NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
The National Diploma programme in Software Engineering is designed to produce skilled software technicians who should be able to solve a wide range of problems by the systematic development and evaluation of large, high quality software systems.
OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME
A product of Computer Software Engineering should be able to:
- Develop and maintain software
- Detect technical faults in a Computer installation
- Design and test software to optimise its production and support
- Design and run efficient programmes in a wide spectrum of fields, and in various languages
- Install a computer system
- Produce roburst, high quality software systems
- Advise on the installation of Computer facilities
- Carry out routine (preventive) maintenance of Computer facilities
- Work with a team on a project
- Become an employer of labour in a self-owned enterprise.
Entry Requirements:
5 credit level passes at not more than two sittings at SSCE, GCE, NECO, WAEC, NABTEB, in Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry and any other
Employment Prospects
There is a strong demand for Software Engineers worldwide. They are needed in the electronics, computing, telecommunications, and information processing industries, banking and government institutions and numerous others.
- Design and development of software for the microprocessors embedded in building access
- Systems, petrol pumps, hydro dam monitors, vending machines and other electronic equipment
- Designers and managers of local area networks
- Software developers in the telecommunications industry
- Business application programmers
- Webmasters and web designers
- PC Help Desk operators
- Technical Support Analyst.
NATIONAL DIPLOMA
Trainees who successfully complete all the courses/modules specified in the curriculum table and pass the national examinations in the trade will be awarded the following certification:
A National Diploma in Computer Software Engineering.
Our Goals
We aim to make every individual employable by companies, individuals or themselves. Empower graduates, undergraduates, already employed, job-seekers, low-income earners and school leavers with competent professional skills that will enable them make a good living.
I picked my State polytechnic as the first choice but was offered admission at HCT. Without much ado, am enjoying every bit of my studies here with full practical assistance. 
Noah Eric from Benin city Edo State presently studying Software Enginering.