Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Airforce Base, Kaduna

The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) is a tertiary institution of the Nigerian Air Force, located on the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna, Kaduna State. It has both military and civilian staff and students, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in aerospace engineering and related disciplines. It aims to become a centre of excellence in aerospace and aeronautical training and development. Its programmes are accredited by the NBTE, NUC, COREN and the Nigerian Society of Engineers.

Degree programmes (B.Sc and B.Eng) are organised in five faculties: Air Engineering, Ground and Communication Engineering, Computing, Sciences, and Social and Management Science. The Faculty of Air Engineering has departments of Aerospace, Mechatronics, Automotive, Mechanical, and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Ground and Communication Engineering has Information and Communication, Electrical, Civil and Telecommunication Engineering. Computing has Computer Science and Cyber Security. Sciences has Statistics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics with Electronics and Physics, with a Biology Unit. Social and Management Science has Business Administration, Accounting, International Relations and Economics.

Beyond degrees, AFIT runs National Diploma and Higher National Diploma programmes, remedial programmes at Kaduna and Oshogbo, IJMB, postgraduate programmes, distance learning, and the ILPC aircraft maintenance licence course.

Students come from the Nigerian Air Force, and also from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy, ministries, departments and agencies, and friendly African countries including Benin Republic, Ghana, Niger, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.