Federal Polytechnic, Daura

The Federal Polytechnic, Daura (FEDPODRA) is a federal polytechnic in Daura, Katsina State, Nigeria. It was created through a bill signed into law on 5 July 2019 and began work in Daura on 1 June 2020. Its vision is to be a model institution renowned for training competitive and morally upright middle and higher-level manpower in technology, applied science and commerce management.

Academic work is organised in six schools: Agricultural Technology; Business and Management Science; Engineering (Science and Technology); Environmental Studies; Science and Technology; and Vocational Education, Skills and Professional Development. Programmes are offered at National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) level, in full-time and part-time modes, and the Vocational school runs National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) trade training and remedial courses for NECO, WAEC and UTME candidates.

• Business and Management Science: Business Administration and Management, Accountancy, Office Technology and Management, Microfinance and Enterprise Development, Procurement and Supply Chain Management, Library and Information Technology.
• Engineering: Computer Engineering Technology, Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology and Civil Engineering Technology; the school began in 2021 and all three programmes hold full NBTE accreditation.
• Science and Technology (established 2021): Computer Science, Science Laboratory Technology, Health Information Management, Leisure and Tourism Management Technology, Fashion Design and Clothing Technology.
• Environmental Studies (established August 2024): Architecture, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Building Technology, Transport Management, Quantity Surveying.
• Vocational Education, Skills and Professional Development: General Studies, the Professional Development Unit and the Entrepreneurship Development Centre, with eight NSQF trades approved by NBTE and accredited by NIOn and NABTEB: leather work, garment making, carpentry and joinery, electrical installation, ICT/office management, welding and fabrication, building and masonry, and automobile.

Student life is coordinated by the Student Affairs Unit, which supports student societies and cultural, social and sporting activities; football, basketball and table games are favourites in the School of Engineering. Halls of residence are supervised by a Hostel Administration Officer, and a Guidance and Counselling Unit provides career guidance, job facilitation for graduating students, educational and personal counselling and orientation for new students. Medical clinics for male and female students and ambulance services are provided, and students are required to hold health insurance. A Security Unit headed by a Chief Security Officer works with the police and other agencies.

The polytechnic also operates an Entrepreneurship Development Centre, a dairy and poultry farm, an automobile maintenance workshop, an institution bookshop and consultancy services, and benefits from TETFund interventions in infrastructure, ICT, library development, staff training and research.