Section 2: Objects of the University.

The objects of the University are to -
a encourage the advancement of learning in environment technology, environmental chemistry and of all related disciplines as ecology, hydrochemistry, waste water treatment, atmospheric chemistry and environmental microbiology, and to hold out to all persons without discrimination on race, creed, sex or political conviction;
b develop and offer academic and professional programmes leading to the award of certificates, first degrees, post-graduate research, diploma and higher degrees with emphasis on planning, developmental and adaptive skills in environmental sciences, applied sciences on climate change and allied environmental and ecological related professional disciplines;
c produce environmentally and ecologically mature technologists with capabilities to not only understand the environmental and ecology needs of Nigeria as a nation, but also exploit existing technological infrastructure and improve on it to develop new ones to provide required solutions;
d act as agents and catalysts for effective environmental and ecological technology system, through post graduate training, research and innovation, for effective economic utilisation and for conservation of its immediate environment and the country's entire natural and human resources;
e bring quality transformation in environmental science and technology education by focusing on practical teaching, research and learning innovations that add value;
f collaborate with other national and international institutions involved in training, research and development of ecological and environmental technology solutions, with a view to promoting quality good governance, leadership and management skills among environmental scientists and technologists;
g identify and promote the principles of sustainable development to represent an important part of the study curriculum, with a special emphasis on its biological, chemical and technological aspects of environmental and ecological needs of the society, with a view to finding solutions to them within the context of overall national development needs;
h provide and promote sound basic environmental and ecological technology training as a foundation for the development of Nigeria, taking into account indigenous environmental challenges, culture and the need to enhance national response to ecological disasters;
i provide higher education and foster a systematic advancement of knowledge that is oriented towards industrial toxicology, ecotoxicology, environmental analysis, decontamination technologies and assessment of environmental impacts;
j provide for instructions in such branches of environmental sciences education as it may deem necessary to provide, for research, and for the dissemination of environmental knowledge as it may determine;
k prepare global experts that have excellent theoretical knowledge, practical skills and experience in basic natural scientific disciplines and related fields of engineering, with operational competence and knowledge in environmental protection, managing ecological and climate change problems; and
l ndertake any other activity that is appropriate for a university of technology and environmental sciences of the highest standard.