ABSU Postgraduate Admission Form 2023/2024 Is Out

Abia State University, ABSU Postgraduate admission form for 2023/2024 academic session is out. The ABSU Postgraduate School has rolled out Postgraduate Diploma, Masters, PhD and MPhil application forms for 2023/2024 academic session.

Applications are hereby invited from interested and suitably qualified persons who for Postgraduate admission into the following courses/programmes advertised by the ABSU PG School. You can now go online on www.absu.edu.ng to get started with their application.

Abia State University Postgraduate Programmes/Courses Available for Admission

Below are the Postgraduate courses available at ABSU and admission requirements for each programme:

1. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
   1. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIC ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
      1. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes in Agricultural Economics and Extension
      2. MSc and Ph.D programmes in Agricultural Economics and Extension with options in:
      3. Agricultural Economics
      4. Agricultural Production/Farm Management
      5. Agricultural Finance
      6. Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives
      7. Agricultural Environmental Economics
      8. Agricultural Extension
      9. Rural Sociology and Community Development
      10. Agricultural Extension Communication
      11. Agricultural Extension Planning, and Administration
      12. Gender Issues in Agricultural Extension and Policy
      13. Rural Development and Extension Services.
   2. DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION
      1. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes PGD
      2. MSc and Ph.D Crop Production and Protection with options in: Agronomy, Agro Forestry and Physiology
   3. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND FISHERIES
      1. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes in Animal Production
      2. MSc and Ph.DProgrammes with the following options:
      3. Ruminant Animal Production and Management
      4. Non-Ruminant Animal Production and Management
      5. Reproductive Physiology
      6. Animal Production
      7. Genetics and Breeding.
   4. DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
      1. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes
      2. MSc and Ph.D Programmes in Soil Science, with specialization in:
         • Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
         • Soil Physics
         • Soil Chemistry
         • Soil Pedology
         • Soil Management and Conservation
         • Soil Microbiology
   5. DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
      The Department offers the following programmes
      M.Sc and Ph.Dprogrammes with the following options:
      1. Food Science and Processing
      2. Food Engineering
2. FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES
   1. DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
      The Department offers the following programmes: PGD, M.Sc, MPhil and Ph.Dprogrammes with specialization in:
      1. Medical Biochemistry
      2. Nutritional and Toxicology
      3. Toxicology
      4. Environmental Biochemistry
      5. Industrial Biochemistry
   2. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Microbiology
      2. MSc and Ph.D programmes in Microbiology with the following specialization:
         1. Industrial Microbiology
         2. Immunology and Immunochemistry
         3. Medical Microbiology
         4. Environmental Microbiology
         5. Food
         6. Public Health
         7. Agricultural Microbiology
         8. Soil Microbiology
   3. DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (BOTANY)
      The Department offers the following programmes in the following areas:
      1. MSc and Ph.D in Plant Ecology
      2. MSc and Ph.D in Plant Pathology (Phytopathology)
      3. MSc and Ph.D in Plant Physiology.
   4. DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
      The Department offers the following programmes in the following areas:
      1.  Post Graduate Diploma (PGD CHE) in Pure and Industrial Chemistry
      2. MSc and Ph.D with Industrial Chemistry options in:
         1. Mineral Processing and Extension Metallurgy
         2. Chemical Process Technology
         3. Polymer Technology
         4. Petroleum Chemistry
         5. Separation Chemistry
      3. MSc and Ph.D degree in Pure Chemistry
         1. Physical Chemistry
         2. Analytical Chemistry
         3. Environmental Chemistry
         4. Organic Chemistry
         5. Inorganic Chemistry.
   5. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry (GPD CHE)
      2. MSc and Ph.D in the following areas:
