Department of Engineering

The Department of Engineering, for organisational purposes, is divided into six sections representing six areas of engineering.

Sections:

• Electrical Engineering:
• Electronics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Automotive Engineering
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Welding and Fabrications

Within this group structure there are a number of course management teams handling the affairs of their respective courses across the department.

Practical experience is a fundamental component of our courses and is delivered through industrial attachment in local industry as well as in our well-equipped workshop within the institute. Our graduates have the opportunity to work on interdisciplinary projects with a strong industrial relevance as well as more fundamental engineering topics. In this regard, a minimum of six-month industrial attachment is provided.

Course Structure:

The organisation structure of our course allows a student to progress from the craft level to advanced technical diploma but also allows graduation of any level since each programme leads to certification at the appropriate level.

The entry level depending open the initial candidates are qualification from Senior Secondary or Upper Basic School. Mature students are also allowed to turn their experiences into a qualification by means of a waiver.

FACILITIES

The major facilities available to our engineering programmes include:

• A well equipped civil and mechanical engineering laboratory catering for research in:
  1. Materials testing
  2. Theory of Structure
  3. Mechanics of machines
  4. Fluid mechanics
  5. Dynamics of machines
• Machine-shop also housing a heat-treatment lab and numerically controlled lathes.
• Automotive workshop
• Welding and fabrication technology workshop with modern facilities including MIG/TIG and MAG processes
• Electronics workshop and laboratory equipped with modern facilities including state of the art oscilloscopes
• Electrical engineering workshop and laboratory housing motor control and testing equipment
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning workshop and laboratory equipped with environmental monitoring equipment
• Modern computer laboratory offering CAD facilities to engineering students
• A production and training foundry equipped with a modern laboratory for materials testing and study of microstructure and macrostructures of materials. Photomicrographs can also be produced using these facilities

FACT FILE:

Current Programmes are:

1. Certificate in Motor Vehicle Systems
2. Diploma in Motor Vehicle Systems
3. Technician Certificate in Motor Vehicle Systems
4. Technician Diploma in Motor Vehicle Systems
5. Advanced Technician Diploma in Motor Vehicle Systems
6. Technician Certificate Applied Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
7. Levels I, II and III Electronics Servicing Certificate
8. Certificate in Electrical Installations
9. Diploma in Electrical Installations
10. Certificate and Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
11. Certificate and Diploma in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
12. Technician Certificate in Welding and Fabrications
13. Pre-technical Engineering Preparatory Course

DURATION

Each programme is 1 academic year full time.

NORMAL ENTRY REQUIREMENT

1. Pre-technical: Pre-Vocational Certificate or Grade 1 to 12 School Leaving Certificate
2. Technician Certificate Courses: Grade 12 WASSCE Certificate with Passes in Maths, Science, Physics, or other Numerate Subjects.
3. Diploma/Technician Diploma and Advanced Technician Diploma Courses: Appropriate ensuring qualification as its equivalent

SERVICES

The department conducts consultancies and carries out projects for industry and the community at large.

It also conducts non-academic training on behalf of other institutions and agencies tied to development projects such as the capacity building at human resources under GAMWORKS.