MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE. POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.

Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike invites applications for admission into the following Postgraduate Programmes of the University for the 2014/2015 Academic session.

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EXTENSION

a.)    DEPARMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

M.Sc and Ph.D Agricultural Economics-Area of Specialization include:

1. Agribusiness Management and Co-operatives.

2. Agricultural Finance

3. Agricultural Marketing

4. Agricultural Project Management

5. Farm Management and Production Economics

6. Agricultural Policy and Development

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

b.)    DEPARTMENT OF AGRIBUSINESS AND ENTERPRENEURAL DEVELOPMENT.

M.Sc and Ph.D in Agribusiness and Entrepreneural Development

Qualifications:

To qualify for M.Sc admission in Agribusiness and Financial Management options, the candidates must have a minimum of Second Class Honours 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 3.5 (on 5 point scale) or 2.84 (on 4 point scale).

There is no direct admission to Ph.D no matter the class of Degree in the Undergraduate programme.

COLLEGE OF APPLIED FOOD SCIENCE AND TOURISM

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED 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

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.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, M.Sc and Ph.D in:

1.       Applied Human Nutrition

2.       Community Nutrition

3.       Experimental Nutrition

4.       Food option

DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMIC/HOTEL MANAGEMENT AND TOURISM

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Home Economics, M.Sc and Ph.D in:

1.       Home Management

2.       Human and Family Development

3.       Clothing and Textile

4.       Food and Nutrition

COLLEGE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION

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

3.       Animal Breeding and Physiology

a.       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

b.      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

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND SCIENCE EDUCATION

a.       Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) full time

Qualification:

1.       Third Class or pass degree in Education

2.       Holder of single Honours in Secondary Teaching subjects

3.       HND holders

b.      M.ED and Ph.D program in the following areas:

1.       Administration and Planning

2.       Adult and Continuing Education

3.       Guidance and Counselling

4.       Measurement and Evaluation

5.       Psychology

6.       Curriculum studies

7.       Biology Education

8.       Chemistry Education

9.       Computer Science Education

10.   Integrated Science Education

11.   Mathematics Education

12.   Agricultural Education

13.   Physics Education

14.   Home Economics Education

COLLEGE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTION

a.       DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Crop Production; M.Sc and Ph.D in:

1.       Crop Physiology and Production

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.       Applied Entomology

3.       Weed Science

Ph.D in:

1.       Plant Pathology (Mycology)

2.       Plant Pathology (Nematology)

3.       Weed Science

4.       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 Planner

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

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

a.       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIO-RESOURCE ENGINEERING

Postgraduate Programm in Agricultural and Bio-resource Engineering; M.Eng and Ph.D in:

1.       Farm Power and Machinery

2.       Processing and Storage of Post Harvest Agricultural Materials

3.       Soil, Water, and Aquacultural Resources Engineering

b.      DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Postgraduate Programm in Mechanical Engineering; M.Eng and Ph.D with in:

4.       Energy and Power Engineering

5.       Material Mechanics

6.       Design and Production Engineering

7.       Industrial and system Engineering

COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGET

a.       DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Forestry and Environmental Management;

 M.Sc and Ph.D in:

1.       Forestry and Environmental Management

2.       Toxicology and Environmental Management

3.       Agroforestry

4.       Wood Technology and Industries

5.       Wildlife and Forest Resource Management

b.      DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management;

 M.Sc and Ph.D in:

6.       Fisheries and Hydrobiology

7.       Aquaculture

8.       Aquatic Pollution and Toxicology

COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

a.       DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Accounting

b.      DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Banking and Finance

c.       DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Marketing

d.      DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Human Resource Management

e.      DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Business Administration

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES

a.       DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

M.Sc and  Ph.D in:

·         Biochemical Toxicology

·         Nutritional Biochemistry

·         Clinical Biochemistry

·         Environmental Toxicology

b.      DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

M.Sc and  Ph.D in:

c.       Food Microbiology

d.      Industrial Microbiology

e.      Environmental Microbiology

M.Sc in Medical Microbiology

f.        DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

M.Sc and  Ph.D in:

·         Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematic/cytogenetics

·         Mycology

·         Plant Physiology

·         DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

1.       M.Sc and  Ph.D in Parasitology

2.       M.Sc Entomology

3.       M.sc Hydrobiology

COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

a.       DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

M.Sc and  Ph.D in:

·         Analytical Chemistry

·         Environmental Chemistry

·         Physical Chemistry

·         Organic Chemistry

·         Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry is available only at M.Sc level

b.      DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

M.Sc and  Ph.D in Pure and Applied Mathematics with Specialization in the following areas:

a) Applied Mathematics

1. Differential Equation

2. Optimization

3. Numerical Analysis

4. Fluid Mechanics

5. Mathematical Modelling

b)  Pure Mathematics

1. Functional Analysis

2. Image Processing

3. Topology

4. Algebra.

c.       DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

M.Sc and  Ph.D in:

·         Geophysics

·         Engineering Physics

d.      DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

M.Sc and  Ph.D with option in:

1. Time Series Analysis

2. Econometrics

3. Demography

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

To be eligible for admission into a Postgraduate programme of the University, the candidates must possess five O’level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and any other three relevant subjects at not more than two sittings.

A. DIPLOMA (PGD)

To be eligible for admission into PGD programme, candidates must be holders of Pass or Third Class Honours first degree in a relevant discipline from any University or holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) at minimum of Upper credit level in a relevant discipline. For unclassified HND certificates, CGPA of 3.50 (5-point scale) and 3.00 (4-point scale) or 60% shall be taken as equivalent to upper credit.

B. MASTER’S DEGREE (M.Sc)

To be eligible for admission into Master’s degree programme, candidates must:

1.       Be graduates of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike or any other recognized University by Senate and shall have obtained a first degree at least Second Class Honour.

2.       Possess a first degree with Third Class Honours from a recognized University and at least an Upper credit at postgraduate Diploma in a relevant institute, or

3.       Possess the higher National Diploma (HND), with at least Upper credit and Postgraduate Diploma in a relevant field from a recognized institution, or

4.       Any other certificate or qualification that may be acceptable to Senate.

C. OF PHYLOSOPHY DEGREE (Ph.D)

To be eligible for admission into 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 discipline, with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 3.5 (5-point scale) or 3.00 (4-point scale)

METHOD OF APPLICATION:

Interested candidate should obtain application forms from the Postgraduate School with seven thousand and five hundred naira (#7,500) only by bank draft in favour of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Completed application forms and all relevant documents should be enclosed in an envelope marked PG Admission and returned 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 2014/2015 academic session is two months from the date of publication.

Source: Thursday Guardian, 28^th August, 2014.