The foremost professional engineering regulatory body in Nigeria, the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has granted FULL accreditation status to 13 academic programmes and INTERIM accreditation status for 1 academic programme in Federal University of Technology Owerri.
This news was conveyed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof C. C. Asiabaka vide a letter dated December 15, 2014 and issued by the Registrar of COREN.
He recalled that a COREN Accreditation Team led by Engr Dr Babagana Mohammed visited the University for the period: 13-15 October, 2014 to conduct facility/resource assessment of all engineering programmes in FUTO. He listed the result of the exercise as follows:
| S/N | Programme | Accrediation Status | Validity Period |
| A. | Undergraduate Programmes | ||
| 1. | Agricultural Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 2. | Mechanical Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 3. | Chemical Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 4. | Elect/Elect Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 5. | Met/Mat Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 6. | Petroluem Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 7. | Polymer/Textile Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 8. | Civil Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| B. | Post Graduate Diploma Programmes | ||
| 1. | Agricultural Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 2. | Chemical Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 3. | Polymer/Textile Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 4. | Civil Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 5. | Elect/Elect Engineering | Full Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2019 |
| 6. | Petroluem Engineering | Interim Accreditation | Oct, 2014 – Oct, 2016 |
He added that the exercise was about quality assurance aimed at ensuring that products of engineering programmes in tertiary institutions are sound and functional with engineering personnel that meet the challenges of society and compete favourably with their counterparts anywhere in the world.
He noted that the success of the accreditation was due to the facilities on ground in the University especially the new Ultra-Modern magnificient SEET Building complex describing which is an architectural masterpiece and the best Engineering Building in the country.
He disclosed that the Engineeering Complex had provision of professorial offices for all senior Academics in SEET which was also another unique innovation.
The Vice-Chancellor thanked the, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Director, Academic Planning and Development Unit, Dean, SEET and other staff members for a successful accreditation exercise.
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