         1. Environmental Chemistry
         2. Physical Chemistry
         3. Inorganic Chemistry
         4. Analytical Chemistry
         5. Industrial Chemistry – (Petroleum, Industrial Chemistry Technology Separation Chemistry, etc)
   6. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. MSc in Astrophysics
      2. MSc and Ph.D in Geophysics
      3. MSc in Atmospheric Physics
      4. MSc in Medical Physics
   7. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (ZOOLOGY)
      1. M.Sc and Ph.D with specialization in:
         1. Medical Entomology/Parasitology
         2. Medical Parasitology
         3. Environmental Biology
         4. Hydrobiology
3. FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
   1. DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Accountancy
      2. MSc (Accountancy) MPhil
      3. Ph.D (Accountancy)
   2. DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Management
      2. MSc (Marketing) MPhil
      3. Ph.D (Marketing).
   3. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Management
      2. MSc (Management) MPhil
      3. Ph.D (Management)
   4. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Banking and Finance
      2. MSc in Banking and Finance MPhil
      3. Ph.D (Finance)
   5. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Economics
      2. MSc and Ph.D with specialization in:
         1. Development Economics MPhil
         2. Industrial Economics
         3. Monetary Economics
         4. Quantitative Economics
4. FACULTY OF LAW
   The Faculty offers the following full time/part time programmes in the following areas:
   1. Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGD Laws)
   2. LL.M (Chosen from the following areas: MPhil
   3. Ph.D (Course work and Thesis)
   4. Comparative Constitutional Law
   5. Comparative Criminal Law
   6. Comparative Company Law
   7. Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
   8. Intellectual and Industrial Property Law
   9. International Economics Law
   10. International Protection of Human Rights
   11. International Humanitarian Law
5. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
   1. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. PGD, MS.c, MPHIL AND Ph.D in:
         1. Environmental Management
         2. Climatology
         3. Hydrology and Water Resources
         4. Agricultural Development
         5. Population Geography
         6. Rural Development
   2. DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Estate Management
      2. MSc Degree in Estate Management
      3. Ph.D in State Management.
   3. DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING (MURP)
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning
      2. Masters in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) MPhil
      3. Ph.D in Urban and Regional Planning
   4. DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture
      2. MSc (Architecture)
      3. MPhil (Architecture)
      4. Ph.D (Architecture)
   5. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
      The Department offers the following programmes:
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Resource Management (PGDERM)
      2. MSc and Ph.D programmes with specialization in the following:
         1. Hydrology and Water Resources
         2. Pollution and Waste Management
         3. Bioremediation and Pollution Control
         4. Environmental Health and Safety
         5. Environmental Resource Management
         6. Environmental Engineering Management
6. FACULTY OF EDUCATION
   The Faculty offers the following programmes at both full-time, part-time and sandwich in the following areas:
   1. Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
   2. ED and Ph.D in the following area:
      1. Curriculum Studies
      2. Education Technology, Language Education, Education Economics, Accounting Education, Government Education
      3. Measurement and Evaluation
      4. Educational Psychology
      5. Guidance and Counseling
      6. Educational Admin. and Planning
   3. A (ED) and Ph.D in the following areas:
      1. Education Social Studies
      2. Education Sociology
      3. Cooperative Education
      4. Education Philosophy
      5. Education History
7. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
   The College offers the following programmes:
   1. Postgraduate Diploma in Human Physiology and Pharmacology
   2. MSc and Ph.D programmes in the following areas:
      1. Human Anatomy
      2. Human Physiology
   3. Environmental Health Sciences:
      1. Options/Specialization (HSE)
      2. Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
      3. Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology
      4. Pollution Control Management
      5. Solid and Special Waste Management
