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Kaduna Polytechnic
TypePublic
Established1956 (1956)
RectorDr. Suleiman Umar[1]
Students15,000 (2011)
Location
Kaduna South LGA
,
Kaduna State
,
Nigeria Nigeria

CampusUrban
Websitewww.kadunapoly.edu.ng

Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located at Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria.[2] It was established in 1956 as Kaduna Technical Institute after the British Government accepted the upgrading of Yaba Higher College (now Yaba College of Technology) to a technical institute and also proposed the establishment of technical institutes in Kaduna and Enugu through the recommendation of the Higher Education Commission.[3] The polytechnic offers National Diploma and Higher National Diploma courses at the undergraduate level. In 2019/2020 academic session the institute will start awarding National Diploma in Railway Engineering Technology as approved by NBTE on 30 January 2020.[4] The board of Governors of Kaduna Polytechnic was set up in 1991, with representative of eleven state governments, universities, rectors. The board is responsible for the supervision and control of the school. They are called the Governing Council.[5]

Isa Kaita Library

The building of Kaduna polytechnic Library

This is the Kaduna Polytechnic Library, known as Isa Kaita Library. The Library is equipped with information resources for the support of research, learning of both students and staff. The Library is located at the main campus which is at Kaduna South Tudun Wada Kaduna.[6]

The Library hold some significant section among them are:

Research Section

Computer/ICT Section

Science Section

Engineering/ Technical Section

Colleges center, Location and Department

  • College of Business & Management Studies (CBMS) - Unguwan Rimi
  • *Department of Accountancy
  • *Department of Business Administration
  • *Department of Marketing
  • *Department of Procurement & Supply Chain Management
  • *Department of Banking & Finance
  • *Department of Management Studies
  • *Department of Office Technology Management
  • College of Environmental Studies (CES) - Barnawa
  • *Department of Architecture
  • *Department of Building
  • *Department of Quantity Surveying
  • *Department of Urban & Regional Planning
  • *Department of Environmental Science
  • *Department of Estate Management
  • Department of cartography and Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • *Department of Photogrammetry and remote sensing
  • College of Engineering (COE) - Tudun Wada Main Campus
  • Department of Agricultural and Bio Environmental Engineering
  • *Department of Civil Engineering
  • *Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Engineering
    • Department of Railway E
    • engineering *Department of Water Resources Engineering *Department of Chemical Engineering *Department of Electrical/Electronics' Engineering *Department of Mechanical Engineering "Department of Computer Engineering *Department of Foundry Engineering *Department of Metallurgical Engineering *Department of Renewable Energy Engineering *Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering
  • College of Science and Technology (CST) Tudun Wada Main Campus
  • Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering
  • Department of Applied Biology
  • Department of Applied Chemistry
  • Department of Applied Physics
    • Department of Computer Science *Department of Mathematics and Statistics Department of Agricultural Technology *Department of Nutrition Dietetics *Department of Food Technology *Department of Tourism Management Technology "Department of Printing Technology *Department of Textile Technology *Department Agricultural Technology *Department of Fashion Design and Clothing Technology *Department of Hospitality Management
  • College of Administrative Studies and Social Sciences (CASSS) - Sabon Tasha
  • *Department of Public Administration
  • *Department of Local Government Studies
  • *Department of Library and Information Science
  • *Department of Mass Communication
  • *Department of Languages
  • * Department of Social Sciences
  • College of Technical and Vocational Education (CTVE) - Tudun Wada Main Campus

Each college has different of programs and department that is run under them, awarding certificate in National Diploma, likewise Higher National Diploma[7][8]

Notable alumni

See also

List of polytechnics in Nigeria

  • Akanu Ibiam Federal polytechnic, Ebonyi State
  • Auchi polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State
  • Federal polytechnic Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State
  • Federal polytechnic Bali, Taraba state
  • Federal polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi State
  • Federal polytechnic Bida, Niger State
  • Federal polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State
  • Federal polytechnic Daura, Katsina State
  • Federal polytechnic Ede, Osun State
  • Federal polytechnic Ekowa, Bayelsa State
  • Federal polytechnic Ida, Kogi State
  • Federal polytechnic Ilaaro, Ogun State
  • Federal polytechnic Ile-Oluji, Ondo State
  • Federal polytechnic Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State
  • Federal polytechnic Kaltungo, Gombe State
  • Federal polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State
  • Federal polytechnic Nassarawa, Nassarawa State
  • Kaduna state polytechnic, Kaduna State

References

  1. ^ "Management". Kaduna Polytechnic. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ^ "THE SACKING OF KADPOLY RECTOR". The Nigerian Voice. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ "About the Polytechnic". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ Yaba, Mohammed Ibrahim; Kaduna (2020-02-03). "Kadpoly begins National Diploma in railway engineering technology". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  5. ^ "Kadpoly | History". www.kadunapoly.edu.ng. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  6. ^ Ibrahimjarida (2020-03-06). "All You Need to Know About Isa Kaita Library of Kaduna Polytechnic". Hausa Tradition. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  7. ^ "Kadpoly | Colleges". kadunapoly.edu.ng. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  8. ^ "Kadpoly | Departments". kadunapoly.edu.ng. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
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