About the Department

The Department of Electrical Engineering became an autonomous Department in the 1981/82 session when the first set of students were admitted into Part II of the 3-year Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree program. Part I courses were taught as common courses for all Students of the Faculty of Technology.

The aim of establishing the Department of Electrical Engineering was to meet the growing need for manpower in the profession. The main objective was to train and produce Engineers with the required qualities and capabilities to meet the increasing need for professional Engineers in the country.

Until the 1984/85 session the Department of Electrical Engineering offered a 3-year degree programme following a 2-year pre-degree programme in the Faculty of Science. From the 1984/85 session, however, the Department, like all other Departments in the Faculty of Technology, started admitting students for the 4-year programme after completing the pre-degree programme in the Faculty of Science or by direct admission through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

At present, the Department of Electrical Engineering, starting from the 1988/89 session runs a 5-year degree program. Currently the department is running 3 programs i.e. Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering. Computer Engineering programme was duly approved by the senate, the first set of students was admitted into the level 100 of the program during the 2002/2003 academic session. While Telecommunication Engineering was approved during 2014/2015 session. First set of students was admitted into Telecommunication Engineering in 2015/2016 academic session.