Dorben Polytechnic, Abuja

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Dorben Polytechnic, Abuja is a private tertiary institution accredited by the Federal Ministry of Education (FME) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) in Nigeria, West Africa. It is located in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. The campus is in Bwari along Kuduru-Garam Road.

Privately owned, the polytechnic provides training leading to the award of National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programs for students who intend to work as accountants, computer specialists, administrators, and managers.

It was incorporated in 1995 and was approved and accredited as a school by the National Board for Technical Education and the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education in 1999. Starting with just 250 students, as of 2010 Dorben had more than 3500 students and over 45 faculty members.

Before being accredited as a polytechnic in 2007, the school had to acquire 50 hectares of land, have a minimum of one hundred million naira bank guarantee and mount core engineering programs.

In September 2008 the National Association of Nigerian Students bestowed an award of Excellence on the chairman of the management board of the Dorben Polytechnic, Dr. A.B. Ekwere. Speaking in October 2009, Ekwere said that four lecturers who had been sacked for examination malpractices were seeking the help of local chiefs to beg for their reinstatement. He was not sympathetic, and said that the institution made every effort to prevent cheating on exams.

We offer a range of courses and programmes in National Diploma and Higher National Diploma. We are the citadel of academic excellence. We have talented, gifted and committed lecturers, staff and students. Also, we have the capacity and purpose to prepare our students for their chosen careers.

As an Institution, it is our duty to help our students achieve their visions, build and exhibit good moral values, and eventually become great leaders for the future.

Through our intensive entrepreneurship programme, our graduate students have become great entrepreneurs that can compete in the global economy, thereby be successful in life.

Dorben Polytechnic was established to provide high quality academic studies for individuals who intend to develop career as professionals and technical experts with self-reliance. It is with this in mind that the polytechnic strives over the years to position itself as a center of academic excellence.

On the strength of the above, many important personalities from other parts of the globe have had cause to visit the polytechnic for the purpose of interaction in areas of technical cooperation.

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