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Abeokuta South, Category
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Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, is a state-owned polytechnic in Ogun State, south-western Nigeria. Established in January 1979 as Ogun State Polytechnic, it was renamed in 1999 after Chief MKO Abiola, its greatest benefactor. It awards National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) qualifications on full-time and part-time bases, and its programmes are approved by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
The permanent campus is at Ojere, Abeokuta, and occupies 959 hectares. It is managed by a Governing Council established under the 1999 Ogun State edict, with the Rector as chief executive. The institution runs about 40 programmes in 26 departments.
Academic work is organised in five schools, each headed by a Director and divided into departments: Environmental Studies (Art and Design, Architecture, Building Technology, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying, Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Urban and Regional Planning); Business and Management Studies (Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Marketing); Engineering (Civil, Computer, Electrical/Electronics and Mechanical Engineering); Communication and Information Technology (Mass Communication, Office and Technology Management, General Studies); and Science and Technology (Computer Science, Food Technology, Hospitality Management, Leisure and Tourism, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pharmaceutical Technology, Science Laboratory Technology, Statistics and Mathematics).
Three further centres oversee other programmes: the Centre for Part-Time and Diploma Programmes (set up in 2001), the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (MAPCED, set up in 2007) and the Directorate of Linkages and Continuing Education, which also runs remedial programmes for school leavers with deficiencies in their O-Level results and conducts post-UTME screening. A National Diploma in Artificial Intelligence was opened for the 2026/2027 session following NBTE approval of the curriculum.
Campus services include the Salawu Abiola Memorial Library, the Rabiatu Soaga Memorial Health Centre, the Kola Sorinola Sports Complex and MAPINSCO, the institution's integrated services company, which runs a guest house, agro-services, a microfinance bank and the Polytechnic bookshop. Admission is provisional and based on merit, and only the Polytechnic's own portal is used for applications; the institution states that it does not use agents.
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View scholarships for Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta →Candidates must have scored 100 or above in the UTME and uploaded their O-Level results on JAMB CAPS. Candidates who chose MAPOLY as first choice qualify directly; others must change their institution (and course) through the JAMB portal to make MAPOLY their first choice before obtaining the MAPOLY application form. Eligible applicants are admitted provisionally on merit and on presentation of the required credentials.
ND applicants are admitted on NECO, SSCE, WASCE, GCE O-Level, NABTEB or equivalent results, with credits in five subjects obtained at not more than two sittings, always including English Language and Mathematics. Examples from the 2023/2024 requirements:
Applicants for ND part-time programmes must also apply at a JAMB office using the JAMB part-time application form and have evidence of its completion. The O-Level requirements are the same as for the full-time ND.
Applicants must satisfy the ND O-Level entry requirements and hold a relevant National Diploma from an accredited programme with at least a Lower Credit pass, plus at least one calendar year of relevant post-ND work experience; ND holders with a Pass need two calendar years of relevant experience. Evidence of industrial experience is required, and the former institution must send the academic transcript to the Registrar before registration. ND holders admitted to their ND through a Pre-ND route are not admitted, post-qualification O-Level results are not admissible, and ND Banking and Finance or Accounting Technician Scheme holders do not qualify for HND Accountancy. HND is offered full-time and part-time; Architectural Technology and Urban and Regional Planning are full-time only.
Application and clearance are done online on the Polytechnic's portal (v4.mapoly.edu.ng); the 2026/2027 ND Artificial Intelligence application is at v4.mapoly.edu.ng/admission/apply/create_account/62. Payment of the processing fee is by debit card (the 2023/2024 full-time ND screening fee was N2,000). The Polytechnic does not use agents or third parties in admission.
First semester began on 21 September 2026; lectures began on 12 October 2026 for fresh and returning non-SIWES students, and registration for newly admitted students closes on 20 November 2026.
Full-time ND and HND, new and returning students: N135,000 for science/technology-based programmes and N130,000 for non-science programmes. Part-time ND and HND, new and returning: N145,300 for science/technology-based and N140,300 for non-science programmes.
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