List of Approved FUNAI Postgraduate Courses

Official List of FUNAI Postgraduate Courses/Programmes.

This page is for those seeking to know the list of courses offered at Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI). We will be listing out the courses as of 2021/2022 academic session. we will also show you the requirement for the courses/programmes.

See also: FUNAI Postgraduate School fees

Change is permanent and be assured that once there changes in the programmes, we will update this page.

For now, see the updated list of courses offered at FUNAI for her postgraduate programmes.

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FUNAI Postgraduate Courses

1. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

• Department of Anatomy
  PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Anatomy
• Department of Medical Biochemistry
  M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
  -Medical Biochemistry (Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Nutrition, Medical Toxicology)
• Department of Physiology
  PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
  – Physiology (Blood Physiology and Haematology, Reproductive Physiology, Cardiovascular Physiology)

2. FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Biology
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture
2. Department of Microbiology
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Microbiology (Medical Microbiology, Immunology, Environmental Microbiology)
3. Department of Biotechnology
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Biotechnology (Food and Agric. Biotechnology)
4. Department of Biochemistry
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Biochemistry (Toxicology, Nutritional biochemistry, Environmental biochemistry, Industrial biochemistry)

3. FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Chemistry
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry)
2. Department of Mathematics/ Statistics
   PGD and M.Sc. Programmes
   – Mathematics (Numerical optimization, Global and partial analysis, Stochastic and dynamic systems)
   PGD Programme
   – Statistics
3. Department of Computer Science/Informatics
   PGD and M.Sc. Programmes
   – Computer Science (Information Science, Machine Learning)
4. Department of Physics/Geology/Geophysics
   PGD and M.Sc. Programmes
   – Geophysics
   – Physics
   – Geology

4. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

1. Department of History and Strategic Studies
   M.A and PhD Programmes
   – History and Strategic Studies (Political history, Social history, African history, Economic history, Labour history, War and society)
   – PGD in Peace, Conflict and Strategic Studies
2. Department of Foreign Languages
   PGD, M.A and PhD Programmes
   – French (General and Applied Linguistics to FLE/FLS, Phonetics, Translation, Francophone/African Literature)
3. Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages
   PGD and M.A Programmes
   – Igbo (Language, Culture)
4. Department of English and Literary Studies
   PGD, M.A and PhD Programmes
   – Englishand Literary Studies

5. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Fine and Applied Arts
   PGD, M.A and PhD Programmes
   – Fine and Applied Arts (Graphics, Sculpture and Art history, Art education)

6. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

1. Department of Accountancy/Banking and Finance
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Accountancy (Management Accounting, Taxation, Forensic, Auditing and Public Sector)
2. Department of Business Administration
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Business Administration (Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour/Development)

7. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Economics and Development Studies
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Economics and Development Studies (Econometrics, Micro Economics, Fiscal Policy, Public Finance, Development Economics)
2. Department of Psychology
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Psychology (Social Psychology, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Experimental Psychology)
3. Department of Sociology
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Sociology (Industrial Sociology, Demography and Population Studies, Sociology of Development, Medical Sociology, Anthropology)
4. Department of Criminology and Security Studies
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Criminology and Security Studies
5. Department of Political Science
   PGD, M.Sc. and PhD Programmes
   – Political Science

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

1. Candidates for admission into any postgraduate programme of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State must have obtained at least five (5) credit passes at not more than two sittings in WASC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB including English Language. In addition, candidates seeking admission into the Faculties of Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Management Sciences and Social Sciences must have a credit pass in Mathematics. Candidates shall also possess the minimum entry requirements for admission into the Postgraduate programmes in their respective Departments.
2. Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who possess the above qualifications are eligible to apply.

SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

A. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) PROGRAMMES

1. Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained a bachelor’s degree with at least a third class;
2. Holders of HND at upper or lower credit level passes or their equivalents;
3. Candidates who hold qualifications other than the ones mentioned above which are acceptable to the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Senate of the University, may also be considered for admission.

B. MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES

1. Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained the bachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines with at least a second class (lower division) degree.
2. Candidates with relevant postgraduate diplomas from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate with at least credit level passes with minimum of 3.50 CGPA on 5-point scale or 3.00 on 4-point scale.
3. Candidates whose first degrees are unclassified but have at least 60% average score (B level).

C. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) DEGREE PROGRAMMES

1. Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained master’s degrees that are appropriate for the proposed fields of study shall qualify for consideration for PhD admission.
2. Candidates must possess minimum of 4.00 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.00 on a 4-point scale in their master’s degrees. Candidates who possess at least a B level (60% average score) at master’s degree provided that research work formed part of the master’s degree programme shall also qualify for consideration for PhD admission. Those with a CGPA of 3.50 – 3.99 on a 5-point scale will be considered for admission to the MPhil/PhD programmes.

DURATION OF PROGRAMMES

1. Postgraduate Diploma
   Full-Time – Two Semesters (Minimum)
   Part-Time – Four semesters (minimum)
2. Master’s Degree (M.A. or M.Sc.)
   (Full-Time) – Three Semesters (Minimum)
   Part-Time – Four semesters (minimum)
3. Doctorate Degree (PhD)
   (Full-Time) – Six Semesters (Minimum)
   Part-Time – Eight semesters (minimum)

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