Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time, part-time and Online admissions into the postgraduate programs of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, for the 2023/2024 academic session, leading to the award of Postgraduate Diplomas, Master’s and Doctorate degrees in the following Faculties, Institutes and Centers.
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Department of Animal Science and Production
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Animal Production and Management; (ii) Animal Breeding and Genetics/Biotechnology; (iii) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry; (iv) Animal Physiology and Biotechnology
Department of Crop Science & Horticulture
Area of Specialization:
(i) Crop Production; (ii) General Horticulture; (iii) Tropical Fruits and Plantation Crops; (iv) Crop Breeding and Genetics; (v) Plant Mycology; (vi) Pest Management; (vii) Stored Products Entomology; (viii) Weed Science
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Fisheries Biology; (ii) Fish Nutrition; (iii) Processing and Utilization; (iv) Fisheries Economics; (v) Fisheries Extension and Marketing; (vi) Fisheries Policy and Management
Department of Food Science and Technology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Food Microbiology; (ii) Food Chemistry and Quality Control; (iii) Food Processing and Storage Technology; (iv) Food Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry; (ii) Soil Survey and Land Use Planning; (iii) Soil Physics and Conservation; (iv) Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy; (v) Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Technology; (vi) Paedology and Classification; (vii) Environmental Soil Science
Department of English Language and Literature
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Language Studies; (ii) Literary Studies
Department of History and International Studies
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Social and Political History; (ii) Economic History; (iii) International Relations
Department of Igbo, African and Asian Studies
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Igbo Language; (ii) Igbo Oral Literature; (iii) Igbo Written Literature; (iv) Translation (Igbo-English); (v) Igbo Culture and Civilization
Department of Linguistics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Syntax and Morphology; (ii) Semantics and Pragmatics; (iii) Phonetics and Phonology; (iv) Sociolinguistics; (v) Igbo Lexicography; (vi) Cognitive Linguistics
Department of Modern European Language.
Areas of Specialization:
(i) African and Caribbean Literature in French; (ii) Comparative Literature in French; (iii) Oral African Literature in French; (iv) French Language and Linguistics; (v) French Language and Translation
Department of Music
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Theory and Composition; (ii) African Music (Ethnomusicology) (iii) Music Pedagogy; (iv) Historical Musicology (v) Performance (Conducting &Music Directing/Voice/Instrument) (vi) Music Business and Media Studies (vii) Sound Recording Engineering and Multimedia (viii) Musical Instrument Technology
Department of Religion and Human Relations
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Old Testament Studies; (ii) New Testament Studies; (iii) History of Christianity in Africa; (iv.) African Traditional Religion (v) Systematic Theology; (vi) Religion and Society
Department of Philosophy
Areas of Specialization:
(i) African Philosophy; (ii) Social and Political Philosophy; (iii) Metaphysics; (iv) Epistemology; (v) Ethics
Department of Theatre Arts and Film Studies
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Directing; (ii) Playwriting; (iii) Theatre in Education; (iv) Theatre and Cultural Administration; (v) Media Arts Studies; (vi) Theatre Technology; (vii) Theatre Tourism; (viii) Acting/Speech Arts; (ix) Theatre History; (x) Dramatic Theory and Criticism; (xi) Sociology of Drama; (xii) Public Relations (xiii) Dance/Choreography; (xiv) Theatre for Development/Theatre in Education; (xv) Costumes/Make-Up
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Directing; (ii) Playwriting; (iii) Theatre in Education; (iv) Theatre and Cultural Administration; (v) Media Arts Studies; (vi) Theatre Technology; (vii) Theatre Tourism; (viii) Film Studies; (ix) Broadcasting; (x) Print Journalism (xi) Acting; (xii) Theatre History; (xiii) Dramatic Theory and Criticism; (xiv) Sociology of Drama; (xv) Public Relations; (xvi) Dance/Choreography; (xvii) Music/Ethnomusicology; (xviii) Theatre for Development; (xix) Costumes/Make-Up; (xx) Voice and Speech Arts (xxi) Theatre Innovations
