![]() Auchi Polytechnic official Logo | |
Other name | AuchiPoly |
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Motto | Hands & Brain for Development |
Type | Public |
Established | 1963 |
Rector | Dr. S. S. Umar |
Location | , , Nigeria 7°04′54″N 6°16′41″E / 7.08175°N 6.27817°E |
Campus | Auchi |
Colors | Yellow, red, green |
Website | www |
Auchi Polytechnic is a Federal Polytechnic in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. It is one of the first four Polytechnics established in Nigeria.[1] It has over 10,000 students enrolled in business, technology, environmental and arts courses.[2]
Auchi Polytechnic was founded in 1963, first as a technical college which was a gift of the British government to the then Midwestern Region. It offered courses only up to the Ordinary Diploma level in limited areas of engineering and business. By the seventies, there was a need for skilled manpower at a higher level and in many more disciplines. Thus in 1973, the Bendel State Government upgraded the technical college to a full-fledged polytechnic with the mandate to train skilled manpower up to the Higher National Diploma level in a broad range of engineering, science, environmental studies, business studies and art and design.[3]
The extant law establishing it assigned to the institution the task of producing well trained and highly skilled middle level manpower for the national economy in the areas of engineering, applied sciences and technology, environmental studies, management studies, and art and industrial design. In 1994, the Federal Government took over the polytechnic from the Edo State Government.[4]
The polytechnic library is stock with information resources in books format and online resources which are located in two campuses to support the learning process in the institutions. The library is managed by the polytechnic Librarian.[5]
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The school has high academic standard recognized nationally and internationally. Since 2009, Auchi Polytechnic has consistently been rated amongst the top universities in Nigeria by Webometrics. It came number eleven in 2009 and in 2010 it moved up one point to the 10th position. By 2011 it became number two. Amongst the polytechnics, it has consistently remained the first in Nigeria, in West Africa, and the second in the whole of Africa.[9]
The graduates of the school have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields, including business, finance, engineering, science, art and design.
In competitions amongst peers, the high standards show glaringly. The polytechnic holds: