UNIUYO Postgraduate Programmes and Admission Requirements

UNIUYO Postgraduate Programmes: 

The following is the list of UNIUYO Postgraduate Programmes. Interested members of the public who wish to gain admission into the UNIUYO Postgraduate School are to take note of the available UNIUYO postgraduate programmes:

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The updated postgraduate programmes offered at the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) are as follows;

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1) FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

a) Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension:
M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics with Specialization in:
i) Production Economics and Farm Management.
ii) Agribusiness Management.
iii) Agricultural Marketing and Cooperatives.
iv) Agricultural Policy and Development.
v) Agricultural Finance.
vi) Natural resources and Environmental Economics.
vii) Econometrics/Quantitative Research Methods.

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics with Specialization in:
i) Production Economics and Farm Management.
ii) Resources and Environmental Economics.
iii) Agribusiness and Financial Management.
iv) Agricultural Trade and Marketing.
v) Agricultural Policy.
vi) Planning and Development.
vii) Agricultural Enterprise Development and Project Management.
viii) Quantitative Research Methods/ Econometrics.

M.Sc. in Agricultural Extension with specialization in:
i) Agricultural Extension Education.
ii) Agricultural Administration.
iii) Agricultural Communication.
iv) Gender Issues in Agricultural Extension/Rural Development.

Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension with specialization in:
i) Agricultural Extension/Rural Development
ii) Agricultural Administration
iii) Agricultural Communication.

b) Department of Animal Science:
M.S c. & Ph. D in Animal Science with specialization in:
M.Sc. & Ph. D in Animal Science with specialization in:

i) Animal Breeding and Genetics (ABG)

ii) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry (ANB)

iii) Animal Production Management (APM)

iv) Animal Physiology & Reproduction (APR)

v) Dairy Product Technology (DPT)

vi) Meat Products Technology (MPT)

c) Department of Crop Science:
M.S c. in Crop Science with specialization in:
i) Crop Production

ii) Plant Breeding and genetics

iii) Entomology

iv) Bacteriology

v) Mycology

vi) Nematology

vii) Virology

Ph.D in Crop Science with specialization in:
i) Agro-climatology

ii) Crop Production

iii) Crop Physiology

iv) Crop Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology

v) Entomology

vi) Farming Systems

vii) Horticulture

viii) Nematology

ix) Plant mycology

x) Plant virology

xi) Pasture Agro

d) Department of Soil Science:
M.S c. & Ph. D. in Soil Science with specialization in:
i) Environmental

ii) Soil Science Soil Chemistry & Minerology

iii) Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry.

iv) Soil Physics & Conservation.

v) Soil Survey & Land Use Planning.

vi) Soil Fertility/Fertilizer Technology.

vii) Pedology.

e) Department of Food Science & Technology:
M.S c. & Ph.D in Food Science & Technology with specialization in:
i) Brewing Science & Technology

ii) Food Chemistry, Biochemistry & Biotechnology

iii) Microbiology & Biotechnology

iv) Food Quality Control & Assurance

v) Food Processing & Storage Technology

f) Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Management:
M.S c. Forestry & Wildlife with specialization in:
i) Agroforestry

ii) Environmental Forestry.

iii) Forest Resources Management and Economics.

iv) Wildlife Management.

v) Wood Science

g) Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture:
M.S c. & Ph.D. in:
i) Fisheries & Aquaculture
ii) Aquatic Environmental Management

h) Department of Home Economics:
M.S c. & Ph.D in Home Economics with specialization in:
i) Foods and Nutrition.

ii) Home Management

iii) Human and Family Development

iv) Textiles, Clothing & Fashion Design

i) Centre for Wetlands and Waste Management Studies:
M.Sc. in Environmental Health Management (EHM)

2. FACULTY OF ARTS

a) Department of English:
M.A and Ph.D English with specialization in:
i) Language.
ii) Literature

b) Department of Foreign Languages:

M.Sc and Ph.D in
i) French Language & Linguistics

ii) Literature in French

iii) Translation Studies

c) Department of History & International Studies:
M.A in History & International Studies with specialization in:
i) Archeology of Nigeria
ii) African History
iii) Social & Political History
iv) Economic History
v) Urban History
vi) International History and Diplomacy
vii) Peace and Conflict Studies
viii) Military and Strategic Studies
ix) Gender Studies.
Ph. D in History and International Studies with specialization in:
i) International History and Diplomacy
ii) African Diaspora Studies
iii) Peace and Conflict Studies
iv) Gender Studies
v) Military and Strategic Studies
vi) Archeology and Cultural Heritage Management.

d) Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages:
a) M.A & Ph.D in Linguistics

M.A & Ph.D in Linguistics

i) Applied Linguistics

ii) Morphology

iii) Phonology

iv) Pragmatics

v) Semantics

vi) Sociolinguistics

vii) Syntax

viii) Stylistics

b) M.A. in Language Documentation and Description

i) Language Technology

ii) Language Documentation

iii) Oral Literature

c) Ph. D in Computational Language Technology.

i) Computational Linguistics

ii) Language Documentation (LD)

iii) Language Technology

iv) Natural Language Processing (NLP)

v) Speech Processing

e) Department of Religious and Cultural Studies:
M.A. & Ph.D in Religious Studies with specialization in:
i) Biblical Studies: (1) Old Testament, (2) New Testament
ii) African Traditional Religion
iii) Church History
iv) Ethics

f) Department of Philosophy:
M.A & Ph.D in Philosophy with specialization in:
1. African Philosophy 2. Bioethics 3. Epistemology 4. History of Philosophy 5. Logic 6. Metaphysics 7. Philosophy of Education 8. Philosophy of Language 9. Philosophy of Law 10. Philosophy of Medicine 11. Philosophy of Mind 12. Philosophy of Natural Science 13. Philosophy and Peace Studies 14. Philosophy and Public Affairs 15. Philosophy of Religion 16. Philosophy of Social Science 17. Philosophy and Strategic Studies 18. Philosophy of Technology 19. Social and Political Philosophy 20. Value Theories

h) Department of Music: M.A & PhD. in Music with specialization in

i) African music ii) Music Education iii) Composition iv) Musicology v) Performance (Voice/Instruments) vi) Musical Instrument Technology vii) Music Media/Business and Entertainment Industry

i) Department of Theatre Arts: M.A. in: i) Acting & Choreography ii) Arts Management & Administration iii) Arts of Stage & Media (Multimedia) iv) Directing v) Literature of the Arts (Sociology of Drama & Theatre) vi) Playwriting vii) Theatre and Drama in Education viii) Theatre Technology & Design Arts

Ph.D in: i) ii) iii) iv) v) vi) Choreography, Dance arts and Entertainment Cultures Directing Theatre and Film (Production) Environmental Development, Administration & Education in Theatre & Film Gender Issues in (Social) Media, Film and Theatre. Script Writing, Playmaking and Language Arts Technology: Design Aesthetics & Craft of Stage and Film

3. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

a) Department of Anatomy: M.Sc. in Anatomy with specialization in: i) ii) iii) iv) Histology and Histochemistry Embryology and Teratology Physical Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy Neurobiology

Ph.D in Anatomy with specialization in:

b) Neurobiology

Clinical and Radiological Anatomy

Physical Anthropology

Histochemistry

Cellular and Molecular Biology Developmental Biology and Teratology Department of Physiology:

M.Sc. & Ph.D in Human Physiology with specialization in:

Endocrinology

Reproductive Physiology

Neurophysiology

Metabolism Renal Physiology

Environmental Physiology and Toxicology

Gastrointestinal Physiology

Cardiovascular Physiology.

4. FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

M.Sc & Ph.D. in: i) Accounting 

ii) Banking and Finance

iii) Business Management

iv) Marketing

iv) Insurance and Risk Management.

5. FACULTY OF BASIC CLINICAL SCIENCES

Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology: M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology with specialization in: i) ii) Medical Microbiology (Medical Bacteriology/Clinical Immunology/Public Health Microbiology) Medical Parasitology. 

6. FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES

Department of Community Health: Masters in Public Health (MPH) Degree

7. FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES

M.Sc & Ph.D. in:

Department of Advertising and Marketing Communication

Department of Broadcasting

Department of Corporate and Strategic Communication

Department of Development Communication

Department of Film and Multimedia Studies

Department of Information and Media Studies

Department of Journalism

Department of Public Relations

8. FACULTY OF EDUCATION

a)

Institute of Education and Professional Development: 

Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE),

Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology (PGDET)

Special Postgraduate Diploma in Education for Higher Education Teachers (SPGDE)

Postgraduate Diploma in Biostatistics Education (PGDBE)

Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Mathematics Education (PGDIME)

b) Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management & Planning: M.Ed. & Ph.D in:

c) Curriculum Studies Educational Management & Planning Department of Early Childhood & Special Education:

M.Ed & Ph.D. in: a) Early Childhood Education b)

Special needs Education

i) Education of the Hearing Impaired

ii) Education of the Visually Impaired

iii) Education of the Learning Impaired Department of Psychological Foundations of Education:

M.Ed. & Ph.D in:

e) Educational Psychology Educational Evaluation Department of Guidance and Counselling

M.Ed. & Ph.D in:

i) Guidance and Counselling

f) Department of Sociological Foundations of Education

M.Ed. & Ph.D in:

g) Sociology Education Philosophy Education Department of Sociological Foundations of Education

