- Source: Imo State Polytechnic
Imo State Polytechnic is a higher educational institution formerly located in Umuagwo, Imo State, Nigeria. Imopoly is as its shortly called has three campuses across Imo state; The Orlu Campus, Mbano Campus and Umuagwo (Main Campus) The main campus was moved from Umuagwo to Omumu in 2020 by the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma.
The school was established in 1978 as the Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo and was upgraded to a Polytechnic status, renamed as the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in 2007. The institution provides courses, training and research in all branches of Agriculture, Management Sciences, Engineering and Food Sciences.
The institution is certified to award National Diploma and Higher National Diploma qualifications.
The Polytechnic is twenty-six kilometers from Owerri on the Port Harcourt road and has three hundred and sixty hectares of land. The Otamiri River runs past its border, making it ideal for all year-round agricultural production through irrigation.
Chinwe Obaji was a lecturer at this institution before being appointed head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.
Schools in the Institution
Here are the five schools within Imo State Polytechnic and their department total in brackets.
School of Sciences (5)
School of Business (7)
School of Agriculture (9)
School of Engineering (4)
School of Environmental Design and Management Technology (3)
See also
List of polytechnics in Nigeria
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Imo State Polytechnic
- Imo State
- Federal Polytechnic, Nekede
- List of polytechnics in Nigeria
- Owerri
- Omuma town
- Imo State University
- Michael Okpara
- Munachim Alozie
- Wence Madu
