• Self-reliance

    The philosophy of our programmes is to produce self-reliant and confident graduates who can bring their academic and practical backgrounds to bear on the problems of industry and the larger Nigerian society.
  • Ingenuity and Originality

    The academic programme has been planned to challenge and encourage students towards developing ingenuity and originality in problem solving
  • Sound Learning

    We strongly advocate for early grounding in the basic engineering sciences and a strong emphasis on applied design in later years.

Brief History

The Department of Mechanical Engineering grew out of the Agbebi College of
Engineering (1961), graduating her own first candidates (13 in number) in June
1966. For the period 1961 – 1967 the bulk of the academic and senior technical
staff were derived from the Michigan State University under a USAID agreement.
Much aid was also received the through Dutch Technical Assistance Programme.
The first Nigerian Senior Academic Staff joined the Department in 1964 and have
grown steadily in number since then. The Mechanical Engineering
Workshop/Laboratories were completed in the 1964/65 academic year and presently
comprise four sections namely, the Workshop, Design and Mechanics,
Thermofluids, and the Foundry/Materials sections.