FACULTY OF BASIC CLINICAL SCIENCES
Department of Chemical Pathology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Lipid and Nutrition, CHD Risk Factors; (ii) Reproductive Endocrinology/Diabetology; (iii) Enzymology and Vitaminology (iv) Trace Element Metabolism and Clinical Toxicology (v) Immunology (vi) Tumor Markers
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Mycology (ii) Parasitology; (iii) Infection and Immunity; (iv) Bacteriology; (v) Virology; (vi) Public Health Microbiology
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Cardiovascular Pharmacology; (ii) Toxicology; (iii) Ethnopharmacology; (iv) Molecular Pharmacology (v) Neuropharmacology; (vi) Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Anatomy
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Gross/Topographic Anatomy; (ii) Microscopic Anatomy; (iii) Histochemistry/Cytochemistry; (iv) Developmental Anatomy (v) Anthropometry/Forensic Anatomy; (vi) Neuroanatomy; (vii) Neurobehavioral Sciences (viii) Clinical Anatomy; (ix) Surgical Anatomy; (x) Radiological Anatomy; (xi) Cytogenetics; (xii) Anatomy Museum Curator; (xiii) Sports/Fitness Anatomy (xiv) Anatomy Models/Prosthesis
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Clinical and Topographic Anatomy; (ii) Microscopic Anatomy and Histochemistry; (iii) Embryology/Developmental Anatomy; (iv) Neuroanatomy; (v) Radiological Anatomy; (vi) Forensic Anatomy and Anthropometry
Department of Human Biochemistry
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Biochemical Toxicology (ii) Hormone Biochemistry (iii) Mineral Biochemistry/Micronutrient Metabolism (iv) Nutritional Biochemistry (v) Human Biochemistry/Biochemical Interactions
Department of Human Physiology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Endocrinology (ii) Reproductive Physiology (iii) Renal Physiology (iv) Neurophysiology (v) Environmental Physiology
Department of Applied Biochemistry
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Medical Biochemistry and Immunochemistry; (ii) Industrial Biochemistry and Biotechnology; (iii) Food and Nutritional Biochemistry; (iv) Xenobiochemistry and Toxicology
Department of Applied Microbiology and Brewing.
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Food Microbiology; (ii) Industrial Microbiology; (iii) Medical Microbiology; (iv) Environmental Microbiology; (v) Brewing Science and Technology; (vi) Public Health Microbiology
Department of Botany
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Plant Anatomy; (ii) Biosystematics/Taxonomy; (iii) Ecology; (iv) Genetics; (v) Mycology/Plant Pathology; (vi) Plant Physiology (vii) Aquatic Botany; (viii) Phytomedicine/Ethnomedicine; (ix) Environmental Botany
Department of Parasitology and Entomology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Public Health Parasitology (ii) Pest Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Animal Physiology; (ii) Applied Fisheries and Aquaculture; (iii) Biological Conservation and Management; (iv) Ecology and Environmental Biology; (v) Entomology; (vi) Parasitology
Department of Adult Education
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Community Development; (ii) Distance Education; (iii) Entrepreneurial Education; (iv) Gender Education; (iv) Industrial Education
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Administration in Adult Education; (ii) Community Development
Department of Educational Foundations
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Educational Psychology; (ii) Curriculum Studies; (iii) Educational Measurement, Evaluation and Research
Department of Educational Management and Policy
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Educational Management; (ii) Educational Planning; (iii) Economics of Education
Department of Early Childhood and Primary Education
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Early Childhood Education; (ii) Primary Education
Department of Guidance and Counseling
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Counseling Psychology; (ii) Developmental Counseling Psychology; (iii) Family Counseling; (iv) Therapeutic/Clinical Counseling; (v) Vocational Guidance
Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education
Areas of Specialization:
Health Education Option
(i) Public Health Education; (ii) School Health Education
