Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic was established by Akwa Ibom State Government Edict No. 11 of 1991. The decision to establish the Institution was taken after the creation of Akwa Ibom State from Cross River State in 1987.
The official commissioning of the institution took place on Friday, 24th January 1992. A total of 961 students were admitted and registered in 15 (fifteen) academic programmes established by the Ministry of Education. The programmes were in the Sciences, Environmental Studies, Communication Arts and Engineering. The corresponding staff strength stood at 3 (three) principal officer and 492 (academic and non-academic) staff mostly transferred from Polytechnic Calabar.
The Position is however different, the total staff strength is 676 made up of 253 academic staff (Lecturers), 244 senior non-academic staff and 179 junior staff. The student’s population has also increased.
The number of academic programmes however dropped to 8 (eight) between 1996 and 2000 as a result of non-accreditation of programmes by (NBTE). Presently, 15 (fifteen) programmes have been fully accredited by NBTE at the National Diploma (ND) and 7 (seven) Higher National Diploma (HND) levels.
The Programmes are:
Accountancy ND, HND
Business Administration ND, HND
Office Technology and Management ND, HND
Statistics ND, HND
Computer Science ND, HND
Civil Engineering ND
Electrical/Electronics Engineering ND
Mass Communication ND, HND
Science Laboratory Technology ND, HND
With Options in:
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Biology
Microbiology
Physics with Electronics
Architecture ND
Building Technology ND
Estate Management ND
Surveying and Geo-informatics ND
Urban and Regional Planning ND
Banking and Finance ND
Marketing ND
Public Administration ND
All the above programmes are also offered at the Pre-ND level and fully accredited by the NBTE.
With effect from the 2006/2007 session, the polytechnic Governing Council gave approval to establish Part-Time/Evening programme in all the NBTE accredited programmes. Lectures have since commenced in all viable programmes.
Ikot Osurua, Ikot -Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State.