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University of Uyo UNIUYO Postgraduate Admission form for 2020/2021 Academic Session. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into postgraduate programmes of the University Uyo, 2020/2021 Academic Session.

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Requirement and Eligibity for University of Uyo Postgraduate Admission form

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 UNIUYO, 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 Diploma.

B. To qualify for admission into a master’s degree programme, an applicant should be a
graduate with at least a Second Class Honours degree in the Lower Division
(irrespective of CGPA)
C. Candidates for admission into M.Sc Medical Microbiology should be graduates of one
of the following:
(i) Microbiology
(ii) Virology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Microbiology (PGDM)
(iii) MBBCh/MBBS or its equivalent.
D. Applicants for admission into Doctoral Degree programmes 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 an overall
average score of at least 60% (B).

Requirements for for University of Uyo UNIUYO Postgraduate

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   i. All applicants should have credit pass at Ordinary Level in five relevant subjects
   including English Language obtained at not more than two sittings. Candidates
   with ‘O’ Level examination results before 2016 must possess their certificates and not
   statement of results or result slips.
   ii. Applicants for LLM and PhD in Law must have credit pass in English Literature as one
   of the five relevant Ordinary level subjects.
   iii. Applicants for the Faculty of Agriculture must have credit passes in chemistry as one
   of the five relevant Ordinary level subjects.
   iv. All applicants will undergo a screening test which will cover the subject area of
   specialization and oral interaction in the Department.
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   v. NYSC Completion Certificates (Discharge Certificates), Exemption Certificates or
   Exclusion Certificates is required from all applicants. One of these certificates must be
   submitted with the application form or before the screening test is taken.
   vi. Applicants who obtained their first degrees through Remedial Programmes must show
   evidence of having remedied the relevant subjects for their programmes
   externally; that is, through WASCE, NECO, NABTEB.
   vii. In addition to other qualifications, applicants are expected to meet the departmental
   requirements for their programmes.
   viii. Applicants must return their completed application forms with two hard copies of their
   Project Proposal (for those applying for PGD), Dissertation Proposal (for those
   applying for master’s programme) or Thesis Proposal (for those applying for PhD
   programmes). The research proposal which must be captured on the prescribed
   Postgraduate School Proposal Sheet should be word-processed with Times New
   Roman, font size 12, and one and half line spacing using the following heading and
   subheadings:

University of Uyo Postgraduate Programmes
Application is open to qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgraduate
Programmes (PGD, M.Sc, and Ph.D) of the University of Uyo, for the 2020/2021 academic
session:

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.Sc. & Ph. D in Animal Science with specialization in:
i) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry.
ii) Animal Breeding and Genetics.
iii) Animal Production Management.
iv) Animal Physiology & Reproduction.
v) Animal Products Technology.

c) Department of Crop Science:
M.Sc. in Crop Science with specialization in:
i) Crop Production and Physiology.
ii) Genetics Crop Breeding and Biotechnology.
iii) Crop Protection.
iv) Weed Science and Pasture Agronomy.
v) Farming Systems and Horticulture.
Ph.D in Crop Science with specialization in:
i) Crop Production.
ii) Crop Physiology.
iii) Farming System.
iv) Horticulture.
v) Weed Science.
vi) Pasture Agronomy.
vii) Entomology.
viii) Crop Breeding.
ix) Genetics & Biotechnology.
x) Pathology.
xi) Nematology.
d) Department of Soil Science:
M.Sc. & Ph. D. in Soil Science with specialization in:
i) Soil Microbiology & Biochemistry.
ii) Soil Survey & Land Use Planning.
iii) Soil Physics & Conservation.
iv) Soil Chemistry & Minerology.
v) Soil Fertility/Fertilizer Technology.
vi) Pedology.
vii) Environmental Soil Science.
e) Department of Food Science & Technology:
M.Sc. & Ph.D in Food Science & Technology with specialization in:
i) Food Microbiology & Biotechnology.
ii) Food Chemistry, Biochemistry & Biotechnology
iii) Food Quality Control & Assurance.
iv) Food Processing & Storage Technology
v) Brewing Science & Technology.

f) Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Management:
M.Sc. Forestry & Wildlife with specialization in:
i) Forest Resources Management and Economics.
ii) Environmental Forestry.
iii) Wood Science.
iv) Agroforestry.
v) Wildlife Management.
Ph.D. in Forestry & Wildlife with specialization in:
i) Forest Resources.
ii) Environmental Forestry.
iii) Wood Science.
iv) Agroforestry.
v) Wildlife Management.
g) Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture:
M.Sc. & Ph.D in:
i) Fisheries & Aquaculture
ii) Aquatic Environmental Management
h) Department of Home Economics, Nutrition & Dietetics:
M.Sc. & Ph.D in Home Economics with specialization in:
i) Textiles.
ii) Clothing & Fashion Design.
iii) Family Resource Management (Home Management).
iv) Human & Family Development.
v) Foods & Nutrition.
i) Centre for Wetlands and Waste Management Studies:
M.Sc. in Environmental Health Management (EHM)

2. FACULTY OF ARTS
   a) Department of Communication Arts:
   M.A & Ph.D in Mass Communication with specialization in:
   i) Business and Organizational Communication.
   ii) Radio/TV Broadcasting.
   iii) Print Journalism.
   iv) Public Relations and Advertising.
   v) Development Communication and Political Communication
   
   b) Department of English:
   M.A and Ph.D English with specialization in:
   i) Language
   ii) Literature
   c) Department of Foreign Languages:
   i) M.A. in French.
   Ph.D in
   ii) French Language.
   iii) Literature in French and Translation Studies
   d) 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.
   e) Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages:
   i) M.A & Ph.D in Linguistics
   ii) M.A. in Computational Language Documentation
   iii) Ph. D in Computational Language Technology.
   f) Department of Religious and Cultural Studies:
   M.A. & Ph.D in Religious Studies with specialization in:
   i) i) Sociology of Religion
   ii) Biblical Studies: (1) Old Testament, (2) New Testament
   iii) African Traditional Religion
   iv) Church History
   v) Philosophy of Religion
   
   g) Department of Philosophy:
   M.A & Ph.D in Philosophy with specialization in:
   i) Epistemology
   ii) Metaphysics
   iii) Value Theories
   iv) Socio-Political Philosophy
   v) African Philosophy
   vi) Philosophy of Religion
   vii) Philosophy of Science
   viii) Philosophy of Education
   ix) Philosophy of Law
   x) History of Philosophy
   xi) Philosophy & Gender Studies
   xii) Logic, Philosophy of Language
   xiii) Philosophy of Social Science
   xiv) Philosophy of Mind
   xv) Philosophy & Public Affairs
   xvi) Philosophy of Medicine
   xvii) Philosophy of Environment.
   h) Department of Music:
   Postgraduate Diploma in Music
   M.A. in Music
   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 Theatre Arts
3. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
   a) Department of Biochemistry:
   M.Sc. & Ph.D in Biochemistry
   
   b) Department of Anatomy:
   M.Sc. in Anatomy with specialization in:
   i) Histology and Histochemistry
   ii) Embryology and Teratology
   iii) Physical Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy
   iv) Neurobiology
   Ph.D in Anatomy with specialization in:
   i) Neurobiology
   ii) Clinical and Radiological Anatomy
   iii) Physical Anthropology
   iv) Histochemistry
   v) Cellular and Molecular Biology
   vi) Developmental Biology and Teratology
   c) Department of Physiology:
   M.Sc. & Ph.D in Human Physiology with specialization in:
   i) Endocrinology
   ii) Reproductive Physiology
   iii) Neurophysiology
   iv) Metabolism
   v) Renal Physiology
   vi) Environmental Physiology and Toxicology
   vii) Gastrointestinal Physiology
   viii) Cardiovascular Physiology.
4. FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
   M.Sc. in:
   i) Accounting
   ii) Banking and Finance
   iii) Business Management
   iv) Marketing
   v) Insurance and Risk Management.
   Ph.D in:
   i) Accounting
   ii) Banking and Finance
   iii) Business Management
   iv) Marketing
   
5. FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES
   Department of Community Health:
   Masters in Public Health (MPH) Degree
   Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology:
   M.Sc. in Medical Microbiology with specialization in:
   i) Medical Microbiology (Medical Bacteriology/Clinical Immunology/Public Health
   Microbiology)
   ii) Medical Parasitology.
6. FACULTY OF EDUCATION
   a) Institute of Education:
   i) Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE),
   ii) Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Technology (PGDET)
   iii) Special Postgraduate Diploma in Education for Higher Education Teachers
   (SPGDE)
   b) Department of Business Education
   M.Ed. & Ph.D in:
   i) Business Education (Accounting Option)
   ii) Business Education (Management Option)
   iii) Business Education (Marketing Option)
   c) Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management & Planning:
   M.Ed. & Ph.D in:
   i) Curriculum Studies
   ii) Educational Management & Planning
   d) Department of Educational Foundations, Guidance and Counselling:
   M.Ed. & Ph.D in:
   i) Guidance & Counseling
   ii) Educational Psychology
   iii) Sociology of Education
   iv) Educational Evaluation
   v) Social Studies in Education
   vi) Philosophy of Education.
   
