The Federal Polytechnic Idah, formerly Idah College of Technology, is a federal government-owned tertiary institution established in 1977 in
Idah
Idah is a town in Kogi State, Nigeria, on the eastern bank of the Niger River in the middle belt region of Nigeria. It is the headquarter of the Igala Kingdom, and also a Local Government Area with an area of 36 km. Idah had a population ...
,
Kogi State
Kogi State is a state in the North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the west by the states of Ekiti and Kwara, to the north by the Federal Capital Territory, to the northeast by Nasarawa State, to the northwest by Niger State, to the ...
. It is approved by the
National Board for Technical Education
The National Board for Technical Education, otherwise known as NBTE, is a board of education which supervises, regulates and oversees educational programmes offered by technical institutions at secondary, polytechnic and monotechnic levels th ...
and it also offers
National Diploma and
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 alongs ...
courses at
undergraduate
Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, in the United States, an entry-le ...
levels with the aim of “training competitive manpower for development”.
Schools
* The Polytechnic now has 50 academic programmes, twenty-five (25) departments constituted into five schools viz:
* School of Business Studies
* School of Engineering
* School of Environmental Studies
* School of Technology
* Administrative and General Studies
Available Courses
The available list of courses offered by Federal Polytechnic Idah include:
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ACCOUNTANCY
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...
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ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
Architectural technology, or building technology, is the application of technology to the design of buildings. It is a component of architecture and building engineering and is sometimes viewed as a distinct discipline or sub-category. New ...
# BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
# BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT
# CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includin ...
# ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
# ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND VALUATION
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FOOD TECHNOLOGY
Food technology is a branch of food science that deals with the production, preservation, quality control and research and development of the food products.
Early scientific research into food technology concentrated on food preservation. Ni ...
# FOUNDRY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
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HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Hospitality management may refer to:
*Hospitality industry
*Hotel manager
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# LEISURE AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
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MARKETING
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to empha ...
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
# METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
# OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
# PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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QUANTITY SURVEYING
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# SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
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STATISTICS
# SURVEYING AND GEO-INFORMATICS
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URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
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See also
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List of polytechnics in Nigeria
This article provides a list of polytechnics in Nigeria, as well as agricultural colleges and other tertiary educational institutes that provide practical training.
It does not include universities or teachers' training institutions.
The polytech ...
References
External links
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Federal polytechnics in Nigeria
Kogi State
1977 establishments in Nigeria
Educational institutions established in 1977
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