Postgraduate diplomas and Higher Degree Awards

Regular Programme
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD):
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Agriculture: offered by the Faculty of Agriculture in the following departments: Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension, Animal Science, Soil Science, and Food Science and Technology.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Arts: offered by the Faculty of Arts in the following departments: English and Literary Studies; Foreign Languages and Literary Studies; and Mass Communication.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration: offered by the Faculty of Business Administration in the following departments: Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Management, and Marketing.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Biological Sciences: offered by the Faculty of Biological Sciences under the department of Microbiology (Postgraduate Diploma in Brewing Science and Technology).
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Engineering: offered by the Faculty of Engineering in the following departments: Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Studies: offered by the Faculty of Environmental Studies in the following departments: Geoinformatics and Surveying; Architecture; and Urban and Regional Planning.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences and Technology: offered by the Faculty of Health Science and Technology under the department of Medical Laboratory Sciences.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in the Social Sciences: offered by the Faculty of the Social Sciences under the following departments: Economics, Geography, Political Science, Public Administration and Local Government, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology, and Social Work.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Vocational Teacher Education: offered by the department of Vocational Teacher Education in the following areas: Book Publishing and Marketing Education; Industrial and Human Resources Management Education; Technical Education (PGDTE).
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education: offered by the department of Education in the following areas: Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PDGE), and Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Education.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Social Science Education: offered by the department of Social Science Education in the area of Geographical and Environmental Education.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies: offered by the Institute for Development Studies:
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management and Control: offered by the Centre for Environmental Management and Control.
Master of Arts (M.A.)
  • Faculty of Arts: offered by the following departments: Archeology; Foreign Languages and Literature; Mass Communication; Music; Linguistics, Igbo and other Nigerian Languages; English; History and International Studies; Theatre Arts; and Fine and Applied Arts.
  • Faculty of the Social Sciences: offered by the following departments: Philosophy; and Religion.
Master of Architecture (M.Arch):

offered by the department of Architecture.

Master of Sciences (M.Sc.):
  • Faculty of Agriculture: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Biological Sciences: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Business Administration: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Engineering: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Environmental Studies: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Medical Sciences and Dentistry: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of Physical Sciences: offered by all the departments.
  • Faculty of the Social Sciences: offered by the following departments: Economics; Geography; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology/Anthropology; and Social Work and Community Development.
  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: offered by all the departments.
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)

Offered by the Faculty of Engineering.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Offered by the Faculty of Business Administration.

Master of Education (M.Ed.)

Offered by the Faculty of Education.

Master of Library Science (MLS)

Offered by the department of Library and Information Sciences.

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

Offered by the Department of Fine and Applied Arts.

Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP)

Offered by the department of Urban and Regional Planning.

Master of Laws (LL.M)

Offered by the Faculty of Law.

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Offered by the department of Public Administration and Local Government.

Master of Veterinary Public Health (MVPH)

Offered by the department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM)

Offered by the department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.

Master of Veterinary Medicine (M.V.M)

Offered by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine under the following departments: Preventive Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Surgery and Radiology; Veterinary Obstetrics; and Reproduction Diseases; and Veterinary Public Health and Zoonosis Diseases.

Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.)

Offered by the Faculty of Pharmacy under the following departments: Pharmaceutical Technology and Industrial Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Pharmacognosy; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Pharmaceutics; and Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management.

Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Offered by the Department of Community Medicine.

Master of Surgery (MCH)

Offered by the Department of Community Medicine.

Doctor of Public Administration (DPA)

Offered by the Department of Public Administration and Local Government.

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

Offered by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Doctor of Medical Science (D.M.SC.)

Offered by the department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Offered by all the departments except the department of Music.

Sandwich Programme
  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD): Institute of Education; Agricultural Economics; Animal Science; Linguistics, Igbo and Other Nigerian Languages.
  • Master of Arts (M.A.): Linguistics, Igbo and Other Nigerian Languages,
  • Master of Education (M.Ed.): offered by the Faculty of Education.
Evening (Executive) Programme
  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD): offered by the Faculty of Business Administration (Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Management, Marketing) and Department of Public Administration and Local Government.
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA): offered by the Faculty of Business Administration.
  • Master of Science (M.Sc.): offered by the Department of Public Relations.