   e) Department of Physical & Health Education:
   Physical Education:
   M.Sc (Ed.) in:
   i) Adapted Physical Education
   ii) Exercise Physiology
   iii) Organization & Administration of Physical Education & Sports
   iv) Sociology & Psychology of Sports
   Ph.D in:
   i) Organization & Administration of Physical Education and Sport
   ii) Exercise Physiology
   iii) Adapted Physical Education
   iv) Sports Psychology
   v) Sociology of Sports
   Health Education:
   M.Sc(Ed.) in:
   i) Community Health
   ii) School Health
   iii) Environmental and Occupational Health.
   Ph. D in:
   i) Public Health Education
   f) Department of Educational Technology & Library Science:
   i) Master in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
   ii) M.Sc (Ed) in Educational Technology
   Ph.D in Library and Information Science with specialization in:
   i) Library Science
   ii) Information Science
   iii) Archives and Records Management
   iv) Publishing and Book Trade
   Ph.D in:
   i) Educational Technology
   g) Department of Early Childhood & Special Education:
   M.Ed & Ph.D. in:
   i) Early Childhood Education
   
   h) Department of Vocational Education:
   i) M.Ed. in Textile Technology Education
   M.Sc (Ed.) & Ph.D in:
   i) Agricultural Education
   ii) Technical Education
   iii) Computer Education
   iv) Home Economics Education
   i) Department of Science Education:
   M.Sc.(Ed.) & Ph.D in:
   i) Biology Education
   ii) Chemistry Education
   iii) Integrated Science Education
   iv) Mathematics Education
   v) Physics Education
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
   M. Eng & 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.Eng. & 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. & PhD in Computer Engineering with specialization in:
   i) Computer (Hardware) Engineering
   ii) Software & Systems Engineering.
   M.Eng. in Electrical/Electronics Engineering with specialization in:
   i) Electric Power Devices (machines)
   ii) Electrical Power Engineering
   iii) Control Engineering
   iv) Electronics & Communications Engineering
   PhD in Electrical/Electronic Engineering with specialization in
   i) Electrical/Electronic Engineering
   ii) Electric Power Devices (machines)
   iii) Control Engineering
   iv) Electrical Power Engineering
   v) Electronics & Communication 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.Eng. & 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. & Ph.D in Architecture
   b) Department of Building:
   M. Sc. & Ph.D in:
   i) Building (Construction Management)
   ii) Building (Construction Technology)
   iii) Building (Structures)
   iv) Building (Maintenances)
   v) Building (Services)
   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:
   M.Sc. in:
   i) Housing Studies
   ii) Urban Planning & Management
   iii) Transportation Planning & Management
   iv) Regional Development Planning
   v) Tourism & Recreation Planning
   vi) Wetland Planning & Management
   Ph.D in:
   i. Urban & Regional Planning
9. FACULTY OF LAW
   LLM & Ph.D in Law
10. FACULTY OF PHARMACY
    a) Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry:
    M.Sc. & 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.Sc. 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.Sc & 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.Sc & 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.Sc. & 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
    iv. Environmental and Public Health Parasitology
12. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
    a) Department of Economics:
    M.Sc & 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.Sc. & 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.Sc. and Ph.D in:
i. Public Administration
ii. International Relations.
Ph.D in Comparative Politics
d) Department of Psychology:
M.Sc. and Ph.D with options in:
i. Clinical Psychology
ii. Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Social Psychology.
e) Department of Sociology/Anthropology:
M.Sc. 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

How to Apply for UNIUYO Postgraduate Admission

Application Forms can be accessed online on payment of the sum of N15,000.00 (Fifteen
Thousand Naira) only.
To make payment, generate Remita Retrieval Reference H (RRRH) via
http://eportals.uniuyo.edu.ng
and make payment in any commercial bank nationwide. After payment, return to the portal
to complete your registration by clicking on Login form Link and enter your RRRH.

Closing Date

All completed Application Forms with
(i) photocopies of relevant credentials,
(ii) duplicate copy of receipt of payment for the Application Form,
(iii) two copies of research proposal, etc
should be forwarded to reach the Secretary, Postgraduate School, University of Uyo on or
before Monday, August 31, 2020 .

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