Federal University of Technology in Nigeria are specific technology-related schools that are owned and run by the Federal Government to provide enough practical for technological courses in Nigeria.
The schools are three in Nigeria at the moment and located regionally in the Eastern, Western and Southern parts of Nigeria.
The Federal University of technology in Nigeria are;
Federal University of Technology, Owerri : The Federal University of Technology, Owerri popularly known as FUTO is located in Owerri, Imo State. It is also the oldest among the university of technologies in Nigeria.
It was established in the year 1980 under the then Nigeria President, Shehu Shagari. He established it in states that had no conventional universities in each of the Geo-political regions.
The students of FUTO are known popularly as “Futoites” .
You can read more about FUTO here if you want to apply for an admission in the oldest Federal university of technology in Nigeria.
Federal University of Technology Akure: The Federal university of technology, Akure popularly known as FUTA was established in the year 1981 in line with the Federal Government’s plan to establish a Federal university of technology in each region of the country then and Ondo state as at then had no conventional university which made it a suitable site to situate the school.
The school recently has been approved to offer admission to the general public in areas like Medicine and Surgery, Nursing science and some other medical-related courses, which sounds like great progress and advancement in these institutions.
For those who applied to FUTA, you can read about the screening and steps to apply here.
Federal University of Technology Minna: The Federal university of technology, Minna commonly known as FUTMINNA is situated in Niger State capital, it was founded in the year 1983 shortly after FUTO and FUTA were created inline with the same reason it was established by the Federal government. It offers strictly Bachelor of technology, masters of technology in all technology areas.
Intending applicants can Read more about FUTMINNA Here.
The good thing about the Federal university of technology is its advanced practical exposure, affordability, and balanced system of operation which is built to offer excellence and make life totally easy.