The National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) has rated The Polytechnic, Ibadan, as the best state-owned polytechnic in Nigeria.

A statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the board, Dr. Musa’udu Adamu Kazuare, said: ‘’The NBTE in its pilot ranking of polytechnics in the country, which covered 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 academic sessions, ranked The Polytechnic, Ibadan, as the best state-owned polytechnic in the country.

According to him, the ranking was based on several criteria consisting of total number of programmes with full accreditation, percentage of programmes with full accreditation, , among other criteria.