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gStudents inNigeria

The Engineering discipline is the bedrock on which the Infrastructures – Transportation, Electricity and Communication – of Nations relies.According to the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), “Extensive and efficient infrastructure is critical for ensuring the effective functioning of the economy, as it is an important factor determining the location of economic activity and the kinds of activities or sectors that can develop in a particular economy”. This study explores the Admission rate of the Engineering discipline and its probable effect on the growing population of the Nigerian State.

Engineering & TechnologyPhilosophy:To achieve the goals and objectives of the National Policy on Industrialization and Self-Reliance, the Engineering and Technology education should be geared towards:a) The development of a thorough practice in engineering and technology trainingb) Broad–based training in general Engineering and Technology at the early stages of the programmec) Practical application of Engineering, Technology and Manufacturing Processes.d) Adequate training in human and organizational behaviour and managemente) Introduction to entrepreneurial education and trainingf) Close association of the programme with industries in the country.

The general philosophy therefore is to produce graduates with high academic standard and adequate practical background for self-employment as well as being of immediate value to industry and the community in general.

Objectives:The general goals and objectives of Engineering and Technology training should be in consonance with the realization of national needs and aspirations vis-à-vis industrial development and technological emancipation. The graduates must therefore be resourceful, creative, knowledgeable and able to perform the following functions:

I. Graduates in Engineeringa) To design engineering projects and supervise their implementationb) To design and implement components, machines, equipment and systemsc) To design and develop new products and production techniques in industriesd) To install and maintain complex engineering systems so that they can perform

optimally in our environment.e) To adapt and adopt exogenous technology in order to solve local engineering

problemsf) To be able to exercise original thought, have good professional judgment and

be able to take responsibility for the direction of important tasks.g) To be able to manage people, fund, materials and equipment.h) To improve on indigenous technology to enhance local problems solving

capability

II. Graduates in Technologya) To be conversant with all the materials, components, machines, equipment,

production techniques and systems in his/her area of specialization.b) To man and maintain the specific production equipment in his /her area of

specializationc) To plan, manage and be responsible for quality control of the products and

processes in the plant/factory.d) To adapt and adopt exogenous technology in order to solve local technical

problems.e) To be able to manage people, fund, materials and equipment.f) To improve on indigenous technology to enhance local problems solving

capability

Nigeria has 128 Universities (as at July, 2013);

No. Funding Total

1 Federal 40

2 State 38

3 Private 50

128

Not all these institutions offer courses in the Engineering field. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), there are a total of 13 Disciplines, Engineering & Technology being one of these, is offered in 66 of 128 Universities.

These are the Engineering courses:

Agricultural, Automotive, Ceramic, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Electrical & Electronics, Electronics, Environmental Resources Management, Food, Gas, Glass, Industrial & Production, Information & Communication, Irrigation, Management, Marine, Materials & Metallurgical, Mechanical, Mechatronics & System, Metallurgical, Mining, Operations Research, Petrochemical, Petroleum, Petroleum & Gas, Polymer, Polymer & Textile, Production, Project Management, Public Health, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Remote Sensing & GIS, Shipping & Maritime, Software, Structural, Systems, Telecommunications, Transport Management, Visual Arts, Water Resources, Wood Production

(University)

Engineering courses are also offered in Polytechnics, therefore Students choices and admission rates would also be analyzed and possible deductions presented. However, University choices would be preferred as most applicants prefer university education to others.

Agricultural Extension & Management, Agricultural, Aircraft, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Computer, Dental, Digital Multimedia, Electrical, Electrical/Electronics, Environmental Health, Explosive Ordinance, Fisheries, Food, Forestry, Foundry, Geological Survey, Glass/Ceramics, Horticultural, Industrial Maintenance, Laboratory, Leather, Marine, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Medical Imaging, Metallurgical, Mineral Resources, Office & Management, Petroleum & Gas Processing, Pharmaceutical, Polymer, Printing, Science Laboratory, Security & Management, Telecommunication, Textiles, Welding & Fabrication, Wood & Paper

Course and InstitutionFirst Course Institution Funding Total

Accounting Technology ATBU, LAUTECH, MODIBBOFederal(2), State (1)

3

Agricultural & Bioresources Engineering

FUTMINNA, MOUA, UNIZIK, UNN Federal(4) 4

Agricultural & Environmental Engineering

FUTMAK, MODIBBO, OAU, OAU, RSUST, UI, NDU

Federal (5), State (2)

7

Agricultural EngineeringATBU, ABU, AKSU, BAYERO, ESUTECH, FUTA, FUTO, IMSU, LAUTECH, LANDMARK, OOU, UNAAB, UNIUYO, ATBU

Federal(8),State (5), Private (1)

14

Chemical Engineering

ATBU, ABUAD, ABU, ANSU, COVENANT, DELSU, ESUTECH, EFFURUN, FUTMINNA, FUTO, IGBINEDION, LAUTECH, LANDMARK, MADONNA, MODIBBO, UNIZIK, OAU, OSUSTECH, UNIABUJA, UNIBEN, UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNIPORT, UNIUYO