Human Kinetics Option
(i) Administration and Organization of Sports; (ii) Exercise Physiology; (iii) Sports and Exercise Psychology; (iv) Sports Sociology
Department of Library and Information Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Biology Education; (ii) Chemistry Education; (iii) Computer Science Education; (iv) Integrated Science; (v) Mathematics Education; (vi) Physics Education
Department of Vocational Education
Option: Business Education
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Accounting; (ii) Cooperative Economics and Management; (iii) Office Technology Management
Option: Technical/Technology Education
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Automobile/Mechanics (ii) Building/Woodwork (iii) Electrical/ Electronics
Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Environmental Engineering; (ii) Food and Bioprocess Engineering; (iii) Farm Structures and Environmental Control Engineering; (iv) Power Systems, Machinery & Forestry Engineering; (v) Soil, Water Resources and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Biochemical Engineering; (ii) Chemical Reaction Engineering; (iii) Corrosion; (iv) Environmental Chemical Engineering; (v) Modeling and Simulation of Chemical Process; (vi) Petroleum and Petrochemical; (vii) Raw Materials Utilization and Development; (viii) Separation Process
Department of Civil Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Geotechnical Engineering; (ii) Environmental Engineering; (iii) Structural Engineering; (iv) Water Resources Engineering (v) Highway and Transportation Option.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Communications Engineering; (ii) Computer and Control Systems Engineering; (iii) Information and Communication Technology (ICT); (iv) Robotics, Control and Instrumentation Engineering
Department of Industrial/Production Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Ergonomics/Human Factors Engineering; (ii) Operation Research; (iii) Manufacturing Engineering; (iv) Production Engineering and Management Systems
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
Biomedical Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
( i) Rehabilitation Engineering option,( ii) Tissue and Cell Engineering option,( iii) Biomaterials & Biomechanics option, (iv) Biomedical Instrumentation option.
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Chemical Metallurgy; (ii) Foundry Technology; (iii) Mechanical Metallurgy; (iv) Materials Engineering; (v) Physical Metallurgy
Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Polymer Engineering; (ii) Textile Science and Engineering
Area of Specialization:
(i) Polymer Engineering
Department of Architecture
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Architecture design; (ii) Communication Skills; (iii) History and Theoretical Studies; (iv) Building Construction Technology; (v) Humanities and Social Studies; (vi) Environmental Control Systems; (vii) Physical (Building) Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Housing and Urban Studies; (ii) History and Theory of Architecture; (iii) Architectural Sciences; (iv) Architectural Technology and Production; (v) Architectural Design and Construction; (vi) Environmental Design in Architecture; (vii) Project Management and Control
Department of Building
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Building Services; (ii) Building Maintenance; (iii) Construction Technology; (iv) Construction Materials; (v) Construction Management; (vi) Facility and Maintenance Management
Department of Environmental Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Geographic Information System; (ii) Housing Studies; (iii) Infrastructure Facilities Development; (iv) Impact Assessment Studies; (v) Mineral and Resources Exploitation; (vi) Population; (vii) Population Studies; (viii) Urban Renewal Techniques; (ix) Urbanization and the Environment; (x) Water Resources; (xi) Women and Development; (xii) Waste Management Studies
Department of Estate Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Valuation; (ii) Real Estate Investment Appraisals; (iii) Real Estate Development and Finance; (iv) Facilities and Property Management; (v) Land Administration and Management; (vi) Project Management
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Art History; (ii) Art Education; (iii) Ceramics; (iv) Fashion Design; (v) Painting; (vi) Sculpture; (vii) Textile; (viii) Visual Communication (Graphics Design)
Department of Geography and Meteorology.
