Auchi Polytechnic is a Federal Polytechnic in Auchi, Edo State, Nigeria. It is one of the first four Polytechnics established in Nigeria. It has over 10,000 students enrolled in business, technology, environmental and arts courses. History Auchi Polytechnic was founded in 1963, first as a technical college which was a gift of the British government to the then Midwestern Region. It offered courses only up to the Ordinary Diploma level in limited areas of engineering and business. By the seventies, there was a need for skilled manpower at a higher level and in many more disciplines. Thus in 1973, the Bendel State Government upgraded the technical college to a full-fledged polytechnic with the mandate to train skilled manpower up to the Higher National Diploma level in a broad range of engineering, science, environmental studies, business studies and art and design. The extant law establishing it assigned to the institution the task of producing well trained and highly skilled middle level manpower for the national economy in the areas of engineering, applied sciences and technology, environmental studies, management studies, and art and industrial design. In 1994, the Federal Government took over the polytechnic from the Edo State Government. Schools Source: School of Applied Science & Technology (SAST) Department of Food Technology Department of Hospitality Management Department of Science Laboratory Department of Ceramic Technology Department of Science Laboratory Technology School of Art and Industrial Design (SAID) Department of Graphics & Textile Department of Painting & General Arts Department of Sculpture & Ceramics School of Business Studies (SBS) Department of Accountancy Department of Banking & Finance Department of Business Administration & Management Department of Marketing Department of Public Administration School of Engineering Technology (SENG) Department of Agricultural Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Technology Department of Civil Engineering Department of Electrical/Electronics Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Polymer Technology School of Environmental Studies (SENV) Department of Architectural Technology Department of Building Technology Department of Estate Management Department of Quantity Surveying Department of Survey & Geo-informatics Department of Urban & Regional Planning School of Information & Communication Technology (SICT) Department of Computer Science Department of Mass Communication Department of Office Technology & Management Department of Statistics School of General Studies (This is a servicing school, it has no students of its own.) Notable alumni Hanks Anuku, Nigerian-Ghanaian actor. Philipa Idogho, former Rector Tom Ikimi, politician. Paul Obazele, Nigerian actor Academic excellence The school has