Federal(5),State (5), Private (5)

25

Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering AKSU, NDU, RSUST State (3) 3

Civil & Environmental Engineering DELSU State (1) 1

Course and InstitutionFirst Course Institution Funding Total

Civil Engineering

ATBU, ABUAD, ABU, AKSU, EKPOMA, ANSU, BAYERO, COVENANT, CRUTECH, EKSU, ESUTECH, FUTMAK, FUTMINNA, FUTA, FUTO, FUOYE, IGBINEDION, IMSU, KAUSTECH, LAUTECH, LANDMARK, MADONNA, MOUA, MODIBBO, NDU, NDA, UNIZIK, OAU, OSUSTECH, OSUN, RSUST, UNIABUJA, UNAAB, UNIBEN, UI, UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN, UNIPORT, UNIUYO

Federal (23),State (3), Private (5)

41

Computer Engineering

ABUAD, BAYERO, BELLS, CARITAS, COVENANT, EKSU, ESUTECH, FUTMINNA, FUOYE, IGBINEDION, LAUTECH, MOUA, TURKISH, OAU, OOU, RSUST, UNIBEN, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNIUYO

Federal (9), State (5), Private (6)

20

Electrical/Electronics Engineering

ATBU, ABUAD, AKSU, EKPOMA, ANSU, BELLS, COVENANT, CRUTECH, EKSU, ESUTECH, FUTMAK, EFFURUN, FUTA, FUTO, FUOYE, IGBINEDION, IMSU, LAUTECH, MOUA, MODIBBO, NDU, TURKISH, NDA, OAU, OOU, OSUSTECH, OSUN, UNAAB, UNIBEN, UI, UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNIPORT, UNIUYO

Federal (18), State (12), Private (5)

35

Electrical Electronics& Computer Engineering

FUTMINNA, DELSUFederal(1), State (1)

2

Course and InstitutionFirst Course Institution Funding Total

Electrical Engineering

ABU, BAYERO, CARITAS, KAUSTECH, KESUTECH, MADONNA, NDU, UNIZIK, RSUST, UNIABUJA, UNN

Federal (5), State (4), Private (2)

11

Electronics & Computer Engineering

LASU, UNIZIK Federal (1), State (1) 2

Electronics Engineering   Federal (1) 1

Food Science & Engineering

LAUTECH, FUTO, FUOYE, IGBINEDION, MODIBBO, OAU, UNIMAID, WESLEY

Federal (5), State (1), Private (2)

8

Information Management Technology

FUTO Federal (1) 1

Information Technology

ATBU, BELLS, CRESCENT, MODIBBO, SALEM, SALEM

Federal (2), Private (4) 6

Management Technology ATBU, MODIBBO Federal (2) 2

Marine Engineering AKSU, EFFURUN, RSUST Federal (1), State (2) 3

Course and InstitutionFirst Course Institution Funding Total

Mechanical Engineering

ABUAD, ABU, AKSU, EKPOMA, ANSU, BAYERO, BELLS, COVENANT, CRUTECH, EKSU, FUTMAK, EFFURUN, FUTMINNA, FUTA, FUTO, FUOYE, IGBINEDION, IMSU, KAUSTECH, LAUTECH, LASU, LANDMARK, MADONNA, MOUA, MODIBBO, NDU, NDA, UNIZIK, OAU, OOU, OSUSTECH, RSUST, UNIABUJA, UNAAB, UNIBEN, UI, UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN, UNIPORT, UNIUYO

Federal (23), State (13), Private (6)

42

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

ESUTECH, FUTA, FUTO, UNIZIK, OAU, OSUSTECH, UNILORIN, UNILAG, DELSU

Federal (6), State (3) 9

Petroleum & Gas EngineeringUNILAG, UNIPORT Federal (2) 2

Petroleum Engineering

ATBU, ABUAD, AKSU, COVENANT, DELSU, EFFURUN, FUTO, IGBINEDION, MADONNA, OSUSTECH, RSUST, UNIBEN, UI, UNIUYO

Federal (6), State (4), Private (4)

14

Project Management Technology

FUTMINNA, FUTA, FUTO Federal (3) 3

Surveying & Geoinformatics

ATBU, BELLS, ESUTECH, FUTMINNA, FUTA, IMSU, MODIBBO, UNIZIK, UNILAG

Federal (6), State (2), Private (1)

9

Top Application by CourseFirst Course 2011 2012 2013 %2011 %2012 %2013

Civil Engineering 28,601 33,010 39,674 16.56 19.03 20.35Mechanical Engineering 32,268 32,978 36,959 18.68 19.01 18.96Electrical /Electronics 30,077 29,226 34,477 17.41 16.85 17.69Petroleum Engineering 16,952 14,377 15,376 9.81 8.29 7.89Chemical Engineering 14,605 13,733 13,455 8.45 7.92 6.90Computer Engineering 11,629 10,914 12,386 6.73 6.29 6.35Electrical Engineering 8,073 8,342 7,271 4.67 4.81 3.73Petroleum & Gas Engineering 2,362 5,368 4,802 1.37 3.09 2.46Electrical Electronics & Computer

