Tuition-free Programme
Historical Background
Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria took off in 2005 while college of Engineering was established in 2009 with two Departments. In April 2023, the University got approval from National University Commission (NUC) for the commencement of Bachelors degree programme in Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering (B. Eng) as full Department in the College of Engineering. However, this makes the seventh department in the College for enrolment of students in 2023/2024 academic session. The programme operates academic curricula that are tailored along the stipulations contained in the NUC CCMAS as required by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN. The programme is Tuition-free.
Prof. Jimoh Musa Omotayo
Head of Department
Philosophy, Aims and Objectives of the programme
Agricultural and Bio-Resources engineering encompasses the application of all engineering knowledge to solving problems encountered in agricultural production, handling and processing of biological materials for food, feed, fibre and fuel.
Bachelor of Engineering in Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering is a 5- years Programme. Students will go for Students Works Experience Programme (SWEP) for a period of 3 months at the end of their 200 Level.
They Engage in three (3) and six (6) months of Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in 300 Level and 400 Level respectively. At 500 Level, a student will carry out supervised research project in their areas of interest.
This department has five main Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs):
- PEO1: Produce a graduate that will be actively involved in all field of engineering and science-based programmes. Department is highly interested in producing a first-class student that can compete globally.
- PEO2: Employ the services of qualified, experienced and competent academic scholars that will be able to teach in Bells University.
- PEO3: Give opportunities for learning to students so as to develop their academic capacity and showcase their talents in all fields of engineering through intensive teaching, research under an adequately, spacious, comfortable classrooms, lecture theatres, laboratories and workshops that is conducive enough for academic growth.
- PEO4: Develop successful careers as agricultural and biosystems engineers that can apply their engineering knowledge to solving any technical challenges encountered on the field.
- PEO5: Address the full range of technical and societal problems with professional engineering competence, creativity, imagination, confidence and responsibility.
- PEO6: Seek partnership with various universities within and outside Nigeria in order to forster professionalism of both the lecturers and students to research.
The student is required to present his/her results orally before a panel of examiners, that is, by oral presentation and defence.
The programme is designed to prepare students for careers in:
- Farm power and machinery engineering;
- Soil and water resources engineering;
- Crop processing, storage and agro-industrial engineering;
- Farm structures, rural electrification and environmental control engineering;
- Forestry and wood products engineering; and
- Food process engineering.
Natural resources system: irrigation and drainage, erosion control and water conservation;
Environmental system: farm structures, waste remediation and farm electrification;
Biological system: sensors, controls and computer models to monitor biological processes and conversion of bio-based resources to food, fuel and others.
It is thus very wide and all encompassing.
This programme emphasizes skills that can gainfully employ Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineers in all agricultural, bio-resources, environmental, rural and industrial environments as Design Engineers, Test Engineers, Product Engineers, Plant Engineers, Quality Control Engineers, Process Engineers, Energy Engineers and Advisers, Consulting Engineers and Environmental Engineers.
They can also be employed as Irrigation and Drainage Engineers, Waste Management Engineers, Machinery Maintenance Engineers and Dairy Engineers among others. In addition to competence in problem-solving technical, technological and modern digital skills, the programme equips the students with appropriate cognitive, critical analytical and innovative skills, emotional and behavioral skills including communication, interpersonal, continuous and life-long learning capabilities that will make them to be conscious of their importance, and the need for sustainability in relation to the consequences of their professional activities on the human environment and ecosystem.
Undergraduate Admission Requirement
- A minimum of two ‘A’ Level passes in Science subjects including Mathematics and Physics/Chemistry
- N.C.E. (Technical) with at least Credit in Mathematics, Physics and one other Science subject.
- National Diploma in any Engineering course / Food Science and Technology with minimum of upper Credit level from a recognized University or Polytechnic.