Agricultural engineers don't farm but they work to improve farmers' work by designing, developing and maintaining machines and tools which can make farming easy, increase quantity, quality and storage of farm produce at minimum cost. They work in team of other engineers and with farmers to achieve better results.
The Department of Agricultural Engineering at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) provides everything needed (qualified lecturers, laboratories, industrial training) to train their students to become.complete agricultural engineers.
Listed below are the minimum entry requirements to the Department of Agricultural Engineering, OOU. This include the for the direct entry applicants, JAMB and WAEC or O'level subjects combination.
Entry Requirements
O'level/UTME Candidates
Five (5) O'level subjects with minimum of credit passes which must include:
- Mathematics
- English Language
- Physics
- Chemistry plus one of
- Technical Drawing
- Further Mathematics
- Biology
- Agricultural Science
- Geography
The five subjects must be at not more than two sitting from one or two of the following examination qualifications
- West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
- Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
- General Certificate of Education (GCE O'level) or
- NABTEB
JAMB's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
O'level/UTME candidates must sit for, pass and make the cut off mark for UTME. He must also participate in Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) coordinated post UTME screening making the Department of Agricultural Engineering cut off mark.
JAMB Subjects Combination
- Mathematics
- Physics
- English Language and
- Chemistry
Direct Entry Candidates
The Department of Agricultural Engineering OOU accept these under listed qualifications from direct entry candidates.
- General Certificate of Education, Advance Level (GCE A'Level): credit pass in Mathematics and Physics.
- National Diploma (ND): upper credits in relevant engineering courses
- Higher National Diploma (HND): upper credits in relevant engineering programme
- Joint Unified Preliminary Examination Board JUPEB:
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye also consider holders of pre-degree qualification for admission to 100 level of Agricultural Engineering.
All applicants seeking admission through direct entry must provide O'level result as stated above. They are admitted to 200 level of course.
Agricultural Engineering at OOU is accredited by the National University Commission (NUC) and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
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