First Technical University Academic Calendar for 2019/2020 Session (REVISED)

Technical University Ibadan Academic Calendar: The management of the Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, has released the revised academic calendar for the first and second semesters, 2019/2020 academic session.

Technical University Academic Calendar

SEPTEMBER, 2020
Friday, 4th – Mid-Semester Examinations End
Sunday, 20th – Part I Students come into Residence for Laboratory and Workshop Retreat
Monday, 21st – Laboratory and Workshop Retreats commence for Part I students 
Sunday, 27th – Parts II and III Students come into Residence for Laboratory and Workshop Retreat
Monday, 28th – Laboratory and Workshop Retreats commence for Parts II and III students 

OCTOBER, 2020
Sunday, 4th – Students come into Residence
Monday, 5th – Face to Face Lectures Commence
Friday,16th – End of Second Semester Lectures
Monday, 19th – Fri. 23rd – Lectures-Free Week
Monday, 26th – Second Semester Undergraduate Examinations in all Faculties Commence (2 Weeks)

NOVEMBER, 2020
Friday, 6th – Second Semester Examinations End 
Monday, 9th – Second Semester Entrepreneurship Training Commences
Friday, 20th – Second Semester Entrepreneurship Training Ends
Monday, 23rd – Commencement of SIWES
Tuesday, 24th – Departmental Board of Examiners (2 Weeks after the end of Examinations)
Wednesday, 25th – Uploading of Students’ Results 
Thursday, 26th – Faculty Board of Examiners (2.5 Weeks after the end of Examinations)

DECEMBER, 2020
Thursday, 3rd – Consideration of Results by BCOS Commences (3 weeks after Exam)
Friday, 4th – End of Session
Tuesday 8th – SENATE, 11.00 pm
Wednesday, 23rd – Christmas/New Year Break

JANUARY, 2021
Sunday, 3rd Fresh Students come into Residence for the 2020/2021 Academic Session
Monday, 4th Nov- Friday, 8th Dec – Orientation
Monday, 8th – Online Course Registration for First Semester Commences
Sunday, 17th – Returning Students come into residence
Monday, 18th – Commencement of Lecture

About Tech-U

First Technical University (TechU), Ibadan, the first of its kind in Nigeria and in West and Central Africa, was established to expand access to University education and more importantly to address the employability gaps through entrepreneurial orientation of the average Nigerian youth.

First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, has admitted the first set of students into its various accredited academic programmes. They were admitted mainly on merit.

A release made available to the public by the Media Office of the University explained that this crop of pioneering students met the premier Technical University’s advertised criteria for admission for the chosen courses. They successfully changed their first choices of institutions to Tech-U through the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) and obtained the admission form of the University available on its (University’s) website.

It is on record that Tech-U, an initiative of the present administration in Oyo State, is the first Technical University in Nigeria and West Africa. The University is taking off with two faculties – Faculty Technology and Engineering and Faculty of Natural Sciences.

The University has a total of 15 academic programmes fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) after a team of the body visited the University in July to assess its resource readiness for take-off. The accreditation and approval by NUC for take-off of academic activities coupled with the support of JAMB made it possible for the University to admit students for the 2017/2018 academic session.

Some of the NUC-accredited programmes include Mechatronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics with Electronics, Petroleum Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, and Statistics. Additionally, the statement from the Media Office stated that academic activities, which were first slated to begin this October, had been postponed to November. The management of the University made the decision in order to give room for more applicants, particularly students who initially opted for other institutions but have now initiated the process of changing of institution to Tech-U, to complete the process. It, therefore, enjoined other prospective applicants to take advantage of the extension in the period of the ongoing admission exercise.

The University is fully ready for academic activities with first-rate teaching and experienced non-teaching staff in place to begin the first academic session. Modern classrooms fitted with air-conditioners, an expansive 500-seater e-library, and fully furnished laboratories are already in place to make learning enjoyable. Similarly, a well-secured, fully functional, and student-friendly hostel is in place to give the new students memorable learning experiences.