History
The establishment of specialized Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria is a milestone in the nation’s educational and developmental history. The Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike was established in May 1993. In due course it became clear that the mission of the Institution could not be properly achieved, neither could Agriculture be successfully developed nor meaningfully utilized in the industrialization and sustenance of the nation without an accompanying College of Engineering. Thus in 2002, the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology came into existence with the establishment of the Department of Agricultural Engineering followed in quick succession by the Departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical/Electronic Engineering in the 2003/2004 Academic Session, Until October 2006 where the College moved into her own building, the departments we accommodated in the College of Natural Resources and Environmental Management.
The Department of Civil Engineering was therefore established in the 2003/2004 academic session. It is gradually growing in strength by acquiring qualified and highly experienced academic staff and building up its laboratory facilities. The Department runs a five-year program leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Civil, Engineering. The specific contents of the program of the Civil Engineering Department have been updated and enriched to meet current trends in a globalized world through ICT and benchmarks for full accreditation by the National Universities Commission and Council for Regulation Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). Details of the available academic and non-academic personnel resources, as well as laboratory, workshop and classroom facilities are presented at the appropriate sections of this web domain.
