University in Nigeria
Ibadan, Oyo State
University profile
Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan, known as Tech-U and also as First Technical University, Ibadan, is a state-owned university established by the Oyo State Government in 2017. It describes itself as Nigeria's premier technical university, grounded in entrepreneurial practice, innovation and sustainability. Its mission is to close the gap between the competences of university graduates and industry requirements through a blend of theory, practical and hands-on experience, and to produce self-reliant, innovative graduates who can help tackle youth unemployment.
The campus is on KM 11, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State. Teaching is organised in academic areas that include the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, the Faculty of Environmental Science and Management, and Basic Medical and Allied Health. The university has 15 programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), among them Mechatronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics with Electronics, Petroleum Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Statistics.
Classrooms are air-conditioned, laboratories are fully furnished, and a 500-seater e-library provides access to ProQuest e-books and journals, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, ScienceDirect and Research4Life, alongside a Koha-based library catalogue. A secured student hostel provides residential accommodation, and freshmen are expected to move into residence before the session begins. Engineering programmes carry CCMAS curriculum handbooks, and the academic year includes an entrepreneurship training period and SWEP/SIWES industrial placement for students.
Students have won recognition in external innovation contests, including a third runner-up place at the Falling Walls Lab competition in Ibadan in September 2025 and a winning team at an IoT and AI boot camp in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in the same month. The university also runs a JUPEB programme as a one-year route into 200 level and offers the Josephus Foundation Scholarship to students in financial need.
A competitive partial award endowed by the Josephus Foundation through the University Chancellor, Chief (Dr.) Tunde Afolabi, MFR, for exceptionally brilliant students who could not otherwise afford university education. It supplements tuition and accommodation fees only; beneficiaries pay the municipal and service charges in the approved fee schedule. It is awarded annually to newly admitted UTME, JUPEB and Direct Entry students and is renewable for the length of the programme.
For 2026/2027, the online application closed at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, 21 August 2026, and shortlisted candidates sat a computer-based screening examination on 26 August 2026. Application form: tech-u.edu.ng/admission/josephus_application.php. Announcement: Josephus Foundation Scholarship 2026/2027.
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View scholarships for First Technical University Ibadan →Applications are made online through the university's admission portal. Applicants create an account, pay a non-refundable application fee of N20,000 by Paystack (a payment gateway processing fee also applies), complete the multi-step form, upload documents and submit. The application deadline for the current round is 31 October 2026. Submitted applications cannot be edited. Applicants may indicate several programme preferences but can be admitted to only one. Applicants must be at least 16 years old by 31 October of the admission year, with no upper age limit.
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Candidates must hold at least five O'Level credit passes at not more than two sittings, including English Language and Mathematics, in WAEC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB, select Tech-U in JAMB UTME, meet the programme's UTME score requirement and take part in the university's Post-UTME screening; only candidates who meet the cut-off are considered. Engineering programmes require credits in English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one other science subject, with UTME subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and a minimum UTME score of 180. A B.Tech in Information and Communication Technology shows a minimum of 170, with UTME Mathematics, Physics and one of Chemistry, Biology or Economics.
Routes include a National Diploma at upper credit or better from an accredited polytechnic in a relevant discipline plus O'Level credits in English and Mathematics; A'Level, IJMB or JUPEB passes in at least two relevant subjects (for example Mathematics and Physics for engineering) plus five O'Level credits including English and Mathematics; and an NCE (Technology) with merit in relevant technical subjects plus five O'Level credits including English Language and Mathematics for selected programmes. Direct Entry candidates register with JAMB for the Direct Entry form, select Tech-U and are screened.
JUPEB is a one-year preparatory programme for direct entry and requires a minimum of five O'Level credits. Transfer entry is open to students from other recognised universities.
Total charges for freshmen range from N1,519,500 to N1,870,000 depending on programme, made up of admission charges of N220,000 (freshers only), tuition and academic charges of N822,000, N972,500 or N1,172,500, hostel fees of N350,000 and municipal services of N127,000. Returning students pay N1,299,500 to N1,650,000.
Main campus, KM 11 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ibadan, Oyo State: all faculties, classrooms, laboratories, the e-library and the student hostel.
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