Imo State Polytechnic is a higher education institute in Umuagwo, Imo State, Nigeria. 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. The institution provides courses, training and research in all branches of Agriculture, Management Sciences, Engineering and Food Sciences.[1] The institution is certified to award National Diploma and Higher National Diploma qualifications.[2]
The Polytechnic is twenty-six kilometers from Owerri on the Port Harcourt road and has three hundred and sixty hectares of land. The Otamiri River runs past its border, making it ideal for all year round agricultural production through irrigation.[1]
Chinwe Obaji was a lecturer at this institution before being appointed head of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education.[3]
In 2009, the Rector, Dr. Anderson Amadioha, stated that "We have developed about 43 varieties of high yielding cassava stems for use by farmers."[4] The college has also researched improvements to other crops, such as maize.[5] In March 2009, the rector advised staff of Polytechnic to resist the temptation of getting involved in admission racketeering and issuance of fake receipts to unsuspecting students, affirming a zero tolerance policy.[6]