NDU Association of Business Executive (ABE) UK Programme Admission Form – 2019/2020

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the ABE UK Programmes at the Niger Delta University‹‹ The ABE Programmes are designed to equip candidates with cost-effective, academic and professional qualifications, offering a winning combination of academic expertise and practical workplace skills to enable candidates to excel in their chosen careers in business or entrepreneurship‹‹ These are full-time programmes that run for various academic sessions as applicable and leading to top-up (Direct Entry) degree programmes in over Fifty (50) UK Universities.

1. ABE qualification is a 3 Year UK academic programme leading to a final year of a university degree and also an MBA;
2. ABE also offers short certificate courses for self-development, to boost one’s chances of getting a high paying job to enhance one’s business and for career growth through Continuous Professional Development (CPD);
3. In addition, ABE offers globally recognized professional membership which increases one’s chance of securing visa to the US and Canada, and to attend ABE professional conferences around the world.
4. Courses available include Business Management, HR Management, Marketing Management, Business Startup and Entrepreneurship and many more.
5. On completion of each year of study, students are awarded a Diploma Certificate in their chosen fields by ABE, UK.
6. Candidates also have the option of exiting at the completion of either the first year or second year of the programme to continue their studies at any of their choice ABE partner universities in the UK, US, Canada, Dubai, Mauritius, Europe, Ghana to complete their degree programme.
7. Candidates who continue and complete the third year of the programme in Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, are awarded ABE UK Final Level 6 Advanced Professional Qualification which is equivalent to a BSc degree in the UK.
8. Candidates who achieve the ABE UK Final Advanced Professional Qualification have the option of enrolling for their NYSC in Nigeria or progressing to a Master degree programme of any of their choice ABE partner universities in the UK, US, Canada, Dubai, Mauritius, Maldives, the Caribbean or British University at Ghana Campus.
9. Candidates with the ABE Final Level 6 Advanced Professional Qualification who wish to acquire a BSc degree may also do so by enrolling for a Top-Up degree at any of their choice ABE partner universities around the world.

Candidates could come in at various Levels depending on the qualification they possess such as Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3/Top-up Degree Programmes for any of the following Management and Professional Courses.

1. Business Start-Up & Entrepreneurship.
2. Money Management for Small Businesses.
3. Digital Marketing Essential for Small Business.
4. Certificate in the Principles of Business Ethics.
5. Business Management.
6. Marketing Management.
7. Human Resource Management.

A. PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC CERTIFICATE COURSE IN ABE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PORTFOLIO PROGRAMME

1. Executive Certificate in Business Start-Up & Entrepreneurship: Certificate Level (3 Months)

Admission Requirements

• Candidate with OND, NCE, HND or First Degree in any discipline from a recognized institution.
• Candidate with minimum of five years cognate working experience can also apply.

B. CERTIFICATE COURSES IN ABE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PORTFOLIO PROGRAMME

1. Certificate in Money Management for Small Businesses (3 Months).
2. Certificate in Digital Marketing essential for Small Business(3 Months).
3. Certificate in the Principles of Business Ethics (3 Months).

Admission Requirements

• Candidate must possess Credit passes in at least five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other 2 of Accounting/Bookkeeping, Commerce, Biology/Agricultural Science and Geography in WASC/NECO/GCE or NABTEB O’Level or its equivalent at not more than two sittings.

C. ABE Year 1

Equivalent: OND/First year degree of a 3year Bachelors degree course in UK.

C (i)ABEYEAR ONE (1)IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess Credit passes in at least five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other 2 of Accounting/Bookeeping, Commerce, Biology/Agricultural Science and Geography in WASC/NECO/GCE or NABTEB O’Level or its equivalent at not more than two sittings.
2. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with a Defficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

C (ii) ABE YEAR ONE (1) INHUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess Credit passes in at least five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other 2 of Accounting/Bookkeeping, Commerce, Biology/Agricultural Science and Geography in WASC/NECO/GCE or NABTEB O’Level or its equivalent at not more than two sittings.

C (iii) ABE YEAR ONE (1) IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

a. Candidate must possess Credit passes in at least five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other 2 of Accounting/Bookkeeping, Commerce, Biology/Agricultural Science and Geography in WASC/NECO/GCE or NABTEB O’Level or its equivalent at not more than two sittings.

D. ABE YEAR (2) TWO

Equivalent: HND/Second year degree of a 3 year Bachelors degree course in UK

ABE YEAR (2) TWO IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT(One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 1 Certificate, JUPEB, IJMB or Cambridge A’ Level Certificate.
2. Candidate with NCE, OND or their equivalent with minimum of lower credit pass can apply.
3. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

ABE YEAR (2) TWO IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 1 Certificate, JUPEB, IJMB or Cambridge A’ Level Certificate.
2. Candidate with NCE, OND or their equivalent with minimum of lower Credit pass can apply.
3. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

ABE YEAR (2) TWO IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 1 Certificate, JUPEB, IJMB or Cambridge A’ Level Certificate.
2. Candidate with NCE, OND or their equivalent with minimum of lower Credit pass can apply.
3. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

E. ABE YEAR (3) THREE

ABE YEAR (3) THREE IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Equivalent: Bachelors Degree, final year of a 3 year Bachelors degree course in UK

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 2 Certificate, HND or First Degree in any discipline from a recognized institution.
2. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

ABE YEAR (3) THREE IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 2 Certificate, HND or First Degree in any discipline from a recognized institution.
2. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply.

ABE YEAR (3) THREE IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT (One Academic Session)

Admission Requirement

1. Candidate must possess an ABE Year 2 Certificate, HND or First Degree in any discipline from a recognized institution.
2. Candidates who have worked for at least five years with deficiency in either English Language or Mathematics in addition to any of the above-mentioned qualification can apply..

Further Studies Destination: Further studies for interested candidates who have completed Level E leading to BSc Degree Top-Up, these destinations are available in the UK, Canada, Ghana, USA, Cameroon, Sri-Lanka, Trinidad, Tobago and Nigeria etc.

How to Apply for NDU ABE UK Admission Form.

Application Fee:

Application Forms are obtainable for Courses in A Category at N 10,000.00 only. Courses in B Category at N7, 500.00 only and Courses in C to E Category at N15, 000.00 only.

1. Candidates are to pay Application Forms online.
2. To get this done, candidates are to visit www.ndu.edu.ng Click on ICE portal and ABE Application Form to create an account.
3. Login into your account with your username and password and click on payment to generate an invoice for the Application Form.
4. Candidates are to pay the Application Fee as specified above depending on their categories excluding bank charges on REMITA ONLY in any bank
5. Login to your account online to confirm payment and complete the online ABE UK Application Form.
6. Submit the online Application Form and print out a copy of Form Acknowledgement Slip.
7. Application opens on Tuesday, 25^thFebruary, 2020 and closes on Friday, 27^thMarch, 2020

All completed online application forms with the required relevant documents MUST be submitted to www.ndu.edu.ng not later than Monday, 30^th March, 2020.

Photocopies of all uploaded completed application forms with the required relevant documents should be returned to the Office of the Director, Institute of Continuing Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State.

The listed help-lines could be contacted for clarification on issue bordering on the Programme: +2348037768953, +2348148783478 and +23480333391043

Visit: www.ndu.edu.ng for more information.