The

Polytechnic Polytechnic is most commonly used to refer to schools, colleges, or universities that qualify as an institute of technology or vocational university also sometimes called universities of applied sciences. Polytechnic may also refer to: Educatio ...

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(typically called "Poly

") is an institution of higher learning in

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. Founded in 1970, Poly Ibadan is similar to other polytechnics in Nigeria. The institution was established to provide an alternative higher education to universities, particularly in technical skill acquisition. The vocational and skills acquisition centre is poised to ensure that students master a skill before leaving the institution and also provides skills training to the host community. Poly Ibadan is also well known for its unique slogan written in Yoruba language as "Ise loogun ise" which means 'Work is the medicine for poverty', a classical

Yoruba The Yoruba people (, , ) are a West African ethnic group that mainly inhabit parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. The areas of these countries primarily inhabited by Yoruba are often collectively referred to as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute ...

adage which stresses that hard work is the way out of poverty. Polyibadan

Curriculum

The institution offers a wide range of specialized short courses for the purpose of improving the

vocational A vocation () is an occupation to which a person is especially drawn or for which they are suited, trained or qualified. People can be given information about a new occupation through student orientation. Though now often used in non-religious co ...

capabilities of

technical Technical may refer to: * Technical (vehicle), an improvised fighting vehicle * Technical analysis, a discipline for forecasting the future direction of prices through the study of past market data * Technical drawing, showing how something is co ...

and commercial workers. Poly Ibadan awards

Ordinary National Diploma The BTEC (Business and Technology Education Council) Level 3 diploma is a Further Education qualification and vocational qualification taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The qualification is organised and awarded by Pearson within the ...

(OND),

Higher National Diploma Higher National Diploma (HND), part of the Higher Nationals suite of qualifications, is an academic higher education qualification in the United Kingdom and various other countries. They were first introduced in England and Wales in 1920 alongsi ...

(HND),

Post Graduate Diploma A postgraduate diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PG, PDE) is a postgraduate qualification awarded after a university degree, which supplements the original degree and awards them with a graduate diploma. Countries that award postg ...

( PGD) and other professional certificates to its graduates. It also provides opportunities for creative development and research related to the needs of teaching, industry and the business community.

Academic Programmes

The polytechnic runs mainly National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes in the following on full-time, part-time or sandwich basis.

Faculties and their Departments

Faculty of Engineering * Civil Engineering * Electrical Engineering * Mechanical Engineering * Computer Engineering * Mechatronics Faculty of Science * Science Laboratory Technology * Biology and Microbiology * Applied Chemistry * Biochemistry * Physics with Electronics * Geology * Computer Science * Statistics Faculty of Environmental Studies * Architecture * Urban and Regional Planning * Estate Management * Quantity Surveying * Building Technology * Painting and Sculpture * Industrial Design * Graphics & Printing * Land Surveying and Geoinformatics Faculty of Financial Management Science * Accountancy * Banking and Finance * Insurance Faculty of Business and Communication Science * Mass Communication * Marketing * Business Administration * Office Technology Management * Purchasing and Supply * Local Government Studies * Public Administration

Notable alumni

Dapo Lam Adesina Dapo Lam Adesina (; born 25 October 1978) is a Nigerian politician, who was a member of Nigeria's 8th House of Representatives. He is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He represented Ibadan North East/South East Federal consti ...

, Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal Constituency *

Rauf Aregbesola Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola (born 25 May 1957) is a Nigerian politician who is the current Minister of the Federal Ministry of Interior of Nigeria. Before that, he served as the fourth civilian governor of Osun State. He is a native of Iles ...

, Nigerian politician, former governor of

Osun State Osun State (; yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Ọ̀ṣun), occasionally known as the State of Osun by the state government, is a state in southwestern Nigeria; bounded to the east by Ekiti and Ondo states, to the north by Kwara State, to the south by Ogun S ...

and current Minister of interior. *

Adebiyi Daramola Adebiyi Gregory Daramola (2 March 1958 – 25 March 2022) was a Nigerian academic and professor of agricultural economics, who served as the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure from May 2012 to May 2017. Early life a ...

, Nigerian academic and former vice chancellor of the

Federal University of Technology Akure The Federal University of Technology Akure (informally FUT Akure or simply FUTA) is a federal government-owned university located in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1981 under a drive by the government of Nigeria to create univers ...

. *

Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Oba (ruler), Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; (''Ọjájá II'') (born 17 October 1974) is the 51st and current List of rulers of Ife, Ooni of Ife. He is the Nigerian traditional rulers, traditional ruler/monarch of the Yoruba people, Yoruba Lis ...

. Traditional monarch of Ilé-Ifè, Osun State, Nigeria

Gallery

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References

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