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In 1977, the Honours program started.
The first graduates completed their course in 1980.
The Engineering department became a faculty of its own in 1977,with three
disciplines-Civil, Mechanical and Electrical, all forming separate departments.
In 1991 a fourth department was formed called the Maintenance Department.
Experience through the years in that department has proved that most of the courses being offered in this department are common to the Mechanical Engineering department.
In view of this situation it was decided that the two departments be restructured and merged to become the department of Mechanical and Maintenance Engineering come the year 2000.
The minimum of requirements for admission to study for the degree of Bachelor or Engineering are those stated under the section headed "Matriculation and degree-structure" in an earlier section.
Course entry requirements - Of the subjects which are counted towards a candidate's qualification for matriculation, GCE `O' level credit 5 (or the equivalent) in Chemistry is also desirable.
For exemption from the Preliminary Year course of study and examination the two G.C.E. `Advanced' level (or equivalent) Passes should normally be in Mathematics and Physics, although applicants who have passed in only one of these subjects may also be considered.
In the Preliminary and Intermediate Years all students pursue the same courses, but specialisation in the chosen branch of Engineering starts in the Qualifying Year.
The Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, of the United Kingdom recognised the first graduates (in 1967) in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering respectively as being exempt from the Institutions professional examinations.
Such recognition should continue being subject to certain conditions, mainly concerned with satisfactory `External Examiners' reports.