Bells University of Technology (BUT), also known as Bellstech, is the first private university of technology established in

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. It was established in 2004, and began admitting students from the 2005/2006 academic session. It is located in Ogun State of Nigeria.

History

Bells was established in 2004 by The Bells Educational Foundation, which already ran nursery,

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and secondary schools. The Bells Educational Foundation is owned by

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, former-

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Colleges and departments

Bells is made up of seven

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and thirty-five

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. Due to restructuring some colleges were merged and since 1 August 2016, it has three colleges: College of Engineering & Environmental Sciences, College of Natural & Applied Sciences and College of Management Sciences.

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

* Physics with Electronics * Applied Mathematics & Statistics *

Industrial Chemistry The chemical industry comprises the company, companies and other organizations that develop and produce industrial, specialty and other chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, the chemical industry converts raw materials (Petroleum, oil, ...

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Microbiology Microbiology () is the branches of science, scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular organism, unicellular (single-celled), multicellular organism, multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or non-cellular life, acellula ...

* Aquaculture & Fisheries Mgt *

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

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Food Technology Food technology is a branch of food science that addresses the production, preservation, quality control and research and development of food products. It may also be understood as the science of ensuring that a society is food secure and ha ...

Biotechnology Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and Engineering Science, engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services. Specialists ...

* Nutrition and Dietetics

College of Management Sciences

* Business Administration with option in (Business Computing, Human Resources Management, International Business and Marketing) * Management Technology with option in (Project management and Transport Management & Logistics) * Accounting * Banking and finance * Economics

College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Electrical/Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering * Mechatronics Engineering * Biomedical Engineering * Computer Engineering * Civil & Environmental Engineering

College of Environmental Sciences

* Architecture * Building Technology * Estate Management * Quantity Surveying * Surveying and Geoinformatics * Urban and Regional Planning In 2024, Bells University gained accreditation from NUC for 13 courses

Convocation

In October 2023, the school graduate new set of students. And it marked the school's 15th

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ceremony.

Partnership

The Nigeria

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Agenc
(NiMet)
partners with bells university of technology to build a weather station in the school.

Conference center

In August 2021, the conference center was commissioned in the school.

Inauguration of building

On 22 April 2024, there was inauguration of new building which is for the college of

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.The building was inaugurated by the former president

Ranking

Bell University is ranked 60th among the private university in Nigeria.

References

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