Welcome to the Tamale Technical University, the premier university in the Northern Region, Ghana and one of the most prestigious Polytechnics in Ghana.

Tamale Technical University began as a Trades Training Centre in 1951 and then became the Government Training School in 1954. It was converted to a Junior Technical Institute in 1960.

The School was elevated to the statutes of a Polytechnic on August 23, 1992. As a result of the Educational Reform Programme and the enactment of the PNDC Law 321 in 1992, Tamale Technical University was elevated to tertiary status together with Accra, Kumasi, Ho, Cape Coast and Takoradi Polytechnics. The Polytechnic now trains students up to the Higher National Diploma level and degree programmes.

Tamale Technical University envisions to become an information Technology driven tertiary institution with a cohesive workforce for the running of professional, certificate, Higher National Diploma (HND) and degree programmes relevant to national development; with the needs of the Polytechnic socio-economic environment centre stage.