The Department of Computer Engineering, University of Ilorin was established in August 2014 as an offshoot of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The Department the admitted its first set of undergraduate students into the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Engineering degree programme at the commencement of the 2014/2015 academic session.
The establishment of the Department was aimed at providing a platform for multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary academic activities aimed at providing solutions to industrial and socioeconomic challenges through training of highly skilled manpower for the increasingly dynamic ICT industry and conducting of cutting-edge research for industrial development.
The curriculum for the Computer Engineering programme was developed by a team of experienced academics, who have painstakingly crafted the academic programme to conform to the NUC and COREN Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) while making provision for students to be well-versed in state-of-the-art computer technologies.