4,838 3,321 3,969 2.80 1.91 2.04

Accounting Technology 2,173 2,158 1.25 1.11Agricultural Engineering 1,685 2,135 1,979 0.98 1.23 1.02Chemical/Petrochemical 687 1,725 1,793 0.40 0.99 0.92Information Technology 987 941 1,769 0.57 0.54 0.91Information Mgt. Technology 1,475 1,463 1,418 0.85 0.84 0.73Marine Engineering 1,264 1,040 1,347 0.73 0.60 0.69Surveying & Geoinformatics 1,144 1,210 1,285 0.66 0.70 0.66Metallurgical & Materials 996 730 1,211 0.58 0.42 0.62Electronics & Computer 1,665 1,511 1,204 0.96 0.87 0.62……

Total 172,743

173,483

194,918

Civil, Mechanical, Electrical /Electronics Engineering are the top three most preferred Engineering courses among University applicants; contributing 53%, 55% and 57% applicants in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively.

Despite interests shown in these courses; very limited opportunities exist for graduates of these courses, this invariably correlates with the deplorable state of our Roads and Structures, Dependence on imported Mechanical products such as Cars and other Machines, and perennial lack of Electricity.

Similarly, Electrical/Electronics, Civil and Mechanical Engineering are the top three preferred Engineering courses among Polytechnic applicants.

The GCI 2012-2013 report on the state of Infrastructures, ranks Nigeria as 130th of 144 countries. Below are the components of Infrastructure, showing Score and Position2nd pillar: Infrastructure Score

Position2.01 Quality of overall infrastructure ......................... 3.2 .... 1172.02 Quality of roads ...................................................... 2.8 .....

1142.03 Quality of railroad infrastructure ...................... 1.9 ...... 952.04 Quality of port infrastructure ............................. 3.6 ...... 1062.05 Quality of air transport infrastructure............... 4.0 ...... 1002.06 Available airline seat kms/week, millions* ..... 308.3 ... 512.07 Quality of electricity supply ................................ 1.7 ...... 1382.08 Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.* ... 58.6 ..... 1242.09 Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.* ....................... 0.4 ..... 135

Year Total CountryNigeria Rank

2006-2007 121 952007-2008 131 1192008-2009 134 1202009-2010 133 1272010-2011 139 1352011-2012 142 1352012-2013 144 130

Top Application by InstitutionInstitutio

n 2011 2012 2013AVG

FUTO 21,375 20,903 22,224 21,501UNIBEN 12,590 13,685 15,581 13,952UNIPORT 12,094 10,257 8,390 10,247FUTA 7,747 8,776 9,708 8,744UNILAG 8,914 7,760 8,450 8,375FUTMINNA 8,148 7,446 8,554 8,049UNIUYO 7,850 7,392 7,984 7,742ABU 9,412 6,883 6,614 7,636UNIZIK 6,889 7,705 7,933 7,509OAU 7,867 6,790 7,439 7,365UNILORIN 6,535 7,350 8,179 7,355UNN 6,233 6,260 6,052 6,182LAUTECH 5,852 5,305 5,724 5,627

Application by Course & InstitutionCivil Engineering

Electrical /Electronics Engineering Petroleum Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Application by Course & InstitutionChemical Engineering Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering Petroleum & Gas Engineering

Admission Rate of Selected Institutions

2012/2013 UTME

School Application AdmissionAdmission

Rate

UNN 6,260 815 13.02%UNILAG 7,760 403 5.19%UI 4,328 291 6.72%EKSU 1,561 89 5.70%UNIPORT 10,257 221 2.15%CRUTECH 1,852 448 24.19%

UNIMAID 1,871 441 23.57%

  33,889 2,708 7.99%

Admission Rate (2000 – 2007)FACULTY 2000 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007

Administration 6.75 2.83 5.57 4.65 6.87 7.32

Agriculture 46.96 28.64 20.22 61.25 57.32 65.81

Arts 26.9 11.62 17.24 14.82 19.31 17.78

Education 84.95 46.59 85.94 58.59 53.91 41.85

Engineering/Env.

10.99

5.12 8.66 7.07 9.31 9.98

Law 5.61 2.54 3.11 4.3 6.19 6.08Medical 5.26 2.55 4.23 3.13 4.15 4.31

Science 35.45 15.71 24.5 20.59 21.8 25.91

Social Sciences 9.84 4.05 8.01 5.17 8.01 8.68

Overall, about 10 of 100 applicants are admitted yearly for Engineering

disciplines.

The Engineering discipline is a major economic driver in the 21st Century; Nations who are currently blossoming, have stable infrastructure that makes economic activities seamless as well as profitable.The growth rate of Nigeria population far outweighs the production rate of Engineering graduates; this would impact Electricity consumption, access to quality road, Communication network as well as productive and functioning Manufacturing sector.The primary responsibility to provide a conducive infrastructural clime lies with the Government; both in churning out quality graduates as well as make certain investments are made in ensuring these graduates have opportunity to practice what they have painstakingly learnt in schools, for the good of the Nation.

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