List Of Postgraduate Programmes Offered In Anambra State University - ANSU (COOU)

Anambra state university (ANSU) currently referred to as Chukwemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU) boasts as one of the best universities in the Eastern region with very rich postgraduate programmes.

ANSU offers postgraduate programmes in PGD, Masters degree and PH.D level that cuts across major disciplines.

As a postgraduate aspirant, there are some basic issues you ought to be concerned about prior to applying for any of the postgraduate programmes offered ANSU and their areas of specializations, some of which are as follows;

1) Admission requirements for fresh applicants

2) Your eligibility status for the postgraduate course being applied for.

3) Cost of the postgraduate application form and the application procedures.

4) School fees for all newly admitted postgraduate students and payment procedures.

The above are the major information that every applicant must have at his or her finger tips upon choosing and purchasing ANSU postgraduate admission form.

Now we are going to treat the above one after the other before giving the detailed list of postgraduate programmes that are currently available and being offered at ANSU (Anambra state university).

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS/Eligibility

As for the admission requirements into any of the available PG programmes, candidates or applicants as the case may be are to consult the Postgraduate Handbook, obtainable from the School of Postgraduate Studies

For general entry admission requirements/eligibility, please note that the minimum grade for admission into the Masters Degree Programme is a Second Class Lower Division (22) while that of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is 3.5 obtained at the Masters Degree level on a 5 point scale.

METHOD OF APPLICATION AND COST OF PG FORM

As for method of application, PG forms are obtainable from school of postgraduate studies COOU by payinh the sum of 10,000 naira only which is to be paid into any of the banks listed below;

A) Fidelity Bank

B) Ecobank

C) Zenith Bank PLC

With the above info, you are well aware and good to apply. Now below is the available postgraduate courses being offered at ANSU/COOU

List of Postgraduate Programmes Offered in ANSU (Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu School of Postgraduate Studies Uli)

1.1: FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

(A) Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization in Agricultural Economics:

i) Farm Management and Production Economics

ii) Agricultural – Business and Marketing

iii) Agricultural Cooperatives

iv) Farm Resources and Environmental Economics

v) Resource and Environmental Economics

vi) Agricultural Finance and Project Analysis

Areas of Specialization in Agricultural Extension:

i) Rural Sociology

ii) Agricultural Extension Communication

iii) Extension Education

iv) Agricultural Extension Administration

v) Programme Planning and Evaluation

(B) Department of Animal Science:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Animal Nutrition
ii) Animal Breeding of Genetics

iii) Animal Production and Environmental Management

iv) Animal Physiology

v) Animal Products Technology and Waste Management

(C) Department of Crop Science and Horticulture:

1. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
2. Master of Science (M.Sc) degree
3. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Economic Entomology

ii) Crop Physiology

iii) Plant Breeding and Genetics

iv) Wood Science and Technology

v) Ornamental Horticulture

vi) Forage Crops

vii) Vegetable Crops

viii) Weed Science

ix) Tropical Fruits and Agro Forestry

(D) Department of Soil Science:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Soil Biology and Biochemistry

ii) Soil Biotechnology

iii) Soil Chemistry/Soil Fertility Management

iv) Soil Physics and Soil Conservation

v) Soil Survey and Land Use Planning/Mineralogy

vi) Environmental Pollution Management

1.2: FACULTY OF ARTS

(A) Department of English:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Arts (M.A) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) English as a Second Language (ESL)

ii) English Language

iii) Literature

iv) Comparative Literature

v) Oral Literature

(B) Department of Igbo:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Arts (M.A) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Igbo Language

ii) Culture

iii) Literature

iv) Translation

v) Linguistics

1.3: FACULTY OF EDUCATION

(A) Department of Educational Foundations:

Postgraduate Diploma in Educational (PGDE)

Master of Education (M.ED) degree

Master of Educational Management, and Guidance and Counseling

B) Department of Science Education:

Master of Science in Education M.Sc (Ed) degree

Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D)

Areas of Specialization:

i) Guidance and Counseling

ii) Educational Psychology

iii) Science Education

1.4: FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

(A) Department of Chemical Engineering:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Transport Phenomena

ii) Chemical Reaction Engineering

iii) Materials Engineering (with Civil Engineering)

iv) Oil and Gas Property Evaluation

v) Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

vi) Modeling and Simulation of Processes

vii) Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals, Plastics and Polymer Engineering

viii) Biochemical Engineering

ix) Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

(B) Department of Civil Engineering:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
ii) Structural Engineering