M.Ed. & Ph.D in:

h) Social Studies Education Department of Physical & Health Education: Physical Education:

M.Sc (Ed.) in: i) ii) iii) iv) Ph.D in: Adapted Physical Education Exercise Physiology Organization & Administration of Physical Education & Sports Sociology & Psychology of Sports Organization & Administration of Physical Education and Sport Exercise Physiology Adapted Physical Education Sports Psychology Sociology of Sports Health Education: M.Sc(Ed.) in: i) ii) iii) Community Health School Health Environmental and Occupational Health

7. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

a) Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering:
i) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Petroleum Engineering
ii) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Chemical Engineering Master & Ph.D in Chemical Engineering with specialization in:
i) Advanced Chemical Engineering
ii) Environmental Process Engineering
iii) Chemical Process Design
iv) Petroleum Processing Engineering
v) Biochemical Engineering.

M.E ng. & Ph.D in Petroleum Engineering with specialization in:
i) Production Engineering
ii) Drilling Engineering
iii) Reservoir Engineering
iv) Gas Engineering
v) Georesources Engineering
vi) Geoenvironmental Engineering.
b) Department of Mechanical Engineering:
i) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Mechanical Engineering M.Eng. & Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in:
i) Production Engineering
ii) Building Services Engineering
iii) Materials Engineering.
c) Department of Computer/Electrical & Electronics Engineering:
i) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Computer Engineering
ii) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering. M.Eng. in Computer Engineering with specialization in:
i) Computer (Hardware) Engineering
ii) Software & Systems Engineering.
M.E ng. in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with specialization in:
i) Electric Power Devices (Machines)
ii) Electrical Power Engineering
iii) Control Engineering
iv) Electronics & Communications Engineering

d) Department of Food and Agricultural Engineering:
i) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Food and Agricultural Engineering. M.Eng. & Ph.D in Food Engineering with specialization in:
i) Food Process Engineering
ii) Food Machinery and Equipment Engineering
iii) Food Storage
iv) Distribution and Environmental Engineering.
M.E ng. & Ph.D in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in:
i) Farm Power and Machinery (FPM)
ii) Agricultural Products Processing and Storage
iii) Soil and Water Conservation Engineering (SWE)
iv) Farm Structures and Environment

e) Department of Civil Engineering:
i) PGD in Civil Engineering

Master of Engineering degree (M.Engr.) in the following areas of specialization:
i) Structural Engineering
ii) Water Resources Engineering
iii) Environmental Health Engineering
iv) Geotechnical Engineering.

8. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

a) Department of Architecture: M.Sc. in Architecture
b) Department of Building: M. Sc & Ph.D in Construction Management
c) Department of Estate Management: M.Sc. & Ph.D in Estate Management
d) Department of Fine & Industrial Arts:

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in:
i) Ceramics
ii) Painting
iii) Sculpture
iv) Textiles
v) Graphics.
vi) Master of Arts in Art Education (M.A. Art Education).

Ph.D in Fine & Industrial Arts with specialization in:

i) Ceramics Design and Technology
ii) Graphics Design and Technology
iii) Painting and Painting Technology
iv) Textiles Design and Technology
v) Sculpture.
e) Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying
M.Sc. & Ph.D in Geoinformatics and Surveying

f) Department of Urban & Regional Planning:
i) Master of Urban & Regional Planning (MURP)
ii) M.Sc. in Environmental Management
iii) Ph.D in Urban & Regional Planning

9. FACULTY OF LAW:

LLM & Ph.D in Law

10. FACULTY OF PHARMACY

a) Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry:

M.S c. & Ph. D in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry with specialization in:
i) Synthesis and Characterization of Chemotherapeutic Agents Drug Metabolism
ii) Pharmacokinetics of Drugs and Effects on Drug Therapy
iii) Chemistry of Natural Products.

b) Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Medicine:
M.S c. in Pharmacognosy and Natural Medicine with specialization in:
i) Phytochemistry
ii) Biological Evaluation of Natural Products
iii) Cultivation and Propagation of Medicinal Plants
iv) Tissue Culture Ph.D in Pharmacognosy
c) Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology:
M.Sc. & Ph.D in: Pharmacology
d) Department of Pharmaceutical/Pharmaceutical Technology:
i) M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
ii) M.Sc in Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Microbiology
iii) Ph.D in Pharmaceutics/Pharmaceutical Technology
iv) Ph.D in Pharmaceutical Microbiology

e) Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy
i) Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm) in Clinical Pharmacy
ii) Ph.D in Clinical Pharmacy

