Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgraduate Programmes in the under listed Schools of the Federal University of Technology, Minna for the 2019\/2020 academic session.<\/p>\n
AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES<\/strong><\/p>\n MTech\/MEng and PhD Programmes<\/p>\n 1. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n O\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Candidates applying into any Department in the School of Agriculture and Agricultural MTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization: b) Department of Animal Production i) Weed Science 2. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n O\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Candidates applying into any Department in the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology must have at least five O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any one of the following: Biology\/Agricultural Science, Technical 3. SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MANAGEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department Of Entrepreneurship And Business studies 4. SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department of Architecture b) Department of Building 5. SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department of Cyber Security Science 6. SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department of Biochemistry 7. SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department of Chemistry 8. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n a) Department of Science Education 9. CENTRE FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Professional Master in Disaster Risk Management and Developmental Studies (Full-time). 10. CENTRE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n i) Professional Master in Sustainable Urban Development (Full-time) GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n A candidate applying for Postgraduate Studies in the Federal University of Technology, Minna must have obtained five (5) Credits in WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and GCE (O\u2019Level) or their equivalents including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings. No admission shall be made on the basis of any awaiting results and no exemption is made for admission into any programme.<\/p>\n Master Degree Programmes;<\/strong> ii. A Third Class Honours Degree with at least 3 years graduation experience in relevant fields may be considered. In some areas, passing a qualifying examination to be administered by the Department of the candidates, in consultation with the Postgraduate School, may be required.<\/p>\n iii. Candidates with HND with a minimum of Lower Credit, OND Lower Credit and a Postgraduate Diploma in relevant field with, at least a minimum of Lower Credit and one year graduation experience may be considered.<\/p>\n iv For avoidance of doubt, candidates with PASS grade at any level Degree, PGD, HND and OND do not qualify for admission to the PhD\/ Master\/PGD Programmes. No Diploma candidate with CGPA less than 2.50 qualifies for admission into the Master Degree Programmes.<\/p>\n v Where examination is required as in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, an examination fee of N2000.00 will be charged outside the cost of Postgraduate application forms.<\/p>\n vi. In all cases of admission the final decision on qualified candidates rests with the Postgraduate School Board. Candidates with Science-based background are normally considered.<\/p>\n PhD programme;<\/strong> ii. A Master Degree holder applying for PhD Programme of the University must have maintained a weighted score average of 60% or a \u2018B\u2019 grade or a CGPA of 3.50 out of 5.00 in overall performance in the Master Degree programme.<\/p>\n iii. Appropriate courses may be prescribed for candidates whose background is considered weak for the areas of specialization. This is done at the discretion of the School \/Department within the approved general regulations \/guidelines of the Postgraduate School.<\/p>\n DURATION OF PROGRAMMES<\/strong><\/p>\n Master Degree Programmes: The Master Degree programmes are expected to last a minimum of three Semesters for full-time students and there is no part time for Master\u2019s degree programmes. The maximum allowable periods of studies shall be six semesters for full-time, subject to passing all courses at the end of each semester and maintaining a CGPA of 2.5 at the end of the course-work programme. Failure to meet this requirement will result in withdrawal PhD Programme: A Minimum of six semesters (three (3) academic sessions) and maximum of ten semesters (five (5) academic sessions) for full-time students. METHOD OF APPLICATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nTechnology must have at least five O\u2019 Level credits to include: English Language Mathematics, Biology \/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any one relevant Science Subject.
\na) Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology
\nPh.D (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Agricultural Economics and
\nii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology<\/p>\n
\ni) Agricultural Economics and
\nii) Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization.
\ni) Animal Nutrition (Monogastic&Ruminants)
\nii) Meat Science
\niii) Reproductive Physiology
\niv) Animal Breeding and Genetics
\nMTech (Full-time only) in Animal Production.
