University of Agriculture Makurdi Engineering Courses and Admission Requirements

There are many colleges of agriculture and research institutes in Nigeria but just only two are under the auspices of National University Commission ((NUC). The others are under the control of National Board of Technical Education (NBTE).

Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University) one of the two agricultural institutions under the authority of NUC started it engineering programmes back in 1981. The programme was inherited from the defunct Federal University of Technology Makurdi which later became University of Jos, Makurdi satellite campus.

Currently Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University offers four Engineering Programmes as listed below

• Mechanical Engineering
• Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering

All these engineering courses run for a duration of five years leading to the award of Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) at undergraduate level.

At postgraduate degree level (MEng, PGD and PhD) the are run for a duration of two years.

Candidates who were given admission through UTME are allowed to use maximum of seven years to do any of the programmes and six or five years for those that entered through direct entry.

All the engineering courses at University of Agriculture, Makurdi are approved by the National University Commission NUC and fully accredited by Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN.

Admission Requirements

There are two ways by which an applicant can gain admission to study any of the above courses in as much as he satisfy the admission requirements.

1. Through Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) this include Pre-degree programme which qualify students to be admitted to 100 level and
2. Through Direct Entry, including JUPEB which qualifies student to be admitted to 200 level.

For a student to be considered for admission to undergraduate degree through UTME (1) above, he must have five credit passes from either

• West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
• Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)/(NECO)
• General Certificate Examination (GCE)

The five credit passes must include: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and either Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics or Geography or Biology and it must not be at more than two sittings.

A student must also pass Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after which he must also pass the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) post UTME, making the required Cut-Off Mark for his chosen engineering programme.

It is also required of a student to pass one of the three exam above before he could be considered for an admission by direct entry.

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