Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike invites applications for admission into the following Postgraduate Programmes of the University for the 2017/2018 Academic Session.
A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EXTENSION
(a). Department of Agricultural Economics
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Agricultural Economics –Areas of specialization include:
1. Agribusiness Management and Co-operatives.
2. Agricultural Finance.
3. Agricultural Project Management.
4. Agricultural Marketing.
5. Farm Management and Production Economics.
6. Agricultural Policy and Development.
7. Resource and Environment Economics.
(b). Department of Rural Sociology and Extension
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Rural Sociology and Extension
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Agricultural Extension Communication.
2. Agricultural Extension Administration.
3. Agricultural Extension Education.
4. Rural Sociology and Development.
(c) Department of Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship Development.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship development
2. Export Management
3. Finance and Investment
4. Cooperative Business Management
5. Project Management
Qualifications:
To qualify for M.Sc. admission in Agribusiness and Financial Management options, the candidates must have a minimum of Second Class Honors Lower Division in any Management Science/Economics, Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and any relevant course/ or 3.5 and above in Postgraduate Diploma of MOUAU or any other recognized University.
Ph.D. in Agribusiness and Financial Management: A candidate must have obtained a master degree which include course work and Research in any options from a recognized University with a CGPA of at least 4.00 (on 5 point scale) or 3.0 (4-Point scale)
NB: There is no direct admission to Ph.D. no matter the class of Degree in the Undergraduate programme.
B. COLLEGE OF APPLIED FOOD SCIENCES AND TOURISM
(a). Department of Food Science and Technology
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Food Science and Technology; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Food Processing and Preservation.
2. Food Chemistry and Biotechnology
3. Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
4. Food Quality Control and Assurance
5. Food Engineering
In addition to general entry requirement for Postgraduate programmes, Department of Food Science and Technology requires O’level credit passes in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
(b). Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Nutrition and Dietics.
2. Community/ Public Health Nutrition.
3. Human and Experimental Nutrition.
(c). Department of Home Economics/Hospitality Management and Tourism.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Home Economics; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Home Management.
2. Clothing and Textiles.
3. Child and Human Development
4. Food and Nutrition
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM
PGD, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Hospitality and Tourism.
C. COLLEGE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION.
(a). Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Animal Breeding and Physiology; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Animal Breeding and Genetics
2. Animal Physiology
(b). Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Science.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Animal Nutrition and Forage Science; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry.
2. Forage Science and Range Management.
(c) Department of Animal Production and Livestock Management.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Animal Production and Management; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Poultry Production.
2. Rabbit Production.
3. Swine Production.
4. Ruminant Production (Cattle, Sheep and Goat)
5. Snail Production
D. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
(a) Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) full-time namely
1. Agricultural/ home Economics Education
2. Educational Foundation
3. Science Education
4. Library and Information Science
5. Postgraduate Diploma in Education
(b) Department of Agricultural / Home Science Education
M.Ed. and Ph.D.
1. Agricultural Education
2. Home Science Education, Options in
(i) Home Management
(ii) Human and Family Development
(iii) Clothing and Textiles
(d) Department of Science Education
M.Ed. and Ph.D. in
1. Measurement and Evaluation
2. Mathematics Education
3. Chemistry Education
4. Biology Education
5. Physics Education
(e) Department of Library and Information Science Education
Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Ph.D. in
Library and Information Science
(g) Department of Adult and Continuing Education
M.Ed. and Ph.D. in
1. Administration of Adult Education
2. Community development
3. Social Welfare
4. Industrial Education
5. Communication Arts in Adult Education
6. Extension and Distance Education.
7. Curriculum and Instruction.
8. Educational Technology.
(h) Department of Psychology and Guidance Counselling
M.Ed. and Ph.D.
(i) Department of Education Management
M.Ed. and Ph.D.
1. Business Education
2. Economics Education
3. Education Administration and Planning
(j) Department of Industrial Technology Education
M.Ed. and Ph.D.
1. Automobile Technology Education
2. Building Technology Education
3. Electrical/ Electronics Technology Education
4. Metal Work Technology Education
5. Woodwork Technology Education
E. COLLEGE OF CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES.
(a). Department of Agronomy.
