Kaduna Polytechnic

Kaduna Polytechnic
Type	Public
Established	1956
Rector	Prof. Idris M. Bugaje
Students	15,000 (2011)
Location	Kaduna South LGA, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Campus	Urban
Website	www.kadunapolytechnic.edu.ng

Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located at Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria.^[2] It was established in 1956 as Kaduna Technical Institute after the British Government accepted the upgrading of Yaba Higher College (now Yaba College of Technology) to a technical institute and also proposed the establishment of technical institutes in Kaduna and Enugu through the recommendation of the Higher Education Commission.^[3] The polytechnic offers National Diploma and Higher National Diploma courses at the undergraduate level. In 2019/2020 academic session the institute will start awarding National Diploma in Railway Engineering Technology as approved by NBTE on 30 January 2020.^[4]

Colleges[]

College of Business & Management Studies (CBMS)
College of Environmental Studies (CES)
College of Engineering (COE)
College of Science and Technology (CST)
College of Administrative Studies and Social Sciences (CASSS)

College of Technical and Vocational Education (CTVE)

Notable alumni[]

Frederick Leonard, Nigerian actor.
Saleh Mamman, Nigerian minister of power
Panam Percy Paul, Nigerian Gospel Singer
Rahama Sadau, Nigerian Actress
Shehu Sani, Nigerian Senator and human rights activist

References[]

^ "Management". Kaduna Polytechnic. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "THE SACKING OF KADPOLY RECTOR:". The Nigerian Voice. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ "About the Polytechnic". Retrieved 30 July 2015.
^ Yaba, Mohammed Ibrahim; Kaduna (2020-02-03). "Kadpoly begins National Diploma in railway engineering technology". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-02-05.