The Department of Electrical & Information Engineering offers Honour degrees in three programmes namely: Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical & Electronics
Engineering, and Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Information & Communication Technology.

The duration of each of the degree programmes in the Department is five years of ten semesters. Nine semesters of course works and laboratory practical are spent in the university. The long vacation of twelve weeks between 200 level and 300 level is devoted to SWEP (Student Work Experience Programme) in the workshops in the university. The SIWES
(Student Industrial Experience Scheme) is a period of six consecutive months after alpha (1st) semester of 400 level which is spent in industries. As a result of the commonalities existing among the three programmes, the first three years, that is 100, 200, 300 levels, are 100% common to the three programmes.

JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROGRAMMES IN THE DEPARTMENT

In the electromechanical age, electrical engineering as a discipline was monolithic. The name Dept of Electrical Engineering was adopted by Universities offering the programme. Then came the era of microelectronics which broadened the discipline to electrical and electronic engineering; and Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering became the order of the day. Computer age followed and it became fashionable to have Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering. The new realm now is an Information age and in order to cope effectively with industry’s labour demand it is
imperative to design programmes and curricula to meet this demand. Hence, the new nomenclature of Dept. of Electrical and Information Engineering; and the programmes offered in this Department.