Hello! Welcome to studynaija. Do you want to apply for one of the polytechnics in Nigeria? Or are you thinking about which of the polytechnics in Nigeria is okay to put as your second choice in your jamb registration? Then this post is for you as we have compiled the full list of the polytechnics in Nigeria where you can apply to.
A Polytechnic is a technical institution of higher education that offers technical education courses at degree level. They offers variety of undergraduate courses that leads to awarding of National Diploma(ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificates.
A Polytechnic products might take part in research and perform other functions require by its Council depending on the area of specialization and level of training because polytechnic offers practical and technical skills to their students.
The minimum requirement to study in a polytechnic is the Five(5) O’Level (SSCE/GCE) credit passes in five subjects relevant to the programme or their equivalents. There are about 37 federal polytechnics in Nigeria, fifty-one (51) state polytechnics in Nigeria and about sixty-five (65) private polytechnics in Nigeria.
List Of Federal Polytechnics In Nigeria
The list below is the complete list of federal polytechnics in Nigeria that has been approved by the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) in Nigeria
- Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State
- Federal Polytechnic Bida,Niger State
- Auchi Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State
- Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Bauchi State
- Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe State
- Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana, Afikpo Ebonyi State
- Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State
- Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State
- Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State
- Federal Polytechnic Ekowe, Bayelsa State
- Federal Polytechnic Daura, Katsina State
- Federal Polytechnic Ile-Oluji, Ondo-State
- Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo State
- Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo, Gombe State
- Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, Nasarawa State
- Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State
- Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State
- Hussain Adamu Federal Polytechnic Kazaure, Jigawa State
- Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State
- Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State
- Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa-Ibom State
- Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas Bonny, River State
- Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Oyo State
- Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna State
- Yaba College of Technology Yaba, Lagos State
- National Institute of Construction Uromi
- Federal Polytechnic Mungono, Borno State
- Federal Polytechnic Ohodo,Enugu State
- Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic Birnin Kebbi
- Federal Polytechnic N’yak Shendam, Plateau State
- Federal Polytechnic Ugep, Cross Rivers State
- Petroleum Training Institute Effurun, Effurun Delta State
- Nigerian Army Institute of Technology and Environmental Science( NAITES) Makurdi
- Federal Polytechnic Wannune, Benue State
- Airforce Institute of Technology (AFIT), NAF Base Kaduna
- Nigerian College of Aviation and Technology (NCAT) Sokoto Road, Zaria, Kaduna State
List Of State Polytechnics In Nigeria
Below is the list of state polytechnics in Nigeria that has been approved by the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) in Nigeria
- Anambra State Polytechnic
- Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
- Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo
- Bayelsa State Polytechnic, Aleibiri
- Abdul Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara, Zamfara State
- Abia State Polytechnic, Abia State
- Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic,Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State
- Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi State
- Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Adamawa State
- Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic (Formerly known as Ibarapa polytechnic) Eruwa, Oyo State
- Akwa Ibom State College of Arts and Sciences, Akwa Ibom State
- Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic Hadeija, Jigawa State
- Cross Rivers Institute of Management and Technology, Cross Rivers State
- D. S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori- Ewekoro, Ifo, Ogun State
- Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State
- Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Delta State
- Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro,Delta State
- Delta State school of Marine Technology, Burutu
- Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, Benin City
- Ekiti State College of Agriculture and Technology, Isan Ekiti State
- Enugu State Polytechnic, Iwollo
- Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu State
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic(HUK), Katsina State
- Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwu, Ohaji Owerri, Imo State
- Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade, Ode-Remo, Ogun State
- Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia (Formerly Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia)
- Ken Sarowiwa Polytechnic, Bori, Rivers State
- Kano State Polytechnic, Kano State
- Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse, Jigawa State
- Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Kogi State
- Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, Niger State
- Lagos State Polytechnic,Ikorodu, Lagos State
- Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State
- Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna State
- Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State
- Mai- Idris Alooma Polytechnic, Geidam, Yobe State
- Nasarawa State College of Agriculture and Technology, Lafia
- Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Ogun State
- Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Shaki, Oyo State
- Osun State Polytechnic Iree, OsunState
- Ogun State Polytechnic Ipokia, Ogun State
- Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, Osun State
- Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igbo-Ora
- Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State
- Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State
- Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, Jos State
- Port-harcourt State Polytechnic, Rivers State
- Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai
- The Polytechnic Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Umaru Ali Shinkafi Polytechnic, Sokoto State
- Zamfara State College of Arts and Sciences, Gusau, Zamfara State.
