Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, formerly Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta was established in January 1979. Although the idea of the Polytechnic was originally conceived by Brigadier Harris Eghagha, the government of Chief Olabisi Onabanjo saw it through. Thus, the defunct House of Assembly enacted the act cited as “the Ogun State Polytechnic Act No. 8 of 1980”, which provided for the Establishment, Incorporation, Constitution and functions of the Institution.
Consequently, academic activities began with a student population of 220, 29 academic staff and 5 senior administrative officers at its initial temporary sites at Oke-Egunya and Onikolobo both in Abeokuta. The Institution formally moved to its permanent site at Ojere in 1985 where it occupies 959 hectares of land.
Following the death of Chief MKO Abiola, the Polytechnic’s greatest benefactor in 1998, the Institution was renamed Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta. As a result of this, the law of the Polytechnic was repealed and a new law cited as Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Edict of May 1999 was thereafter enacted.
Although the Polytechnic commenced academic activities in fewer programmes, it now runs about 40 programmes in 26 departments in School of Business Administration and Management Studies, School of Communication and Information Technology, School of Engineering, School of Environmental Studies, as well as School of Science and Technology. The Centre for Part Time and Diploma Programmes, however, oversees all the part time courses.
Schools
There are five Schools in the polytechnic, each headed by a Director. Each School is further sub-divided into smaller academic units called departments, each headed by a Head of Department. They are responsible to the Rector through their Directors for the administration of their departments.
School of Business & Management Studies
Accountancy
Banking & Finance
Business Administration
Marketing
School of Communication & Information Technology
Mass Communication
School of Environmental Studies
The School started as School of Engineering and Environmental Studies in 1983 at the Onikolobo campus of the then Ogun State Polytechnic. A separate School of Environmental Studies (SENVS) was carved out in 1998.
Presently, there are six departments in the School. These are Urban and Regional Planning, Estate Management, Architecture, Building Technology, Surveying & Geo-Informatics and Quantity Surveying. Each department is headed by a HOD. There are 40 academic staff within the School. The Director oversees and co-ordinates the activities of the component departments and their staff.
DEPARTMENTS
Architecture
Urban & Regional Planning
Estate Management
Building Technology
Quantity Surveying
Surveying & Geo-Informatics
Leisure & Tourism
School of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering
School of Science and Technology
Computer Science
Food Technology
Hospitality Management
Leisure and Tourism
Nutrition & Dietetics
Pharmaceutical Technology
Science Laboratory Technology
Statistics & Mathematics
There are three other specialized centres of excellence that oversee other categories of academic and skill development programmes which are
Centre for Part Time and Diploma Programmes
Centre for Entrepreneurship Development
Directorate of Linkages and Continuing Education
P.M.B. 2210, Abeokuta, Ogun State.