COMPUTING & INFORMATICS

The department was formerly known as Maths/Computer. It was established back in 1996 as a service department to offer training services to other Engineering departments in the areas of ICT and Mathematics. The department later mounted its own courses in 1998 and started offering Diploma in Applied statistics, Diploma in Computer studies and Short-term Computer application Courses. Later in 2001, the department introduced mainstream courses in ICT such as Diploma in ICT and Certificate in ICT. The department has made several achievements in the Last ten years, Since the introduction of the mainstream Courses in ICT. The students’ enrolment has improved tremendously from a previous low number of 125 in 2007 to over 700 students in 2019. The department is working in collaboration with stakeholders from the industry to ensure that all our Courses are aligned to the requirements of the Job market. We proudly recognize ICT to be one of the fastest growing and dynamic service industries in the Country, and therefore, there is need to keep up-to-date with the technology used in the industry to ensure that our graduates have a seamless transition from College to the Job market.
Our mission
To develop in our students the deep technical, problem solving and leadership skills needed to create new state-of-the computing technologies they need to take up real-world challenges.
Mission
To produce competent technical professionals to become part of the industry and research organizations at the national and international levels.