The philosophy of the programme is to produce self-reliant and confident graduates who can bring their academic and practical backgrounds to bear on the problems of industry and the larger Nigerian society. The academic programme has been planned to challenge and encourage students towards developing ingenuity and originality in problem solving. The cornerstone of this is an early grounding in the basic engineering sciences and a strong emphasis on applied design in later years.

In Mechanical Engineering degree programme, students are trained through courses taken, laboratory sessions and industrial attachment to apply basic scientific principles to design, manufacture, operation, and maintenance of all forms of mechanical devices, as well as management of human and material resources necessary for such activities.