      6. Food Hygiene, Safety and Quality Assurance
      7. Vector Control and Pest Management
      8. Hygiene Education and Promotion
      9. Water Sanitation and Hygiene
      10. Radiation Health and Control
      11. Environmental Health Laboratory and Instrumentation
      12. Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
      13. Occupational and Environmental Pathology (For Medically Qualified)
      14. Environmental Occupational Medicine (For Medically qualified).
   4. MSc, and Ph.DProgrammes in Clinical Optometry and Fellowship of the Nigerian College of Optometrist (FNCO)
   5. Pharmacology:
      1. M.Sc, MPhil/Ph.D, Ph.D with areas of specialization:
         • –       Molecular Pharmacology
         • –       Toxicology
         • –       Chemotherapy
         • –       Neuro Pharmacology
         • –       Biochemical Pharmacology
         • –       Clinical Pharmacology
   6.           Public Health Programme
      1. PGD in Public Heakth (PGDPH)
      2. Master in Public Health (MPH)
      3. M.Sc in Public Health
      4. Ph.D Public Health
         Options:
      5. Environmental Health and Safety
      6. Epidemiology and Biostatistics
      7. Health Promotion
      8. Health Economics
      9. Health Policy and Administration
      10. Community Health
   7.  Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health
      1. Environmental Health Safety
      2. Epidemiology and Biostatistics
      3. Health Promotion
      4. Health Economics
      5. Health Policy and Administration
      6. Community Health.
      7. Note: Candidates with CGPA less than 4.0 point in 5.0 scale (60%) may be required to do MPH with credit Unit before progressing to Ph.D
8. MJCE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
   The Faculty offers the following programmes:
   1. DEPARTMENT Of POLITICAL SCIENCE
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in the following areas:
         • International Studies
         • Public Administration
      2. M.Sc
         • Public Administration
         • International Affairs and Diplomacy
      3. MPA
         • Masters in Public Administration
      4. Ph.D in the Department of Political Science.
      5. Area of Specialization:
      6. Public Administration and Local Government.
      7. The Ph.D programme is for candidates who already possess M.Sc in Political Science, Public Administration and Strategic Studies.
   2. DEPARTMENT Of MASS COMMUNICATION
      1. Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication
      2. M.A. &Ph.D with specialization in:
         • Broadcasting
         • Mass Communication
         • Print Media
         • Advertising and Public Relations
   3. DEPARTMENT Of SOCIOLOGY
      1. PGD, M.Sc and Ph.D in:
         1. Sociology/Anthropology
         2. Criminology
         3. Sociology
         4. Sociology of Development
         5. Industrial Sociology/Labour Relations
         6. Population Studies (Demography)
         7. Medical Sociology/Anthropology
         8. Gender Studies
         9. Anthropology
         10. Ethnographic Studies
   4. DEPARTMENT Of FRENCH AND TRANSLATION
      1. Postgraduate Diploma
      2. Translation Studies
      3. M.A. &Ph.D
      4. – Foreign Language
      5. – Translation Studies & Linguistics
      6. – French Language & Linguistics (FLL)
      7. – French Literature (FLT)
      8. – Professional Translation Studies (French/English or         English Igbo)
      9. – African & Caribbean Literature in France (ACL)
   5.  DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH
      1.                    –        PGD, M.A &Ph.D in English/Literature
   6. DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
      1.           M.A &Ph.D in:
         • –        Igbo
         • –        Linguistics
         • –        Applied Linguistics
   7. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY &INTERNATIONAL RELATION
      1. M.A &Ph.D with specialization in:
         • –        Urban History
         • –        Economic History
         • –        African History
         • –        Political History
         • –        Social History
         • –        Nigerian History & Politics
         • –        International & Diplomatic Studies
         • –        Military & Strategic Studies
         • –        Peace and Conflict Studies
   8. DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY
      1.           M.A with specialization in:
         • –        Christian Theology
         • –        Religion and Society
         • –        Church History
         • –        Biblical Studies (Old & New Testaments)
         • –        African Traditional Religion.
   9. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
      •           Postgraduate Diploma in Library and Information Science

