University in Nigeria
Owerri, Imo State
University profile
The Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) is a federal university of technology at Ihiagwa, about 25 kilometres south of Owerri in Imo State. Established in 1980, it was the first of three universities of technology set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria, one for each geo-political region, and it is the only federal university of technology in south-east Nigeria. It describes itself as the oldest university of technology in Nigeria and one of the oldest in West Africa.
The main campus lies on a large site selected on the advice of the National Universities Commission, which recommended a minimum of 10,000 acres (4,048 hectares).
Academic work is organised into schools and a Directorate of General Studies:
Departments include Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical, Petroleum and Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Mechatronics, Computer, Electronic, Telecommunications and Electrical (Power Systems) Engineering, Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Architecture, Quantity Surveying, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Urban and Regional Planning, Optometry, Radiography, Dental Technology, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Maritime Technology and Logistics, Human Anatomy and Human Physiology, and the basic sciences. Postgraduate programmes lead to PGD, M.Sc., M.Eng., M.Tech., MBA and PhD qualifications.
Research is organised around centres and institutes, among them the Africa Centre of Excellence in Future Energies and Electrochemical Systems (ACE-FUELS), the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards (CE-sPESS), the Centre of Excellence on Local Materials Substitutions (CE-LoMaS) and the Institute of Erosion Studies. The university also runs a Directorate of Linkages and Advancement, an ICT Centre, a University Health Centre, a SIWES unit and a Public Procurement Research Centre. The library, with three buildings, serves staff and students.
FUTO's student population for 2025 is 24,857 undergraduates and 252 postgraduates. It takes part in Erasmus+ exchange opportunities and academic partnerships such as Cisco Networking Academy and IEEE.
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View scholarships for Federal University of Technology, Owerri →Undergraduate admission is by JAMB UTME and Direct Entry through the FUTO student portal at portal.futo.edu.ng; merit admission lists are posted on the university's resources site. The School of Basic Medical Sciences admits students scoring 200 and above in UTME.
FUTO runs a JUPEB foundation programme: eight months of preparation in three Advanced Level subjects, with a 40% pass mark in each subject and a three-admission-cycle validity, leading to Direct Entry into 200 level.
Main campus, Ihiagwa (Owerri West, Imo State). All schools and the Directorate of General Studies are located on the permanent site about 25 km south of Owerri, bounded by Ihiagwa, Obinze and Eziobodo.
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