OAU Postgraduate 2024- Application Requirements, Admission list, etc
Can we talk about OAU postgraduate school requirements and processes? It is common knowledge that academics in several Nigerian universities doesn’t stop at the undergraduate level, as there are postgraduate education programs for graduates who wish to further their studies, especially within the walls of Obafemi Awolowo University.
There are certain criteria that must be satisfied before an OAU postgraduate aspirant can be considered to be admitted into OAU’s 2500-man-strong postgraduate school.
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Requirements for OAU Postgraduate courses
A general requirement for postgraduate course in OAU is a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Letters, Philosophy or Science or an acceptable equivalent from an approved University. An academic standing of a minimum of second class lower division or a grade point average of B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) is required for admission to Masters degrees: a second class upper division for MPhil: and an MPhil or Master’s degree with research thesis in appropriate field and at least 60% (B+) weighted average in the Masters coursework for admission to Doctorate degree (culled from University website).
List of OAU Postgraduate courses
Programme |
Dept of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning |
M.A (Adult Education) |
Ph.D. (Adult Education) |
Dept of African Institute For Science Policy And Innovation (AISPI) |
M.Tech. (Technology Management) |
M.Sc. (Technology Management) |
Ph.D (Technology Management) |
Dept of African Languages & Literature |
M.A. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Agric. Ext. & Rural Sociology |
M.Sc. |
M.Sc. (Agricultural Communication) |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Agricultural Economics |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Agricultural Engineering |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Anatomy |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Animal Science |
M.Sc |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Architecture |
PGDAC |
PGDADP |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Arts and Social Science Education |
M.Ed. Curriculum Studies (Arts Option) |
M.A .Ed. (Religious Studies) |
M.A. Ed. (English) |
M.A. Ed. (Fine and Applied Arts) |
M.A. Ed. (French) |
M.A. Ed. (History) |
M.A. Ed. (Music) |
M.A. Ed. (Social Studies) |
M.A. Ed. (Yoruba) |
M.A.Ed. (Curriculum Studies) |
M.A.Ed. (Language Arts) |
M.Sc. Ed. (Economics) |
M.Sc. Ed. (Geography) |
M.Sc. Ed. (Political Science) |
M. Phil. Ed. (Curriculum studies) |
M. Phil. Ed. (Social Science Education) |
M. Phil. Ed. (Social Studies) |
M.Phil (Language Education) |
Ph.D. (Language Education) |
Ph.D. (Social Science Education) |
Ph.D. (Social Studies) |
Ph.D. Ed. Curriculum Studies (Arts Option) |
Dept of Biochemistry |
M.Sc. |
M. Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Botany |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Building |
M.Sc. in Building Maintenance |
M.Sc. in Building Services |
M.Sc. in Building Structures |
M.Sc. in Construction Management |
M.Phil. in Building Maintenance |
M.Phil. in Building Services |
M.Phil. in Building Structures |
M.Phil. in Construction Management |
Ph.D. in Building Maintenance |
Ph.D. in Building Services |
Ph.D. in Building Structures |
Ph.D. in Construction Management |
Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies |
PGD (Gender and Development) |
M.Sc. (Gender and Development) |
Ph.D. (Gender and Development) |
Centre for Industrial Research & Dev. |
PGD (Entrepreneurship Development) |
Dept of Chemical Engineering |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Chemical Pathology |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Chemistry |
M.Sc. (Applied Chemistry) |
M.Sc. (Chemistry) |
M.Phil (Applied Chemistry) |
M.Phil (Chemistry) |
Ph.D (Applied Chemistry) |
Ph.D (Chemistry) |
Dept of Civil Engineering |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Community Health |
Masters of Public Health(MPH) |
M.Phil. (Public Health) |
PhD. (Public Health) |
Dept of Computer Science |
PGD (Computer Science) |
M.Sc. (Computer Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Computer Science) |
M.Sc. (Information Systems) |
M.Sc. (Intelligent Systems Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Software Engineering) |
M.Phil. (Computer Engineering) |
M.Phil. (Computer Science) |
M.Phil. (Information Systems) |
M.Phil. (Intelligent Systems Engineering) |
M.Phil. (Software Engineering) |
Ph.D (Computer Science) |
Ph.D. (Computer Engineering) |
Ph.D. (Information Systems) |
Ph.D. (Intelligent Systems Engineering) |
