©Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Sustainability 11 (5): 43-48, 2019 e-ISSN 2360-8013 43 | Page Research Article Level of Awareness on the Concept of Sustainability in thinking and educating designing in Nigerian tertiary institution Elina Husini 1 , Joseph Allan Usman 2 , Faiza Abubakar Bawuro 3 , Intan Samsudin 4 , Garnvwa Jennifer Dawi 5 , Abubakar Muhammad Jamil 6 1,2,4 Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor Malaysiaa Sustainable Environmental Research Group (SET) FKAB-USIM, Nilai, Malaysia 3 Faculty of Technology Management, Business and Entrepreneurship, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Parit Raja – Batu Pahat, Johor – Malaysia 5 School of Architecture and Built Environment, University College Sedaya International (UCSI) Malaysia Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute NBRRI Jos Zonal Office 6 Faculty of Built Environment and Survey, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bharu, Malaysia Corresponding author: elina@usim.edu.my ARTICLE INFO Article history Received: 2/07/2019 Accepted: 1/08/2019 A b s t r a c t Sustainability is picking up noticeable quality among experts in the ongoing time, because of the worldwide battle against the pulverization of the earth by the exercises of man which are frequently avoidable. The development business over the globe fundamentally adds to the debasement of the earth in such a significant number of regards; consequently the idea of manageability was instituted and incorporated into the business so as to moderate the hazard. In any case, incorporating the idea of manageability into the development business isn't sufficient; the idea must be processed and grasped by partners in the field. The simple stage at which the idea can be acknowledged and outfit is from the embryonic phase of understudies in the field of development industry. With regards to this exploration, which is arranged in Nigeria, the perception was the shortage of research that planned to comprehend the learning picked up by understudies in development field about the idea of supportability in their different fields of concentrate inside the development business. In that capacity, this examination set out to research the information of understudies in the development business at one of the Polytechnic establishments situated in a suburb city in Kaduna State, Nigeria. This study intends to organize practicality into the thinking and educating of designing in Nigerian tertiary establishments from a hypothetical route to a strong one by modifying present enlightening technique and practice similarly as working up a guide for its Awareness, Development, Sustainability, Tertiary, Institution