Postgraduate Diploma in Crop Production; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Crop Production and Physiology
2. Plant Breeding and Genetics.
(b). Department of Plant Health Management.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Plant Health Management; M.Sc. in:
1. Plant Pathology.
2. Entomology.
3. Weed Science.
Ph.D. in:
1. Plant Pathology (Mycology).
2. Plant Pathology (Nematology).
3. Plant Pathology (Bacteriology)
4. Weed Science.
5. Applied Entomology.
(c). Department of Soil Science and Meteorology.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Soil Science and Meteorology; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Soil Survey and Land Use Planning.
2. Soil Physics and Conservation.
3. Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Technology.
4. Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy.
* No Ph.D. Programme in Soil Survey and Land Use Planning.
F. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY.
(a). Department of Agricultural and Bio-resources Engineering.
Postgraduate Programmes in Agricultural and Bio-resources engineering: PGD, M.ENG and Ph.D. in:
1. Farm Power and Machinery.
2. Bio-Process and Food Engineering. Processing and storage of post-harvest agricultural materials
3. Soil, Water and Aqua-cultural Resources Engineering.
(b). Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Postgraduate Programmes in Mechanical Engineering; M.ENG and Ph.D. with options in:
1. Energy and Power Engineering.
2. Design and Production Engineering.
3. Industrial and System Engineering.
4. Material Engineering.
(c). Department of Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering; M.Eng and Ph.D. in
1. Power/ Machines Option.
2. Electronics/Communication.
(d) Department of Civil Engineering
Postgraduate Diploma in /Civil Engineering (no Options).M.Eng in
1. Structural Engineering
2. Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
3. Construction Engineering Management
4. Soil and Geotechnical Engineering
5. Highway and Transportation Engineering
(e) Department of Computer Engineering
1. Computer Hardware
2. Software and Systems Engineering
3. Information Communication Technology
4. Information Management System
(f) Department of Chemical Engineering
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), M.Eng, and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
G. COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
(a) Department of Forestry and Environmental Management.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Forestry and Environmental Management; M.Sc. and Ph.D in:
1. Forest Ecology.
2. Wildlife Ecology
3. Agroforestry.
4. Seed Technology.
5. Forest Food Resources Management
6. Apiculture
7. Silvicultural Technology and Management
(b). Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management.
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management; M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Fisheries and Hydrobiology.
2. Aquaculture.
3. Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology.
(c). Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology
1.Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Environmental Management and Toxicology
2. Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Environmental Management
3. Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Environmental Toxicology
4. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Environmental Management
5. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Environmental Toxicology
H. COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES.
(a). Department of Accounting.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Accounting
(b). Department of Banking and Finance.
PGD, M.sc and Ph.D. in Banking and Finance
(c). Department of Marketing.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Marketing
(d). Department of Business Administration.
PGD, MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Business Administration
(e). Department of Economics
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
1. International Economics
2. Monetary Economics
3. Finance and Public Sector Economics
4. Development Economics
5. Econometrics/ Quantitative Economics
6. Economic Planning.
I. COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES.
(a). Department of Biochemistry.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Biochemical Toxicology.
2. Nutritional Biochemistry.
3. Lipid Biochemistry.
4. Medical Biochemistry
5. Enzymology and Protein Chemistry
6. Biochemical Pharmacology
7. Industrial Biochemistry/Biochemistry
8. Immunochemistry
9. Environmental Biochemistry
(b). Department of Microbiology.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Food Microbiology.
2. Industrial Microbiology.
3. Environmental Microbiology.
4. Medical Microbiology.
(c). Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics/Cytogenetic.
2. Mycology.
3. Plant Physiology.
(d). Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology.
1. M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Parasitology.
2. M.Sc. Entomology.
3. M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Hydrobiology.
J. COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
(a). Department of Chemistry.
Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Analytical Chemistry.
2. Environmental Chemistry.
3. Physical Chemistry.
4. Organic Chemistry.
5. Inorganic Chemistry.
(b). Department of Mathematics.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Pure and Applied Mathematics with specialization in the following area:
(a) Applied Mathematics
1. Bio Mathematics.
2. Optimization Theory.
3. Numerical Analysis.
4. Fluid Mechanics.
5. Mathematical Modeling.
6. Computational Fluid Dynamics.
7. Approximation Theory.
8. Financial Mathematics.
9. Elasticity.
10. Compressible Flow Theory.
(b) Pure Mathematics
1. Functional Analysis.
2. Partial Deferential Equation.
3. Ordinary Deferential Equations.
4. Functional Deferential Equations.
5. Group Theory.
(c). Department of Physics.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in:
1. Geophysics and
2. Engineering Physics.
(d). Department of Statistics.
