About course
The Fisheries Technology Programme is a practical agricultural based course with a focus on equipping students with good management skills in fish processing, production and other aquacultural practices. It is a course relevant at this crucial time as the Federal Government seeks to diversify the Nigerian economy by focusing on Agriculture and allied industries.
The programme seeks to produce entrepreneurs with the necessary formal and highly technical skills necessary to establish agricultural concerns which are not usually capital intensive and can enjoy the full support of the government as it pushes it’s agricultural agenda.
Admission to the ND Fisheries Technology programme is through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Candidates are expected to meet the required cut off score in the JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The required UTME subjects are
- Mathematics,
- English,
- Biology/Agriculture,
- Chemistry. Candidates are also required to have five ‘O’ Level credit passes in
- English Language,
- Mathematics, Chemistry,
- Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science or Social Science subject.
- Managers and supervisors in various fish farms and fisheries companies
- Quality control officers in fish processing outlets
- Banking officers in Agricultural development banks
- Extension officers in State/Federal Agricultural Development Ministries
- Researchers in research institutes
- Regulatory/Standards Officers in such agencies as Federal Department of Fisheries(FDF) and Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
- Officers in Non-Governmental Organisations on Agriculture Development or Environmental/Natural resources management as well as International Organisations such as Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World fish, etc.