West Africa / 
Sierra Leone / Kenema
Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone
The challenge of engineering or technology is to bring new technical discoveries to commercial reality through the clever application of scientific knowledge, practical engineering experience, critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. It is also to apply judgement, based on experience, to bring new discoveries to the point where they are able to benefit society. The Faculty of Engineering & Innovation (FOEI) at ETUSL is structured to have greater autonomy and enhance efficiency in providing training and delivery of services. <p></p> It has been a long felt inevitable to align higher education with the emerging needs of the economy so as to ensure that the graduates of higher education system have adequate knowledge and skills for employment and entrepreneurship. The higher education system has to incorporate the requirements of various industries in its curriculum, in an innovative and flexible manner while developing a holistic and well-groomed graduate. The programmes in the FOEI aim to build individual capacities and train persons with adequate employability skills. <mark>The programmes structure attempt to blend appropriate technical knowledge and skills, personal and professional skills and substantive ‘hands-on’ and field / site experience required in the different occupations.</mark> <p></p> The Faculty of Engineering & Innovation welcomes creative people who can face the challenge of invigorating future society by achieving what has before now been impossible. <mark>To create groundbreaking inventions and to achieve what has been impossible so far with the application of existing techniques, students should not be content to simply acquire knowledge and understand scientific principles. In addition to learning that kind of knowledge, students must master engineering, which will enable them to create new technologies and make dreams come to life.</mark> This makes the Faculty of Engineering & Innovation at the ETUSL a place for multi-faceted profession in engineering and technology.