Abubakar Tatari Polytechnic

Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi (ATAPOLY) is a state-owned tertiary institution established by Edict No. 1 of 1988. Its main campus is at Wuntin Dada along Jos Road, Bauchi, and a second campus is located at Azare.

The polytechnic is organised into six schools and two directorates: the School of Engineering, School of Environmental Technology, School of Management Studies, School of General Studies, School of Science and Technology, and School of Vocational and Technical Education, together with the Directorate of Preliminary Studies and the Directorate of Degree Programmes.

Its stated objective is to provide full-time course instruction and in-service training and promotion in technology, science, commerce and humanities. The mission is to provide quality education that meets the middle-level manpower needs of the state, the North East sub-region and the nation, and to engage in adaptive research.

Programmes span National Diploma (two years), Higher National Diploma (two years), Nigerian Certificate of Education (three years), degree programmes (B.Sc and B.Tech, four years), and one-year Pre-ND and Pre-HND courses. Engineering departments include Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical and Welding and Fabrication; Environmental Technology covers Architectural Technology, Building Technology, Quantity Surveying, Estate Management, Survey and Geo-Informatics, and Urban and Rural Planning.

The library service is provided through an e-library portal giving access to ProQuest, Web of Science, JSTOR, Scribd, Open Library and institutional access resources. Admissions are processed through an online admissions portal.