List Of Private Polytechnic In Nigeria
The list below is the private polytechnics in Nigeria that has been approved by the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) in Nigeria.
- Ajayi Polytechnic, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Allover Central Polytechnic, Sango-Ota, Ogun State
- Al Hikma Polytechnic, Karu,Nasarawa State
- Ashi Polytechnic Anyin, Benue State
- Best Solution Polytechnic, Akure, Ondo State
- Bolmor Polytechnic, Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Bellarks Polytechnic, Kwale, Delta State
- Calvary Polytechnic Owa-Oyibu, Delta State
- City Polytechnic, Dutse-Dawaki Road, FCT Abuja
- Crown Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
- Covenant Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State
- Coastal Polytechnic Apapa, Lagos State
- Dorben Polytechnic Abuja
- Eastern Polytechnic, Rivers State
- Enville Institute of Management and Technology, Lagos State
- Fidei Polytechnic, Gboko, Benue State
- Gboko Polytechnic, Benue State
- Global Polytechnic, Akure, Ondo State
- Grace Polytechnic, Surulere, Lagos State
- Graceland Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State
- Grundtvig Polytechnic, Oba, Anambra State
- Harry Pass Polytechnic, Tse Usen Mkar, Gboko, Benue State
- Heritage Polytechnic Ikot Udota, Eket, Akwa Ibom State
- Ibadan City Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Igbajo Polytechnic, Igbajo, Osun State
- I-CON Universal Polytechnic,Oshogbo, Osun State
- Interlink Polytechnic, Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State
- Ihechukwu Madubuike Institute of Technology, Isuochi, Abia State
- Iwo City Polytechnic, Iwo Osun State
- Kings Polytechnic Ubiaja, Edo State
- Landmark Polytechnic, Ado Odo Ota LGA, Ogun State
- Lagos City Polytechnic, Ikeja, Lagos State
- Kalac Christal Polytechnic, Sangotedo, Lekki, Lagos State
- Lens Polytechnic, Km 2, Irra Road, beside naval base, Offa, Kwara State
- Lighthouse Polytechnic, Asaba Road, Benin City, Edo State
- Marist Polytechnic, Umuchigbo, Iji-Nike, Emene, Enugu State
- Mater Dei Polytechnic, Enugu State
- Nogak Polytechnic, Ikom, Cross Rivers State
- Nacabs Polytechnic, Akwanga, Nasarawa State
- Novelty Polytechnic, Kishi, Oyo State
- Our Savior Institute of Science,Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State
- Prime Polytechnic, Jida Bassa, Ajaokuta, Kogi State
- Redeemer’s College of Technology and Management(RECTEM), Mowe, Ogun State
- Ronik Polytechnic, Ejigbo, Lagos State
- Saf Polytechnic, Iseyin, Oyo State
- Savannah Institute of Technology, Ebonyi State
- Shaka Polytechnic, Benin City, Edo State
- Stars Polytechnic, Ota LGA, Ogun State
- Southern Atlantic Polytechnic, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State
- Sure Foundation Polytechnic, Ikot Akpai, Akwa-Ibom State
- Speedway Polytechnic, Osoba Ojudu, Ogun State
- St. Mary Polytechnic, Kwanba, Niger State
- Temple Gate Polytechnic, Abayi Osisioma, Abia State
- The Polytechnic Ile-Ife, Osun State
- The Polytechnic Igbo- Owu, Kwara State
- The Polytechnic Iresi (Formerly known as College of Technology Iresi) Osun State
- The Polytechnic Otada Adoka, Benue State
- Tower Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State
- Trinity Polytechnic, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
- Timeon Kairos Polytechnic, Lagos State
- Uma Ukpai Polytechnic, Asaga Ohafia, Abia State
- Uyo City Polytechnic, Akwa Ibom State
- Valley View Polytechnic, Ohafia, Abia State
- Villanova Polytechnic, Imeso-Ile, ( Formerly known as the polytechnic Imesi-Ile) Osun State
- Wollex Polytechnic, Iwo, Osun State
Conclusion
In Conclusion, the polytechnics in Nigeria are assume to have higher tendency of passing on more knowledge on practical and technical skills to their students that’s why most of their product can compete with university graduates
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