The Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin was established by his Excellency, the then Military Governor of Kwara State, Col. David Bamigboye. The decision to establish the Polytechnic was announced during the launching of the four Year Development plan in 1971.

The College eventually came into existence following the promulgation of Kwara State Edict no. 4 of 1972 (now overtaken by the edict no. 21 of 1984 edict No. 13 of 1987 and edict no. 7 of 1994) as a body empowered by statute “to provide for studies, training, research and development of techniques in arts and language, applied sciences, engineering, management and commerce, education and well as in other spheres of learning”.

The Kwara State Polytechnic formally commenced operation in January 1973 with an administrative machinery patterned closely after the existing universities in the country. The polytechnic has as its motto: TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND SERVICE.

At its inception in 1973, the Polytechnic had 110 students, 11 members of academic staff and 3 senior administrative staff.

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Departments:

HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
LEISURE AND TOURISM
STATISTICS AND MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.
Departments:

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING
ESTATE MANAGEMENT
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT
SURVEYING AND GEO-INFORMATICS
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY
QUANTITY SURVEYING
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

INSTITUTE OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES.
Departments:

MARKETING
PURCHASING & SUPPLY
ACCOUNTANCY
BANKING & FINANCE
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Departments:

MASS COMMUNICATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE
OFFICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Departments:

MINERALS AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES ENGINEERING
MINING ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
WELDING AND FABRICATION