shekara ta 1980 a matsayin Jami'ar Fasaha ta Tarayya, Bauchi. An shigar da ɗaliban farko na makarantar a watan Oktoba shekara ta 1981 don karatun digiri da shirye-shiryen gyara yayin karatun Makarantar Kimiyya da Ilimin Kimiyya ya fara a watan Oktoba 1982. A ranar 1 ga watan Oktoba shekara ta 1984, jami'ar ta hade da Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, Zariya, Najeriya tare da sauya suna zuwa Kwalejin Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello, harabar Bauchi. Jami'ar ta sake samun ikon kanta a cikin shekara ta 1988 biyo bayan babban lalacewar irin waɗannan cibiyoyin. Wannan ya biyo bayan canjin suna zuwa Jami'ar Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi. An tsara tsarin karatun jami'ar ne a shekara ta 1980 bayan tuntuɓar masana ilimin daga Najeriya, da kasar Ingila da kuma kasar Amurka .