| Office: | 10th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos |
| Predecessor: | Seddi Sabastian Maimako |
| Education: | University of Jos University of Manchester |
| Termstart: | December 2021 |
| Occupation: | Computer Science Professor |
Tanko Ishaya is a Nigerian Professor of Computer Science[1] and the vice chancellor of the University of Jos.[2] He was appointed into office in December 2021.[3]
Ishaya obtained a bachelor of science in Mathematics Education from the University of Jos in 1992 and began to teach Mathematics at the College of Agriculture, Zuru, Kebbi State. He completed a Masters Degree in Computation at the University of Manchester in 1997. and completed a Ph.D. in Computing Studies in 2001. After a period of years lecturing at the University of Hull (Scarborough Campus), he returned to Jos, where he was later promoted to a Professor of Computer Science in 2012.