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Campus
02 May 2026 3 min read

Foundation stone laid for the Mechatronics Engineering laboratory complex

The 2,400 m² facility will host robotics, hydraulics, pneumatics and control-systems teaching labs serving over 240 students at full capacity.

Partnership
21 Apr 2026 3 min read

Memorandum signed with Nigerian Foundries Limited for technician exchange programme

Foundry Technology students will rotate through Lagos production lines beginning January 2027.

Academic
15 Apr 2026 2 min read

Inaugural lecture series: "Local capacity for defence manufacturing" announced

Six lectures over the 2026 session, featuring industry leaders from DICON and beyond.

Research
08 Apr 2026 5 min read

DIT joins national consortium on additive manufacturing for defence applications

Joint research with FUT Minna, ABU Zaria and the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Institutional
27 Mar 2026 2 min read

Brig. Gen. (rtd) Ibrahim Bello appointed first Registrar of the institute

A 32-year career in military engineering precedes Bello's move into academic administration.

Campus
14 Mar 2026 3 min read

Inaugural open day draws over 600 prospective students to the Kakuri campus

Live workshop demonstrations and tours of the foundry complex anchored the programme.

Institutional
02 Mar 2026 1 min read

Federal Ministry of Defence confirms 2026 capital allocation for DIT facilities

₦4.2 billion in capital allocation supports the second phase of laboratory construction.

Partnership
18 Feb 2026 3 min read

DIT signs MoU with Federal Polytechnic Kaduna on shared laboratory access

Students gain rotational access to advanced spectroscopy and metallurgical analysis equipment.