Being a student in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology can be a challenging and rewarding experience. The Faculty has evolved and changed over the years with more students enrolling at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Programs continue to evolve to meet the needs of students. A bright career awaits you in Technology! We offer over 20 courses in topics of direct relevance to modern Industrial Development.
The Faculty of Engineering & Technology is presently composed of five departments, serviced by 39 staff members; 29 full-time academic staff and 10 technical staff. It also offers four-year undergraduate BSc. Programs which satisfies the academic requirements of the Council of Registered Professional Engineers for registration as Professional Engineers. In these Engineering Programs, students have to undertake a mandatory 10 months of industrial training. One of the objective of this work stint is to give the student appropriate exposure to the world of work.
The Faculty of Technology has an Advisory Board comprising distinguished members from Industry, Academy and Engineers which provides advice and counsel to help the Faculty provide quality education that exceed accreditation standards. The Board also provides International Standards for the Faculty for the quality of education, research, revision and review of the curricula. This has resulted in greater and more meaningful final year projects being presented by our students. The Faculty has used this forum to request inputs from the Industry in this curriculum review process and are incorporated in the final curriculum design. Consultancy Firms are working closely with the Faculty to enhance the technical capabilities of the teaching staff in respective departments to carry out a curriculum reform process by updating/reorienting the existing curricula. In 2016, three revised programs were launched in three departments, namely the Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Departments.
