Bali Polytechnic was established vide the Federal Executive Council approval of Wednesday 14th March, 2007. Following the approval, the Federal Ministry of Education appointed a Ministerial Task Force under the Chairmanship of the immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education Dr. Nuru Yakubu to ensure a speedy take-off.

The Taraba State Government and the Bali Local Government Authority donated some facilities and structures for the take-off of the Polytechnic among which was a 500 hectare piece of land along Bali-Jalingo Road for the siting of the Permanent Site.

Subsequently an acting Rector was appointed in person of Dr. Saidu Umaru Jen on 15th December, 2008 followed by the constitution and inauguration of the first Governing Council on 10th February, 2009. The Governing Council has Alh. Abubakar Bobboi Jauro as Chairman.Our Programmes
ND Accountancy
ND Agric Technology
ND Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering
ND Animal Health and Production Technology
ND Building Technology
ND Business Administration and Management (BAM)
ND Civil Engineering
ND Computer Engineering
ND Computer Science
ND Electrical/Electronic Engineering
ND Office Technolgy and Management
ND Public Administration
ND Science Laboratory Technology
ND Statistics
HND Accountancy
HND Computer Science
HND Crop Production Technology
HND Office Technology and Management
HND SLT (Biochemistry Option)
HND SLT (Chemistry Option)
PRE-ND Science
Certficate in Accountancy
Certficate in Building Technology
Certficate in Civil Engineering
Certficate in Computer Technology
Certficate in Office Technology and Management
Certificate in Agric Technology
Certificate in Environmental and Public Health Engineering