Jami'ar Jihar Sakkwato (SSU) tana cikin birnin Sakkwato, Jihar Sakkwato a Najeriya . An kafa ta a cikin 2009. Ta kafu ne sakamakon neman da jama’ar jihar ke da shi na neman ilimi da nagarta, Gwamnan Jihar Sakkwato na wancan lokacin Aliyu Wamakko ne ya kirkiro tunanin kafa Jami’ar Jihar Sakkwato a lokacin da ya kafa Kwamitin Aiwatar da Jami’ar ta Sakkwato a shekarar 2008. An ɗorawa kwamitin alhakin: Shiryawa don tsari da kayan aiki don gudanar da jami'a mai inganci, neman da kuma samun izini daga Gwamnatin Tarayya don jihar Sakkwato don gudanar da nata jami’ar a gefe guda, Jami’ar Usmanu Danfodiyo, wacce Gwamnatin Tarayya ta mallaka kuma a ciki aka sanya ‘yan asalin jihar a wasu yankuna a cikin shekarun da suka samo asali daga Ka’idar Ma’aikatar Tarayya; kuma kafa Makarantar Nazarin cigaban Jami’ar Jihar Sakkwato da niyyar kawai ta shirya ɗalibai, shirin karatun digiri na farko na shekara guda kafin shiga jami’ar. An ba da izinin a cikin 2009. Don samarwa yan asalin jahar sokoto damar samun ilimin boko domin dogaro da kai.