University in Nigeria
Umunze, Anambra State
University profile
The Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze is a federal college in Umunze, the headquarters of Orumba South Local Government Area, Anambra State. It is one of eight colleges of education (technical) established by Decree No. 4 of 14 March 1986, and it trains pre-vocational and vocational teachers. Its stated objectives include producing professionally competent technical and vocational teachers who value work and are committed to nation building through education.
The college moved to Umunze in November 1989 following a presidential directive, taking over the buildings of the former All Saints Anglican Secondary School, and the first 70 students (23 males and 47 females) were admitted on 10 May 1990. Academic work now runs at a temporary site about 2 km from the centre of Umunze and at a permanent site at Nsogwu. Umunze is within about an hour by road of most major eastern cities, including Onitsha, Aba, Awka, Owerri, Enugu, Nnewi, Umuahia and Asaba.
Programmes are organised in schools, among them the Schools of Agricultural and Home Economics Education, Business Education, Education and General Studies, Fine and Applied Arts, Industrial and Technical Education, Sciences, Languages, Arts and Social Science, Early Childhood Care and Primary Education, and Adult, Non-Formal and Special Needs Education. Programmes include Pre-NCE, the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE), the Professional Diploma in Education (PDE), a Saturday Continuing Education Programme, a Sandwich programme and bachelor's degrees in education offered in affiliation with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (13 courses as of the 2014/2015 session), alongside a dual-mandate degree programme.
The School of Agricultural and Home Economics Education has a farm complex with fishery, poultry, goatry, grass-cutter and crop farms, a meteorological unit, a mini greenhouse, a citrus orchard, a mini coconut plantation and crop, soil and animal science laboratories. The School of Fine and Applied Arts has six studios and teaches sculpture, ceramics, design, textiles, craft, three-dimensional art, computer graphics and photography at NCE level. The Prof. Ben Nwabueze Library, opened in 1990 at the permanent site, includes a virtual library section powered by e-Granary.
Students take part in the Students' Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES): four months for NCE students and six months for degree students. The college also runs a staff primary school (1991) and a demonstration secondary school (1994) serving its community. Its NCE programmes are accredited by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), the degree programmes were accredited by the National Universities Commission, and the PDE is accredited by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.
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View scholarships for Federal College of Education (T), Umunze →Applicants write the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and must attain an acceptable standard in English (compulsory) and three subjects relevant to the proposed course.
A Grade II Teachers' Certificate (TC II) with credit or merit in three subjects (five for Agricultural Education), two relevant to the course, or an Associateship Certificate in Education from an approved institution, is accepted. Pre-NCE graduates are absorbed into NCE; Agricultural Education requires a CGPA of 2.0 from Pre-NCE.
WASC/SSCE/NECO/GCE with a minimum of three credits and two passes including English in not more than two sittings, or TC II with three credits/merits in a relevant area.
UTME candidates with credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and three other relevant subjects. For the 2026/2027 dual-mandate degree programme, candidates with a UTME score of 150 and above who chose the college as first choice may apply, and candidates without JAMB can also apply. Direct Entry requires an NCE, OND or Diploma in a relevant area plus O-Level credits in English Language, Mathematics and three relevant subjects. Duration is three years for Direct Entry and four years for UTME entry. Direct-entry screening registration for 2026/2027 is also open.
The PDE is for teachers and candidates without teaching qualifications, from National Diploma upward. The Continuing Education Programme (Saturday classes, four years for NCE) has application forms at N3,000 through Remita. The Sandwich programme runs four years for NCE, two years for PDE and one year for Pre-NCE, with forms at N5,000 through Remita; NCE entry matches the regular programme.
Admissions unit, Office of the Registrar: 07034531406, 08025490796, 08140028375.
Temporary site, Umunze: about 2 km from the centre of Umunze town; houses administrative blocks, classrooms, a multipurpose hall, science laboratories, a computer room, hostels and workshops on the grounds of the former All Saints Anglican Secondary School.
Permanent site, Nsogwu: the School of Agricultural and Home Economics Education was the first to move there (2001), with farm complex, laboratories and the Prof. Ben Nwabueze Library, which includes an e-Granary virtual library section and provides bindery and reprographic services.
The School of Fine and Applied Arts has six studios, workshops and gallery space.
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