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Applied Climatology & Meteorology Biogeography; (ii) Environmental Management; (iii) Hydrology and Water Resources; (iv) Population Geography
Department of Quantity Surveying
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Construction/Engineering Economics; (ii) Construction Project Management; (iii) Infrastructure Cost Engineering/Management; (iv) Professional Practice Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Surveying and Geo informatics; (ii) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Applications
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Clinical Chemistry; (ii) Hematology; (iii) Histopathology; (iv) Immunology; (v) Medical Microbiology
Department of Medical Rehabilitation
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Cardio-Pulmonary Physiotherapy; (ii) Geriatric Physiotherapy; (iii) Neurological Physiotherapy (iv) Orthopedic, Sports and Recreational Physiotherapy; (v) Women’s Physiotherapy (Obstetrics and Gynecology Physiotherapy)
Department of Nursing Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Community Health Nursing; (ii) Maternal and Child Health Nursing; (iii) Diploma in Nursing Science; (iv) Medical Surgical Nursing; (v) Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing; (vi) Nursing Administration; (vii) Nursing Education
Department of Radiography/Radiological Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Film Reporting; (ii) Medical Physics; (iii) Medical Imaging; (iv) Radiation and Environmental Protection and Dosimetry; (v) Radiological Education; (vi) Radiological Management; (vii) Radiotherapy and Oncology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Commercial and Property Law; (ii) Public and Private Law; (iii) International Law and Jurisprudence
Department of Accountancy
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Auditing and Assurance Service; (ii)Taxation (iii) Corporate Financial Management; (iv) Management Accounting and Performance Measurement; (v) Corporate Reporting; (vi) Forensic Accounting and Fraud Management; (vii) Financial Management and Corporate Finance; (viii) Environmental Accounting
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Auditing and Assurance Service; (ii) Taxation; (iii) Corporate Financial Management; (iv) Management Accounting and Performance Measurement; (v) Corporate Reporting Services; (vi) Forensic Accounting and Fraud Manager; (vii) Financial Managers and Corporate Finance Consultancy; (viii) Environmental Accountants; (ix) Oil & Gas Experts; (x) Public Sector Accountants
Department of Banking and Finance
Areas of Specialization:
(i) International Business Finance; (ii) Capital Market; (iii) Investment Analysis; (iv) Portfolio Management; (v) Securities’ Market (vi) Monetary Theory; (vii) Banking Operations; (viii) Strategic Risk Management; (ix) Financial Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) International Business Finance; (ii) Capital Market; (iii) Investment Analysis; (iv) Portfolio Management; (v) Securities’ Market (vi) Monetary Theory; (vii) Banking Operations; (viii) Strategic Risk Management; (ix) Financial Management
Department of Business Administration
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Human Resource Management; (ii) Production/Operations Management; (iii) Strategic Management; (iv) General Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Human Resource Management; (ii) Production/Operations Management; (iii) Strategic Management; (iv) General Management
Department of Co-operative Economics and Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Agricultural Cooperatives; (ii) Cooperative Management; (iii) Service Cooperative
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Agricultural Cooperatives; (ii) Cooperative Management; (iii) Rural Development; (iv) Rural Finance; (v) Service Cooperatives
Department of Marketing
Areas of Specialization:
(i) International and Global Marketing; (ii) Sustainability and Development Marketing; (iii) Marketing Management and Strategy
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Marketing Theories and Management Strategy; (ii) Consumer Studies and Research/Marketing Analytics; (iii) Marketing Promotion/Integrated Marketing Communication; (iv) International Marketing; (v) Entrepreneurship Marketing; (vi) Marketing Logistics and Supply Chain Management; (vii) Services Marketing; (viii) Sustainability and Development
Department of Public Administration
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Human Resources Management; (ii) Project Management; (iii) Local Government Administration; (iv) Public Policy Analysis and Methods
Areas of Specialization
(i) Accountancy; (ii) Banking & Finance; (iii) Cooperative Economics and Management; (iv) Business Administration; (v) Marketing
Department of Entrepreneurial Studies
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Management; (ii) Innovation
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
Department of Community Medicine
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Epidemiology; (ii) Medical Statistics; (iii) Occupational Health; (iv) Environmental Health; (v) Health Education; (vi) Health System Administration; (vii) Health Management; (viii) Social Medicine; (ix) Rehabilitative Medicine; (x) Public Health Nutrition (xi) Demography
FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Department of Clinical Pharmacy& Pharmacy Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Pharmacy Practice and Management; (ii) Pharmaceutical Care; (iii) Public Health Pharmacy; (iv) Pharmacotherapeutics; (v) Clinical Pharmacokinetics; (vi) Pharmacoeconomics