\nc) Department of Crop Production
\nPhD (Full-time and part-time) in the following areas of specialization:<\/p>\n
\nii) Horticulture,
\niii) Crop Breeding\/Genetics
\niv) Post Harvest T echnology
\nv) Crop protection(Nematology&Virology)
\nMTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Crop Protection
\nii) Crop Production
\niii) Agronomy
\nd) Department of Soil Science and Land Management
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Soil Conservation and Water Management
\nii) Soil Fertility
\niii) Soil Physics
\niv) Soil Microbiology
\nv) Pedology
\nMTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Soil Conservation and Water Management
\nii) Soil Fertility
\niii) Soil Physics
\niv) Soil Microbiology
\nv) Pedology
\nvi) Soil chemistry
\ne) Department of Water Resources, Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Aquaculture\/ Fish nutrition
\nii) Hydrobiology\/ Limnology
\niii) Fish Post Harvest Technology
\niv) Fish Genetics and Breeding
\nv) Fish Biology
\nvi) Fish Ecology
\nvii) Fish Toxicology
\nMTech (Full-time only) in Fisheries Technology<\/p>\n
\nDrawing, Geography or Economics.
\na) Department of Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering
\nPh.D. (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Farm Power and Machinery
\nii) Crop Processing and Storage
\niii) Soil and Water Engineering
\nMEng (Full-time only) in the following area of specialization
\ni) Farm Power and Machinery
\nii) Crop Processing and Storage
\niii) Soil and Water Engineering
\niv) Food Engineering
\nb) Department of Chemical Engineering
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MEng (Full-time) in Chemical Engineering
\nc) Department of Civil Engineering
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MEng (Full-time) in the following areas of Specialization:
\ni) Structural Engineering
\nii) Geotechnical Engineering
\niii) Water resources and Environmental Engineering
\nd) Department of Computer Engineering
\nPhD (Full-time) in Computer Engineering for Staff of the Department only.
\ne) Department of Electrical\/Electronic Engineering
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in power systems option only
\nf) Department of Mechanical Engineering
\nPhD (Full\u2013time and Part-time) and MEng (Full-time) in the following areas of Specialization:
\ni) Industrial and Production Engineering
\nii) Materials and Metallurgy Engineering
\niii) Design and Solid Mechanics Engineering
\niv) Thermofluids and Power Plant Engineering
\ng )Department of Telecommunication Engineering
\nPh.D. (Full-time and Part-time) MEng (Full-time) in Communications Engineering.<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-Time and Part-Time) and MTech( Full- time)
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) Credit including Mathematics, English Language, Economics and any two Social Science or Science Subjects
\nb) Department Of Project Management Technology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time)
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) Credit including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Economics and any other Science or social Science.
\nc) Department Of Transport Management Technology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) MTech (Full-time) in Transport Management Technology
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Five O level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Geography Economics and one Science Subject.<\/p>\n
\nMTech in Architecture (Full-time)
\nSpecific Entry Requirement:
\ni) BTech (Arch) Degree with a minimum of Second Class Lower Division from a 5-year
\nArchitecture programme.
\nii) Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following: Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Economics, Geography, Building Construction, Fine Art and Surveying.<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and M.Tech (Full-time) in the following areas of Specialization:
\ni) Building services
\nii) Construction Management
\niii) Construction Technology
\niv) Facility Management
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one of the following Subjects Economics, Geography, Technical Drawing,
\nBiology \/Agricultural Science
\nc) Department of Estate Management and Valuation
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in Estate Management and Valuation.
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two of the following: Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Geography, Surveying, Physics, and Agricultural Science \/Biology.
\nd) Department of Quantity Surveying
\nPhD (Full-time and Part time) and MTech (Full\u2013time only) in Quantity Surveying.
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following: Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Economics, Geography, Surveying and Agricultural Science\/ Biology.
\ne) Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in Surveying and Geoinformatics ( Geodesy, navigation and space Science)
\nMTech (Full-time) for internal candidates only
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following: Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Economics, Geography, Elementary Surveying, and Agricultural Science\/Biology.
\nf) Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
\nPhD (Full \u2013time and Part-time) and MTech (Full -time) in Urban and Regional Planning in the following Options:
\ni) Poverty and Governance studies
\nii) Housing and Urban Renewal
\niii) Environmental Impact Assessment.
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: A minimum of five (5) O\u2019Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics and Geography. The other two Subjects must be from Sciences or Social Sciences. (Physics, Chemistry, Agricultural Science\/ Biology, Technical Drawing, Economics or Government).<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time).
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement:: Minimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any other two Science Subjects.
\nb) Department of Library and Information Technology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in Library and Information Technology
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits passes in English Language, Mathematics, and any other (3) Subjects. From Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agricultural Science and Economics or Accounting or Government.<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full \u2013time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in Biochemistry.
