The Polytechnic, Ibadan (also called Poly Ibadan) is an institution of higher learning in

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. Founded in August 1970, Poly Ibadan is similar to other polytechnics in Nigeria. The institution was founded to offer an alternative form of higher education, with a specific focus on acquiring technical skills distinct from traditional universities.. The vocational and skills acquisition center aims to guarantee that students acquire mastery in a skill before graduating, while also offering skills training to the local community.Poly Ibadan is also well known for its unique

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written in

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as ''Ise loogun ise'' which means 'Work is the

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for

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', a classical Yoruba adage which stresses that hard work is the way out of poverty.

Curriculum

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

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capabilities of

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and commercial workers. Poly Ibadan awards Ordinary National Diploma (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 introduced in England and Wales in 1920 alongside th ...

(HND), Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) and other professional certificates to its

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. It also provides opportunities for creative development and research related to the needs of teaching, industry and the

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community.

Rector

Prof. Kazeem A. Adebiyi is the former rector of Polytechnic, Ibadan. He attended Oniyere Grammar School, Orita Aperin, Ibadan. He furthered his education at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, earning a National Diploma (ND) in Mechanical Engineering in 1989, where he emerged as the Best Graduating Student in ND

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New Rector

On 28 March 2024 Governor

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of Oyo state appointed Dr. Taiwo Abideen Lasisi as the new acting Rector of the polytechnic Ibadan.

Registrar

Oyo State Government has appointed Mr. Adewunmi Joseph Ogunjimi as the Acting Registrar of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, while Mr. David Olukola Taiwo has been similarly appointed as the Acting

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of the polytechnic.

Administration

The current principal members of the polytechnic administration are:

Library

The Main Campus of the Polytechnic Library system accommodates 292 readers, with three reading rooms each in the North and South Campuses providing an additional 527 seating spaces. In total, the Polytechnic Library on the Main Campus offers 819 reading spaces. The existing collection comprises approximately 79,500 volumes, and the Library subscribes to around 200 journal titles. There is a substantial number of magazines, news magazines, newsletters, and both foreign and local newspapers.

Academic Programmes

The polytechnic runs mainly National Diploma (ND) and

(HND) programmes in the following on full-time, part-time or sandwich basis.

Faculties and their Departments

Faculty of Engineering *

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Computer Engineering Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software. It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science. Computer engi ...

Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...

Faculty of Sciences * Science Laboratory Technology *

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

and Microbiology *

Applied Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their com ...

Biochemistry Biochemistry, or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology, a ...

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

with

Electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

Geology Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth ...

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, ...

Statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ...

Faculty of Environmental Studies *

Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

Urban and Regional Planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

Estate Management Property management is the operation, control, maintenance, and oversight of real estate and physical property. This can include residential, commercial, and land real estate. Management indicates the need for real estate to be cared for and moni ...

Quantity Surveying In the construction industry, a quantity surveyor (QS) is a professional with expert knowledge of construction costs and contracting. Qualified professional quantity surveyors can be known as Chartered Surveyors (Members and Fellows of RICS) in ...

Building Technology Architectural engineering or architecture engineering, also known as building engineering, is a discipline that deals with the engineering and construction of buildings, such as environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, computational, e ...

Painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Industrial Design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...

Graphics Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of the data, as in design and manufa ...

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and

Geoinformatics Geoinformatics is a scientific field primarily within the domains of Computer Science and technical geography. It focuses on the programming of applications, spatial data structures, and the analysis of objects and space-time phenomena relate ...

Faculty of Financial And Management Studies *

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* Banking and Finance *

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Faculty of Business and Communication Sciences *

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology has made the dissemination of information more efficient. Primary examples o ...

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

* Office Technology Management *

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and

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* Local Government and Development Studies *

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Ranking

The polytechnic Ibadan is ranked 164th in the public institution in Nigeria.

Notable alumni

* Dapo Lam Adesina, Member of House of Representative for Ibadan North East/South Federal

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, Nigerian politician, former governor of

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and former Minister of interior. * Adebiyi Daramola, Nigerian academic and former vice chancellor of the

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, Traditional monarch of Ilé-Ifè, Osun State, Nigeria. * Ayo Fayose, Nigerian politician, former

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Francis Wale Oke *

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, Nigerian painter, known for painting the last commissioned painting of

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References

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