# Kaduna Polytechnic

Kaduna Polytechnic is one of the earliest polytechnics in Nigeria, located in Tudun Wada area of Kaduna South local government of Kaduna state, North-Western Nigeria.

## History

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. 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. The board of Governors of Kaduna Polytechnic was set up in 1991, with representative of eleven state governments, universities, rectors. The board is responsible for the supervision and control of the school. They are called the Governing Council.

## Isa Kaita Library (IKL)

This is the Kaduna Polytechnic Library, known as Isa Kaita Library. The Library is equipped with information resources for the support of research, learning of both students and staff. The Library is located at the main campus which is at Kaduna South Tudun Wada Kaduna.
The Library hold some significant section among them are:
Circulation Section
E_library Section
Science and Technology Section
Technical Section (Cataloguing, Classification & Acquisition)
Bindery Section
Serial Section
Humanities Section
Reserve Section
Reference Section
Archive Section
Media Section
Also, the library has branches in all the campus. The collections in each library is based on the courses offered in the Unit/Campus.

## College Centre, Location and Department
### College of Business & Management Studies (CBMS) - Ungwan Rimi

* *Department of Accountancy
* *Department of Business Administration
* *Department of Marketing
* *Department of Procurement & Supply Chain Management
* *Department of Banking & Finance
* *Department of Management Studies
* *Department of Office Technology Management
* Department of Cooperative economics and management

#### College of Environmental Studies (CES) - Barnawa

* Department of Architecture
* Department of Building
* Department of Quantity Surveying
* Department of Urban & Regional Planning
* Department of Environmental Science
* Department of Estate Management
* Department of Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
* Department of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

#### College of Engineering (COE) - Tudun Wada Main Campus

* Department of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering
* Department of Civil Engineering
* Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Engineering
* Department of Railway Engineering
* Department of Water Resources Engineering
* Department of Chemical Engineering
* Department of Electrical/Electronics Engineering
* Department of Mechanical Engineering "Department of Computer Engineering
* Department of Foundry Engineering
* Department of Metallurgical Engineering
* Department of Renewable Energy Engineering
* Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering
* Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering

##### College of Science and Technology (CST) Tudun Wada Main Campus

* Department of Applied BiologyUrban InstituteDepartment of applied sciencesUrban InstituteApplied sciences gardenKaduna polytechnic applied sciences gardenNickname: Garden committee
* Department of Applied Chemistry
* Department of Applied Physics
* Department of Computer Science
* *Department of Mathematics and Statistics Department of Agricultural Technology
* *Department of Nutrition Dietetics
* *Department of Food Technology
* *Department of Tourism Management Technology
* Department of Printing Technology
* *Department of Textile Technology
* *Department of Agricultural Technology
* *Department of Fashion Design and Clothing Technology
* *Department of Hospitality Management

###### College of Administrative Studies and Social Sciences (CASSS) - Sabon Tasha

* *Department of Public Administration
* *Department of Local Government Studies
* *Department of Library and Information Science
* *Department of Mass Communication
* *Department of Languages
* * Department of Social Sciences
* Department of Legal Studies
* Department of Social Development
* College of Technical and Vocational Education (CTVE) - Tudun Wada Main Campus
Each college has different programs and departments that is run under them, awarding certificates in National Diploma, likewise Higher National Diploma

## Notable alumni

* Abdullahi Adamu
* Musa Halilu Ahmed, Nigerian businessman and politician
* Zainab Abubakar Alman
* Senator Joshua C Dariye
* Frederick Leonard, Nigerian actor.
* Saleh Mamman, Nigerian minister of power
* Panam Percy Paul, Nigerian gospel singer
* Rahama Sadau, a Nigerian actress
* Saudatu Sani
* Shehu Sani, Nigerian Senator and human rights activist
* Uba Sani, present Governor of Kaduna State.
* Abba Kabir Yusuf