Metallurgical Training Institute, Onitsha

The Metallurgical Training Institute (MTI), Onitsha is a federal parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, located at KM 6/7 Onitsha-Owerri Road, Anambra State. It was established in 1980 under a bilateral agreement between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Germany, and trains low- and middle-level technical manpower for the steel and allied industries, including the oil and gas sector.

Its vision is to develop highly skilled, practical and production-oriented technical manpower able to maintain the steel and allied sectors. Its mission is to create a pool of indigenous technical workforce that can erect, commission, operate and maintain steel and allied industries, reducing Nigeria's dependence on foreign technical training. Its mandate also covers further training of skilled personnel already employed in these industries and advisory services to firms on in-plant training programmes.

The Institute offers National Diploma programmes in Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Welding and Fabrication Engineering Technology, Metallurgical and Foundry Engineering Technology, Computer Engineering Technology and Computer Science. It also runs MTI diploma programmes in Mechanical Equipment Maintenance Engineering, Industrial Electrics Engineering, Instrumentation and Control System Engineering, Industrial Metallurgy and Foundry, Steel Fabrication and Welding Engineering, and Heavy Mobile Equipment Maintenance Engineering.

Training is practice-oriented and delivered in specialised workshops: the Industrial Electrical Workshop, the Industrial Metallurgy and Foundry Workshop, the Mechanical Engineering Workshop and the Instrumentation and Control System Workshop.

The Institute is accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and is recognised and listed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).