University in Nigeria
Etsako West, Edo
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Auchi Polytechnic is a federal polytechnic in Auchi, Etsako West, Edo State, on the Benin-Okene Road. It is one of the first four polytechnics in Nigeria, founded in 1963 as a technical college and made a polytechnic in 1973. Its statutory task is to produce well-trained, highly skilled middle-level manpower for the national economy in Engineering Technology, Science, Environmental Studies, Management Studies and Art and Design. The motto is Hands & Brain for Development.
Academic work is organised in nine schools: Administration, Business & Management Studies (SABS); Agricultural Technology (SATE); Applied Sciences & Technology (SAST); Art & Industrial Design (SAID); Engineering Technology (SENG); Environmental Studies (SENV); Financial Studies (SFINS); Information & Communication Technology (SICT); and Evening Studies (SES). An Open Distance Flexible e-Learning (ODFeL) programme, approved by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), offers online study.
Programmes lead to the National Diploma (ND, two years) and Higher National Diploma (HND, two years). Post-HND (Professional Diploma) courses run in Building Technology, Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology (Power/Electrical Machines option), Mechanical Engineering Technology (Production and Power/Plant option), Polymer Technology and Urban and Regional Planning. Degree programmes are run in affiliation with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (Accountancy, Business Administration, Estate Management) and the Federal University Lokoja (Banking and Finance, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Industrial Chemistry, Mass Communication, Microbiology, Public Administration, Statistics).
The polytechnic is reviewing its curricula to meet current national and global challenges, and entrepreneurship courses have been introduced in most programmes. The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CEDAP, established 2007) runs practical training and production units; the Centre for Innovation and Skills Acquisition (CISA) is the National Skills Training Centre for South-South Nigeria, offering National Skills Qualification (NSQ) training in trades such as plumbing, masonry, electrical installation, welding, hospitality, ICT and agro-processing. The campus also hosts a UNESCO-UNEVOC Centre in the UNEVOC network for technical and vocational education and training, and an alumni association (APAA) with 14 chapters.
Student life includes arts and culture events such as carnivals and pageants, sport (students compete in the polytechnic games, NIPOGA, and in inter-departmental competitions) and a Students' Union with a shuttle bus on campus. The community includes international students from different countries. Libraries are on Campus 1 and Campus 2, with an e-learning centre, internet facility and a plagiarism check unit. The institution is a federal institution whose programmes are accredited through the NBTE, and it benefits from TETFund interventions.
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View scholarships for Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi →Candidates must have taken the 2026 UTME with a minimum score of 100, chosen Auchi Polytechnic as first choice (second and third choice candidates must change to Auchi Polytechnic as first choice on the JAMB portal), and hold at least five credit passes at GCE O/L, SSCE, NECO or NABTEB in not more than two sittings. The subjects must include English Language for non-science courses, Mathematics for courses requiring it, and three other relevant subjects. Candidates awaiting results may apply and must upload results and their WAEC/NECO scratch card PIN when released. A fake scratch card PIN leads to refusal of admission and penalty.
Screening is by computer-based test. The Post-UTME CBT screening fee is N3,000. Candidates apply online on the polytechnic admissions page using their UTME registration number as username, generate a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) invoice, pay at any bank or online, then return to complete the form and upload credentials, including O-level scratch card PIN, examination number and reference number. Candidates should use their own phone number and email, not those of a cybercafe. The 2026/2027 ND screening notice was issued on 16 June 2026.
Applications for the 2026/2027 morning-session HND and Professional Diploma (Building Technology and Urban and Regional Planning) were invited from 20 May 2026. HND is open in departments across the schools of Agricultural Technology, Applied Sciences and Technology, Art and Industrial Design, Administration/Business/Management, Engineering Technology, Environmental Studies, Financial Studies and Information and Communication Technology. HND applicants from Auchi Polytechnic's own ND must enter the last five digits of their ND matriculation number at acceptance.
Degree programmes in affiliation with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka and the Federal University Lokoja, evening (SES) ND and HND programmes, and ODFeL online programmes each have separate application portals under Apply Now.
Admitted students check admission status on the e-notice board, complete departmental clearance first, accept the offer online with their application number and fill the eligibility form with O-level results, then print the acceptance form with the matriculation number and the admission letter. Acceptance fee and administrative charges are paid together through a Remita RRR invoice to the polytechnic's Treasury Single Account at a bank or online (not through remita.net). Online course registration follows, with two printed copies of the registration form.
Facilities include two libraries with study areas, an e-learning centre, internet facility, binding, photocopying, inter-library loans and a plagiarism check unit; a centre for entrepreneurship (poultry, fish farming, livestock, wood, aluminium and glass workshops); the CISA skills training centre; a UNESCO-UNEVOC centre; and an on-campus shuttle for students.
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