Motto: A Key to Academic Success

Brief Histroy: The Benue State Polytechnic was originally established by the Edict No.13 of August, 1976 by the military administration of Col. Abdulahi Shelleng. Invariably, it was established, barely a year after Benue State was created. As a young and enterprising state, there was the need to train the needed manpower for the socio ? economic and technological take-off of this “young state”. The maiden name of the institution was “Murtala College of Arts, Science and Technology. It was initially situated in Makurdi. It started off in February, 1977 with an admission of 250 students who were mainly for preparatory courses for entry into the universities. The actual courses leading to the award of Ordinary and Higher National Diplomas began in the 1977 / 1978 academic year with 143 students reading in the only three Departments offering Agriculture, Fine and Applied Arts, Accountancy, Business Administration, Execution Secretaryship, and Marketing. The polytechnic later improved and modified the curricula and increased the number of academic Departments. For instance, the Electrical / Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering (all of which were under the Engineering Department); and Catering and Hotel Management, all started in the 1978 / 1979 session. Later in the 1980 / 1981 session, the Engineering Department broke off into three separate Departments: Civil, Electrical / Electronics and the Mechanical Engineering Departments respectively. The Certificate Course in Catering and Hotel Management was also started in the 1980 / 1981 session.