ABSU Postgraduate Admission Requirements – 2017/2018

The following constitute the minimum entry requirements to our postgraduate programmes (PGD, Masters, PhD and M.Phil):

1. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
   1. A graduate from recognized university or a person with a qualification adjudged to be equivalent to a first degree may be admitted, provided the matriculation and Departmental requirements of this university are satisfied. A holder of Upper Credit in the HND from a recognized institution may also be admitted.
   2. Applicants for PGD in Business Administration must in addition possess credits at O’level in English Language, Mathematics, and Economics.
   3. Applicants for Diploma in Estate Management must possess good honours degree in the appropriate professional examinations of the Nigerian Institute of town planners and the relevant cognate experience may be considered.
   4. For postgraduate Diploma in Microbiology, applicants must possess one of the following: B.Sc or HND in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Zoology, Botany, Laboratory Technology, Food Science and Technology or Chemistry.
   5. For Postgraduate Diploma in Pharmacology, applicants must possess B.Sc in allied services from reputable Universities.
2. MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMME
   1. A candidate with a first degree from a recognized University having a minimum of a second class lower division may be admitted, provided the university matriculation and Departmental requirements are satisfied. However, candidates with CGPA of 2.6 on 4 point scale or 3.00 on 5 point scale and above will be given preference.
   2. A candidate with a good postgraduate diploma from a recognized University may also be admitted.
   3. Candidates for M.A, and M.ED who do not hold a degree in the relevant field may be required to do Postgraduate Diploma in the course of study.
   4. Applicants for Business Administration course and Industrial Sociology and Personnel Management programmes are required to have credit level passes in English Language, Mathematics and Economics at O’level.
   5. For the Masters Degree in Surgical Pathology or Human Physiology, applicants must have M.B.B.S or equivalent degree obtained from this university or any recognized University. Also for the Masters Degree in Human Physiology, a good second class Honours in Physiology is acceptable. In addition, a good degree in related subject provided the Physiology content is substantial, will be considered.
   6. For the Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning, Estate Management holders of Abia State University Postgraduate Diploma in any recognized Universities in Urban and Regional Planning at the merit level and above will be considered.
   7. For M.Sc in Clinical Optometry, applicants must have O.D from accredited school and ODORBN with CGPA of not less than 3.00 in 5 Point scale.
3. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D) DEGREE MPhil/Ph.D
   1. Candidate with a good master degree (NOT MBA) in the relevant or related discipline which includes course work and a defended research dissertation from a recognized University may be admitted, provided the university matriculation requirement is satisfied.
   2. Candidate with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 on the 4 point scale or 4.0 point on 5 point scale will be given preference. Candidates must have obtained (60%) sixty percent average in both the course work and the Masters Dissertation examined by an External Examiner and involving an oral defence. In addition to these admission requirements, candidates may be required to present themselves for selection test and interview. Candidate with CGPA lower than 3.0 on 4 point scale or 4.0 on 5 point scale will be required to do an MPhil/Ph.D

CREDENTIALS/DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR ABSU POSTGRADUATE APPLICATION: Photocopies of NYCS Discharge/Exemption Certificate, photocopies of all qualifying credentials, including O’level must be attached to the completed application forms, as well as arrange for their transcripts to be sent directly to the Secretary, school of Postgraduate Studies. Non-receipt of transcripts in time is at the detriment of the applicant.

Duration of Postgraduate Programmes of Abia State University

ABSU Postgraduate Diploma Programmes

1. Full-Time Diploma: Minimum of three semesters and a maximum of six semesters
2. Part-Time Diploma: Minimum of four semesters and a maximum of eight semesters.

ABSU Masters Degree Programmes

1. Full-Time: A minimum of three semesters and a maximum of ten semesters
2. Part-Time: A minimum of four semesters and a maximum of eight semesters.

ABSU MPhil/Ph.D Programmes

1. Full-Time: A minimum of six semesters and a maximum of ten semesters
2. Part-Time: A minimum of eight semesters and a maximum of six semesters.

ABSU Ph.D Programme

1. Full-Time: Minimum of four semesters and a maximum of ten semesters
2. Part-Time: A minimum of six semesters and a maximum of fourteen semesters.

How To Apply for ABSU Postgraduate Admission for 2023/2024 Academic Session

Interested persons who want to apply should obtain, fill and submit the Abia State University Postgraduate Admission Form as instructed below:

1. Proceed to any of bank: first Bank Plc, Zenith; UBA, EcobankPlc; ABSU MFB Uturu, Keystone Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, Union Bank; Skye Plc on the e-transact network and request to pay the application fee of N11,500 (Eleven thousand, five hundred naira) for the form, service charge inclusive.
2. Collect the e-transact receipt from the Bank on payment and proceed to any internet centre for the completion of the form.
3. Log on to the ABSU portal abiastateuniversity.edu.ng and complete the application form.
4. Finally, confirm your entry and print a copy of the form as well as three copies of the referee’s confidential report which will be forwarded to your referees for completion (Two of these should be your teachers at the University level).

Application Closing Date:

Applications for the 2017/2018 ABSU Postgraduate Admission must be submitted before the set deadline. The deadline for application is 29th March, 2024.

Successful candidates are expected to commence lectures thereafter.