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
\nb) Department of Biological Sciences
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Zoology (Applied Entomology and Parasitology)
\nii) Botany (Mycology)
\niii) Applied Plant Genetics and Breeding
\nMTech (Full-time only) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Zoology (Applied Entomology and Parasitology)
\nii) Zoology (Hydrobiology )
\niii) Botany (Applied Plant Genetics and Breeding)
\niv) Botany (Mycology )
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Candidates must have five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and any other Science Subjects except Agricultural Science. At least a pass in Physics
\nis required.
\nc) Department of Microbiology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Food and Industrial Microbiology
\nii) Medical Microbiology
\niii) Environmental Microbiology and
\niv) Pharmaceutical Microbiology
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement
\nMinimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and any other Science Subject except Agricultural Science. At least a pass in Physics is required.<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full \u2013time) in Analytical Chemistry
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
\nb) Department of Geography
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following Options
\ni) Applied Meteorology
\nii) Remote Sensing Application
\niii) Environmental Management
\niv) Geography
\nMTech (Full-time) in the following options
\ni) Environmental Management
\nii) Meteorology
\niii) Remote Sensing Application
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement:
\nMinimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any
\nother 2 from the following: Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Biology \/Agricultural Science.
\nc) Department of Geology
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time)) in the following areas of specialization
\ni) Hydrogeology
\nii) Mineral Exploration
\niii) Biostratigraphy
\nMTech (Full-time only) in the following areas of specialization
\ni) Hydrogeology
\nii) Mineral Exploration
\niii) Biostratigraphy
\niv) Environmental Geology
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology,Chemistry and any other Science Subject except Agricultural Science.
\nd) Department of Mathematics
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in Applied Mathematics
\nMTech (Full \u2013time only) in Applied Mathematics
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any other two Science Subjects.
\ne) Department of Physics
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) in the following areas of specialization
\ni) Applied Geophysics
\nii) Solid State Physics.
\niv) Applied Atmospheric Physics
\nv) Medical Physics
\nMTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization;
\nI) Applied Geophysics
\nii) Solid State Physics.
\niii) Applied Atmospheric Physics
\nv) Applied Nuclear Physics
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one other Science Subject.<\/p>\n
\nPhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in the following areas of specialization:
\ni) Chemistry Education
\nii) Mathematics Education
\niii) Physics Education
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, and three other
\nScience Subjects.
\nb) Department of Educational Technology PhD (Full-time and Part-time) and MTech (Full-time) in Educational Technology
\nO\u2019 Level Entry Requirement: Minimum of Five (5) O\u2019 Level credits in English Language, Mathematics, and three other Science Subjects.<\/p>\n
\nEntry Requirements:
\n(i) Five \u2018O\u2019 Level credits including English Language and Mathematics and any of Geography, Biology\/Agricultural Science plus any two Subjects.
\n(ii) Minimum of Second Class(Lower Division) Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Sciences, Social Sciences, Medicine, Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, town planning etc. from recognized Institutions.
\n(iii) Third class Degree with Postgraduate Diploma in any of the areas listed above and at least 3 years of working experience in relevant fields. may be considered<\/p>\n
\nii) Professional Master in Urban Ecology (Full-time)
\nEntry Requirements:
\n(i) First Degree with a minimum of Second Class Lower in any discipline in Environmental Sciences, Science, Social Science, Agriculture or Engineering; or
\n(ii) A Postgraduate Diploma in any relevant field for holders of Higher National Diploma with a minimum of Lower Credit.
\n(iii) In Addition to (i) and (ii) above, a minimum of five (5) O\u2019Level Credits in English Language, Mathematics and any other three Subjects in either Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Biology\/Agricultural Science or Economics at not more than two (2) sittings.<\/p>\n
\ni. A Minimum of Second Class Honours (Lower Division) degree from Federal University of Technology, Minna or any other recognized University.<\/p>\n
\ni. Candidates for admission for any of PhD Programme shall be Master Degree graduates of the Federal University of Technology, Minna or any other University recognized by the Senate or holders of equivalent qualifications acceptable to the University Senate(Not professional masters).<\/p>\n
\nfrom the programme.<\/p>\n
\nA Minimum of ten semesters (five (5) academic sessions) and maximum of fourteen semesters (seven (7) academic sessions) for part-time students respectively.<\/p>\n\n