It was established in 1978 as the Michael Okpara College of Agriculture, Umuagwo and was upgraded to a Polytechnic status, renamed as the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo in 2007.
[2] The Polytechnic is located in Omuma, Oru East LGA of Imo State after the Governor of the state, Senator Hope Uzodimma, assented to a bill relocating the institution from twenty-six kilometers from Owerri on the Port Harcourt Road.
Chinwe Obaji was a lecturer at this institution before being appointed head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.
Here are the five schools within Imo State Polytechnic and their department total in brackets.
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