Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri

Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri is a Borno State government polytechnic training intermediate-level manpower in scientific, technological, management and engineering fields. It began as Government Technical College in 1973, became Ramat College of Technology in 1978 in memory of General Murtala Ramat Muhammad, and has been a polytechnic since August 1979. Its stated vision is to be a renowned polytechnic in Africa specialised in training industrial and entrepreneurial graduates.

The campus lies along the Maiduguri-Jos Road in Maiduguri, close to the Police College, Government College Maiduguri, the Women Teachers' College and the Board of Internal Revenue. The postal address is P.M.B. 1070, Maiduguri, Borno State.

Academic work is organised in six schools with 35 academic departments, a system introduced in the 1982/1983 session: Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Management, Vocational and Technical Education, and General Studies. Programmes include:

• Agriculture and Applied Sciences: Computer Science, Science Laboratory Technology, Food Science and Nutrition, Hospitality Management, Statistics, Animal Health and Production, Agricultural Technology
• Engineering: Agricultural and Bio-environmental, Computer, Civil, Electrical/Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (ND), with HND in Electronics and Telecommunication and in Power and Machines
• Environmental Studies: Architectural Technology, Estate Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Surveying and Geoinformatics, Quantity Surveying, Building Technology
• Management: Accountancy, Business Administration and Management, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Purchasing and Supply, Public Administration
• General Studies: Remedial Science and Remedial Arts, Diploma in Social Work, Diploma in Criminology Studies and Security
• Vocational and Technical Education: NCE Business and NCE Technical

The polytechnic awards National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND), Nigeria Certificate in Education (Technical and Business), Post Graduate Diplomas, and polytechnic diplomas and certificates, on full-time and part-time bases. A one-year remedial programme in sciences and science-related courses prepares candidates for ND study. A National Diploma in Artificial Intelligence has been added to the programme list, and National Diploma study by open distance and flexible e-learning (ODFeL) is available.

Student affairs are handled by a division under the Registry. A Students' Union Government with an executive council and a Students' Representative Assembly operates on campus, and approved clubs and societies are allowed, with academic ones given preference. The polytechnic has four hostel blocks: Borno (female students) and Adamawa, Bauchi and Yobe (male students). Accommodation is limited; international students are given priority, and otherwise final-year students are considered. Sport includes the Rector's Cup football competition and participation in the Nigerian Polytechnic Games Association (NIPOGA) games since 1983, and the polytechnic hosted the zonal NIPOGA games in 2010.

The polytechnic is fully recognised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE). In the NBTE 2018 institutional ranking of Nigerian polytechnics it was placed among the top 35 of 112 federal, state and private polytechnics. It was the first polytechnic in the country chosen as a Centre of Excellence for post-harvest storage and handling technology.