M.Sc. and Ph.D. with options in:
1. Time Series Analysis.
2. Econometrics.
3. Demography.
4. Operations Research.
5. Experimental and Applied Statistics.
6. Biostatistics.
7. Sampling.
K. COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
(a) Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology And Parasitology
M.V.Sc and Ph.D. in
1. Pathobiology (Clinical Pathology)
2. Pathobiology (Diagnostic Pathology)
3. Pathobiology (Microbiology)
4. Pathobiology (Parasitology)
b) Master of Science (M.Sc.), Pathobiology.
(b) Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
M.V.Sc and Ph.D. with options in
1. Veterinary Public Health
2. Veterinary Preventive Medicine
(c) Department of Veterinary Medicine
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Clinical Veterinary Medicine
1. Large Animals Medicine
2. Small animals Medicine
3. Avian Medicine
(d) Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Animal Health and Production
M.V.Sc and Ph.D. in
1. Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology
2. Veterinary Physiology
3. Veterinary Animal Health and Production
(e) Department of Veterinary Anatomy
M.Sc. and Ph.D. in
1. Developmental Anatomy
2. Systemic Anatomy
3. Neuroanatomy
4. Applied Anatomy
5. Microscopic Anatomy
(f) Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology
Veterinary Surgery Option
M.V.Sc and Ph.D. in
1. Soft Tissue Surgery
2. Orthopedic Surgery
3. Anesthesia
4. Diagnostic imaging
Veterinary Theriogenology Option
a. M.V.Sc with Options in
1. Andrology and Artificial insemination
2. Gynecology
3. Obstetrics
4. Immunoreproduction
5. Mastitis and Udder Health Management.
Note: The M.V.Sc. Pathobiology is for Veterinary Graduates, while the M.Sc. Pathobiology is for Non- Veterinary Graduates with acceptable degrees in Basic Sciences and Medical Laboratory Science.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for admission to a Postgraduate programme of the University, the candidate must possess five O’ Level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and any other three relevant subjects at not more than two sittings.
A. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD)
To be eligible for admission to the PGD programme, candidates must be holders of third class honors first degree in a relevant discipline from any university or holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) at minimum of upper Credit in a relevant discipline. For unclassified HND Certificates, a CGPA of 3.5(5- point scale) and 3.00 (4-point scale) or 60% shall be taken as equivalent to upper credit.
B. MASTERS DEGREE (M.Sc.)
To be eligible for admission to the Master’s degree programme, candidates must.
i. Be graduates of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike or any other recognized Universities by Senate and shall have obtained a first degree with at least Second Class Honors.
ii. Possess a first degree with Third Class Honors from a recognized University and at least an Upper Credit at Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant field, or
iii. Possess the Higher National Diploma (HND), with at least Upper Credit and Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant field from a recognized institution, or
iv. Any other certificate or qualification that may be acceptable to Senate.
C. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE (Ph.D.).
To be eligible for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy degree programme, a candidate shall have obtained a Master’s Degree which includes course work and research from this or its equivalent from any other University recognized by Senate in relevant disciplines, with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 4.0 (5- point scale) or 3.00 (4- point scale).
Method of Application
Interested candidate should obtain application forms from the Postgraduate School with ten thousand naira (N10, 000) paid by obtaining RRR (Remita Code) through which payment will be made to Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike at any bank. With the teller, obtain a receipt from the bursary unit of Postgraduate School.
Completed application forms and all relevant documents should be enclosed in an envelope marked PG Admission and return to:
The Secretary,
Postgraduate School,
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike,
P.M.B 7267,
Umuahia, Abia State.
Academic transcript should be forwarded from the institution of origin to the same address before the closing date. Please note that any candidate whose transcript is not received will NOT be considered for admission.
Closing Date
Closing date for the receipt of completed application forms and transcript for the 2017/2018 is two months from date of publication.
Mrs. Jacinta .N. Ogwo-Agu.Registrar
P.S: if you encounter any challenges during registration, kindly contact the University Portal Office by sending an email to [email protected]