(C) Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Electronics/Communication

ii) Solid State Circuits/Power Electronics

iii) Electrical Power

iv) Electrical Machines
v) Signal Processing and Design

(D) Department of Mechanical Engineering:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Engineering (M.Eng) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Design and Manufacturing Engineering

ii) Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

iii) Energy and Power Engineering

1.5: FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

(A) Department of Architecture:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Urban Design

ii) Building Science and Technology

iii) Building Economics and Management

iv) Landscape and Behavioural Architecture
v) Architecture

(B) Department of Environmental Management:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Transportation and Environment

ii) Population and Environment

iii) Environmental Resources

iv) Urban Environmental Problems

v) Water Resources and Environment

vi) Climate and Environment

vii) Environmental Hazards and Disaster

viii) Technology, Development and Environment

ix) Environment and Health

1.6: FACULTY OF LAW

Master in Law (LL.M)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Taxation Law

ii) Law of Intellectual Property

iii) Law of Consumer Protection

iv) Law of International Institutions

v) Comparative Constitutional Law

vi) Comparative Company Law

vii) Law of Arbitration

viii) International Human Rights Law

ix) Administrative Law

x) Advanced Humanitarian Law

xi) Election Petition Law and Practice

1.7: FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

(A) Department of Accountancy:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Financial Accounting

ii) Management Accounting

iii) Taxation

(B) Department of Banking and Finance:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Money and Banking

ii) International Insurance and Finance

iii) Capital Markets and Financial Institutions

iv) Nigerian Financial System

v) Commercial and Development Banking

(C) Department of Business Administration:

1. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
2. Master of Science (M.Sc) degree
3. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Human Resources Management

ii) Organizational Behaviour

iii) Industrial Relations

iv) Production and Operations Management

v) Bargaining, Wages and Salary Administration

vi) Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

(D) Department of Marketing:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Marketing Communication

ii) New Products, Development and Sales Promotion

iii) Consumer Behaviour

iv) Relationship Marketing

v) International Marketing

1.8: FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES

(A) Department of Biochemistry:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Medical/Immunological Biochemistry

ii) Enzymology/Protein Chemistry

iii) Industrial/Environmental Biochemistry

iv) Pharmacological and Toxicological Biochemistry

v) Nutritional Biochemistry

(B) Department of Biological Sciences:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Public Health/ Parasitology

ii) Insect Pest Management

iiii) Applied Fisheries and Aquaculture

iv) Biotechnology

v) Botany

vi) Entomology (Applied)

vii) Ecology

(C) Department of Microbiology:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Food Microbiology

ii) Industrial Microbiology

iii) Medical Microbiology

iv) Environmental Microbiology

v) Immunology

vi) Microbial Genetics

1.9: FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

(A) Department of Computer Science:

1. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
2. Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Information Technology

ii) Information Project Management

iii) Applied Computer Science

iv) Social Networks and Human-Centered Computing

(B) Department of Geology:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

• Master of Science (M.Sc) degree
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Economic Geology and Geochemistry

ii) Applied Geophysics

iii) Hydrogeology

iv) Paleobiology and Biostratigraphy

v) Petroleum Geology

vi) Petroleum Geochemistry

vii) Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

viii) Environmental/Engineering Geology

(C) Department of Industrial Physics:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Solid State Physics/Solar Energy Physics

ii) Geophysics

iii) Astrophysics

(D) Department of Mathematics

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

(E) Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Material and Physical Chemistry

ii) Organic Chemistry

iii) Inorganic Chemistry

iv) Environmental Chemistry

(F) Department of Statistics

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

1.10: FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

(A) Department of Economics:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

(B) Department of Mass Communication:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Advertising

ii) Print Journalism

iii) Public Relations

(C) Department of Political Science:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degree

Areas of Specialization:

i) Political Theory

ii) Comparative Government and Politics

iii) International Relations

iv) Public Administration

v) Development Studies

(D) Department of Public Administration:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Master of Science (M.Sc) degree

Professional Masters degree (MPA)

Areas of Specialization:

i) Human Resources (Personnel) Management

ii) Public Financial Management

iii) Civil Service Administration

iv) Local Government Administration

Judging from, the above that is, the postgraduate programmes and the areas of specializations beneath each department, we hope it has been quite helpful in making an informed decision as to which of the postgraduate programmes best suites your career path.

If you have any question as regards the list of postgraduate course offered in ANSU, kindly get back to us using the comment section below and we shall respond accordingly.

Thank you.