Department of Pharmacognosy &Traditional Medicine
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Phytochemistry; (ii) Bio-medicinal Chemistry; (iii) Ethnobotany; (iv) Psychopharmacology; (v) Drug Evaluation and Quality Control
Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotechnology
Area of Specialization:
(i) Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; (ii) Antimicrobial Evaluation; (iii) Vaccinology and Immunology; (iv) Quality Control and Formulation Microbiology
Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
i.) Quality Control and Analytical Pharmaceutical Chemistry; (ii) Drug Synthesis and Combinatorial Chemistry; (iii) Natural Products Medicinal Chemistry; (iv) Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design
Department of Pharmaceutics &Pharmaceutical Technology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Physical Pharmaceutics; (ii) Formulation Science and Technology; (iii) Powder and Tablet Technology; (iv) Cosmetic Science and Technology; (v) Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics; (vi) Drug Delivery and Targeting
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Toxicology; (ii) Ethnopharmacology; (iii) Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Forensic Sciences
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Forensic Toxicology; (ii) Forensic Chemistry & Drug Analysis; (iii) Forensic& Legal Medicine
Department of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Health Commodities, Logistics and Supply Chain Management; (ii) Transport Studies; (iii) Disaster/Humanitarian Logistics & Supply Chain Management
FACULTYOF PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Department of Statistics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Mathematics Statistics; (ii) Design of Experiments; (iii) Time Series; (iv) Probability; (v) Regression; (vi) Multivariate Analysis; (vii) Biometrics
Department of Computer Science
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Data Communication and Networks; (ii) Artificial Intelligence; (iii) Software Engineering; (iv) Database Systems and Data Engineering; (v) Computer Forensics
Department of Geological Sciences
Area of Specialization:
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Water Resources (Hydrogeology)/Environmental Geology; (ii) Petroleum Geology; (iii) Applied Geophysics; (iv) Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Biostratigraphy; (v) Economics Geology/Geochemistry
Department of Mathematics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Functional Analysis; (ii) Industrial Mathematics
Department of Physics and Industrial Physics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Astrophysics; (ii) Geophysics; (iii) Solid State Physics; (iv) Physics Electronics; (v) Nuclear Physics; (vi) Solar Energy Physics
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Analytical Chemistry; (ii) Environmental Chemistry; (iii) Industrial Chemistry; (iv) Inorganic Chemistry; (v) Organic Chemistry (vi) Physical Chemistry; (vii) Polymer Chemistry
Areas of Specialization:
Department of Economics
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Monetary Economics; (ii) Development Economics; (iii) Public Sector Economics; (iv) International Economics; (v) Quantitative Economics; (vi) Human Resource Economics (vii) Health Economics (viii) Environment Economics (ix) Energy Economics
Department of Mass Communication
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Print Journalism; (ii) Electronic Media/Broadcasting; (iii) Public Relations and Advertising (PRAD); (iv) New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs)/New Media
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Print Communication Sequence; (ii) Electronic Communication Sequence; (iii) Public Relations and Advertising Sequence
(iv) Theory and Research in Media Studies; (v) Behavior Change Communication (BCC)/Development Communication
Department of Psychology
Areas of Specialization
(i) Clinical Psychology; (ii) Counseling Psychology; (iii) Development Psychology; (iv) Forensic Psychology; (v) Industrial/organizational Psychology; (vi) Social Psychology; (vii) Rehabilitation Psychology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Employee Assistance Program; (ii) Addiction Intervention
Department of Political Science
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Political Theory and Methodology (PTMD); (ii) Public Administration and Local Government (PALG); (iii) International Relations and Diplomatic Studies (IRDS); (iv) Nigerian Government and Politics (NGAP)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Development Studies; (ii) Criminology; (iii) Industrial Sociology; (iv) Demography/Population Studies; (v) Medical Sociology; (vi) Gender Studies; (vii) Cultural Anthropology; (vii) Industrial and Labor Relations
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Development Studies; (ii) Criminology; (iii) Industrial Sociology; (iv) Demography/Population Studies; (v) Medical Sociology (vi) Gender Studies; (vii) Cultural Anthropology; (viii) Industrial and Labor Relations; (ix) Social Policy
CENTER FOR MIGRATION STUDIES
MA, MSc and Masters of Migration Studies (MMS)
Areas of Specialization:
(i) Migration Studies
Statement of Motivation: The Candidate shall be required to submit a statement of 350-500 words explaining his/her experience/engagement with Migration issues/tasks and/or motivation for embarking on the MMS programme.