11. FACULTY OF SCIENCE

a) Department of Botany & Ecological Studies:
M.S c & Ph.D Botany with specialization in:
i) Cytogenetics & Genetics
ii) Plant Physiology/Phytochemistry
iii) Plant Ecology
iv) Plant Taxonomy/ Systematics
v) Plant Virology/Pathology
vi) Plant Anatomy.

b) Department of Chemistry:
M.S c & Ph.D in:
i) Analytical Chemistry
ii) Environmental Chemistry
iii) Industrial Chemistry
iv) Inorganic Chemistry
v) Organic Chemistry
vi) Physical Chemistry
vii) Polymer Chemistry.
c) Department of Computer Science:
M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Ph.D Curriculum in Computational Intelligence

d) Department of Mathematics & Statistics:
i) M.Sc. in Statistics.
ii) M.Sc. & Ph. D in: Mathematics
e) Department of Microbiology:
M.S c. & Ph. D in:
i) Environmental Microbiology
ii) Industrial & Food Microbiology
f) Department of Physics:
M.Sc. & Ph.D in Physics with specialization in:
1) Pure Physics:
i) Atomic/Nuclear Physics
ii) High Energy/Particle Physics
iii) Plasma Physics
iv) Solid State/Condensed Matter Physics
v) Theoretical Computational Physics
2) Applied Physics:
i) Electronics/Communications
ii) Geophysics
iii) Atmospheric Physics
iv) Radiation/Health Physics
v) Renewable Energy.
g) Department of Animal and Environmental Biology:
M.Sc & Ph.D in:
i. Parasitology
ii. Hydrobiology
iii. Entomology.

12. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

a) Department of Economics:
M.S c & Ph.D in Economics with specialization in:
i. Development Economics
ii. Monetary Economics
iii. Public Finance
iv. Environmental Economics
v. International Economics.
b) Department of Geography & Natural Resources Management:
M.S c. & Ph.D in Geography and Natural Resource Management with Specialization in:
i. Geography & Environmental Management
ii. Biogeography
iii. Agricultural Geography
iv. Climatology and Climate Change Studies
v. Rural Land use Planning
vi. Urban Studies
vii. Regional Development Planning
viii. Environmental/Resource Management
ix. Population Studies and Medical Geography
x. Economic Geography
xi. Transport Planning and Management
xii. Natural Disaster and Risk Management
xiii. Tourism Geography
xiv. Geographic Information System
xv. Water Studies.
M.Sc. & Ph.D in Environment and Development
c) Department of Political Science and Public Administration:
M.S c. and Ph.D in:
i. Public Administration
ii. International Relations.
Ph.D in Comparative Politics

d) Department of Psychology:
M.S c. and Ph.D with options in:

i. Clinical Psychology
ii. Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Social Psychology.

e) Department of Sociology/Anthropology:
M.S c. and Ph.D in:
i. Sociology & Development
ii. Criminology
iii. Industrial Sociology
iv. Medical Sociology
v. Rural and Community Development
vi. Social/Cultural Anthropology
vii. Demography.

Duration of UNIUYO Postgraduate Programmes

1. All Full-time Master’s degree programmes last for a minimum period of four semesters and a maximum period of six
2. All Full-time Doctoral Programmes last for a minimum period of six semesters and a maximum period of ten
3. PGD in Education last for a minimum of two semesters and a maximum of four semesters for all full time students.
4. PGD in Educational Technology last for a minimum of three semesters and a maximum of five semesters for all full time
5. PGD in Engineering last for a minimum of four semesters and a maximum of six semesters for all full time

Eligibility and Admission Requirements for UNIUYO Postgraduate Programmes

1. To qualify for admission into the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) programme,  applicants should be graduates of the University of Uyo or any other University recognized by the Senate of the University of Uyo, or persons who hold qualifications adjudged by the Senate of the University of Uyo to be equivalent to first degree or holders of recognized Higher National
2. To qualify for admission into a Master’s degree programme, applicants should be graduates with not less than Second Class Honours degrees in the Lower Division with, (a) CGPA of 75 on a five-point scale, (b) CGPA of 2.2 points on a four-points scale and (c) Second Class lower division (irrespective of CGPA) for the Master’s degree programme in Architecture and programmes in the Faculty of Agriculture. (d) Candidates for admission into M.Sc Medical Microbiology should be graduates of either of the following: (i) Microbiology with 2.75 CGPA (ii) Virology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Microbiology (PGDM) (iii) MBBCh/MBBS or its equivalent. 
3. Applicants for admission into UNIUYO postgraduate programmes for Doctoral Degree should be graduates of the University of Uyo or any other University recognised by the Senate of the University  of  Uyo, who possess Master’s degrees with dissertation and course work  average,  which should not be less than 60% (B).