CENTER FOR EYE HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING (CEHRAT)
MSc in Community Eye Health
CENTER FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Area of Specialization:
Area of Specialization:
CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (COHSES)
PGD in Occupational Health and Safety.
INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY AND CENTER FOR CANCER RESEARCH
Areas of Specialization:
CHISCO INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION STUDIES
a) PGD in Transport and Logistics
b) MSc in Transport and Logistics
Areas of Specialization:
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE
MINIMUM GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Candidates for any Postgraduate Programs must possess a minimum of five credits including English Language and any four relevant subjects at one or two sittings from WAEC, NECO, NABTEB or TC11(Faculty of Education only) based on the Department/Faculty and General University Requirements. Applicants are advised to obtain information on Departmental requirements from the university website spgs.unizik.edu.ng.*This is important*
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Postgraduate Diploma Programmes
The following may apply for admission into the Postgraduate Diploma Programs.
2.1.1 Graduates from approved Universities who hold first degree classification with FCGPA of 1.51 and above on a 5point scale.
2.1.2 Candidates from approved Polytechnic or Monotechnic who hold a Higher National Diploma with a minimum of Lower Credit.
2.2 Master’s Degree Programmes
The following may apply for admission into Master’s Programmes.
2.2.1 Graduates from approved Universities who hold the appropriate degree in the proposed field of study with minimum FCGPA of 2.50 on a 5-point scale or a minimum of 45% for universities that do not use FCGPA.
2.2.2 For unclassified degrees, candidates are expected to have a minimum overall score of 60%.
2.2.3 Holders of Postgraduate Diploma in the proposed field of study from recognized institutions with an FCGPA of 3.00 and above (on a 5-point scale).
2.3 MPHIL/PhD Programmes
Graduates from approved Universities who hold master’s degree in the proposed field of study and under the advertised courses with an FCGPA of 3.20-3.49 (on a 5-point scale).
2.4 Doctor of Philosophy Programmes
2.4.1 Graduates from approved Universities who hold master’s degree in the proposed field of study with minimum FCGPA of 3.50 on a 5-point scale or a minimum of 60% for Universities that do not use the FCGPA.
2.4.2 For PhD in Clinical Oncology, candidates are expected to have MBBS and MSc in related disciplines.
3.0 DURATION OF THE PROGRAMMES
3.1 Postgraduate Diploma Program (PGD)
Note: For the Faculty of Engineering Professional PGD.
3.2 Master’s Degree Programmes
3.3 MPHIL/PhD Programs
3.4 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Programmes
4.0 METHOD OF APPLICATION
4.1 Application form should be completed online by logging onto https://apply.cpgsportal.unizik.edu.ng and then follow the steps below
Step 1: Click on ‘start My Application’
Step 2: Fill out the Postgraduate Application form using a valid email address.
Step 3: Click on ‘submit Application’
Step 4: You will get an email notification, then login into your email and click on ‘Confirm My Account’ and login into your account using the generated data.
Step 4b: If the email landed in your spam/junk folder,please add cpgssupport@unizik.edu.ng to your approved contact list to ensure all future emails land directly in your inbox.
Step 5: When you log in, click the ‘Pay with Credo’ button to pay your application fee online. (You can make your payment either with your Debit Card or by transfer)
Applicants should include the names, phone number and e-mail addresses of three Referees. At least two of the referees must be Academics not lower than the rank of Senior Lecturer.
PhD applicants in submitting their forms shall upload a proposal of not more than five type-written pages that should include:
Application Process for the 2023/2024 Session
(Visit spgs.unizik.edu.ng for the proposal template).
N.B:
Notwithstanding compliance with the above conditions, all admissions offered are provisional and the College of Postgraduate Studies reserves the right to offer, confirm or deny admission.
Dr. Ifeyinwa F. Anolue
Deputy Registrar I /Secretary
College of Postgraduate Studies
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