Ph.D. (Software Engineering) |
Dept of Crop Production and Protection |
M.Sc |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Demography & Social Statistics |
M.Sc |
Masters in Demography and Social Statistics |
M.Phil (Demography and Social Statistics) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Dramatic Arts |
PGD (Dramatic Art) |
M.A. |
M.Phil |
P.hD. |
Dept of Drug Research & Production Unit |
PGD (Phytomedicines) |
M.Sc. (Phytomedicines) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Economics |
PGD (Economics) |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil (Economics) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Educational Foundations and Counselling |
M.Ed. |
M.A. Ed. (Guidance and Counselling) |
M.A. Ed. (History of Education) |
M.A. Ed. (Philosophy of Education) |
M.A. Ed. (Psychology of Education) |
M.A. Ed. (Sociology of Education) |
M.A. Ed. (Test and Measurement ) |
M.Phil. (Guidance and Counselling) |
M.Phil. (History of Education) |
M.Phil. (Philosophy of Education) |
M.Phil. (Psychology of Education) |
M.Phil. (Sociology of Education) |
M.Phil. (Test and Measurement ) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Educational Management |
M.Ed (Educational Planning) |
M.Ed (Educational Administration) |
M.Ed (Higher Educational Administration) |
M.A. Education (Educational Administration) |
M.A. Education (Higher Educational Administration) |
M.A.Education (Educational Planning) |
M.Phil. Economics of Education |
M.Phil. Educational Administration |
M.Phil. Educational Planning |
M.Phil. Higher Educational Administration |
M.Phil. Human Resource Management in Education |
Management Information System in Education |
Ph.D. Economics of Education |
Ph.D. Education (Educational Administration) |
Ph.D. Education (Educational Planning) |
Ph.D. Education (Higher Educational Administration) |
Ph.D. Human Resources Management in Education |
Ph.D. Management Information System in Education |
Dept of Educational Technology and Library Studies |
M.Ed Educational Technology |
M.Ed. e-Learning |
M.A. Educational Technology |
M.A.Ed. e-Learning |
M.Phil. Educationl Technology |
Ph.D. Educational Technology |
Dept of Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
PGD (Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering) |
M.Tech. (Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) |
M.Phil. (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) |
Ph.D (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) |
Dept of English |
M.A. |
M.A. (Literature in English) |
M.Phil |
M.Phil. (Literature in English) |
P.hD. (Literature in English) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Estate Management |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Fine Arts |
M.F.A. |
M.A. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Food Science & Technology |
PGD (Food Science & Technology) |
M.Sc. (Food Science & Technology) |
M.Phil (Food Science & Technology) |
Ph.D (Food Science and Technology) |
Dept of Foreign Languages |
M.A. (French Language and Linguistics) |
M.A (Comparative Literature) |
M.A. German Lang. & Linguistics |
M.A. Lit. in Portuguese |
M.A. Portuguese Lang. & Linguistics |
M.A.(African Lit. in French) |
M.A.(French Literature) |
M.A.(Language & Linguistics) |
M.A.(Lusophone Area Studies) |
M. Phil.(Language & Linguistics) |
M.Phil (African Lit. in French) |
M.Phil (Comparative Literature) |
M.Phil (French Literature) |
M.Phil. (French Language and Linguistics) |
M.Phil. German Lang & Linguistics |
M.Phil. Lit. in Portuguese |
M.Phil. Portuguese Lang & Linguistics |
M.Phil.(Lusophone Area Studies) |
Ph.D (African Lit. in French) |
Ph.D (Comparative Literature) |
Ph.D (French Lang. and Lit.) |
Ph.D. (French Language and Linguistic) |
Ph.D. German Lang. & Linguistics |
Ph.D. Lit. in Portuguese |
Dept of Geography |
M.GIS & Remote Sensing |
M.Sc |
M.Sc. (Remote Sensing and GIS) |
M.Phil. (Geography) |
M.Phil. (Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System) |
Ph.D |
Ph.D. (Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System) |
Dept of Geology |
Master in Groundwater and Environmental Geosciences |
Master in Mineral Exploration |
Master in Petroleum Geochemistry |
Master in Petroleum Geophysics |
Master in Petroleum Geosciences |
M.Sc. (Applied Geophysics) |
M.Sc.(Applied Geology) |
M.Phil (Applied Geology) |
M.Phil. (Applied Geophysics) |
P.hD (Applied Geophysics) |
Ph.D (Applied Geology) |
Dept of Haematology and Immunology |
M.Sc. Immunology |
PhD (Immunology) |
Dept of History |
M.A (African History) |
M.A (Diplomatic History) |
M.A (Economic History) |
M.Phil |
Ph.D (History) |
Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies |
PGD (Ecology) |
M.Sc.(Environmental Control and Management) |
Ph.D (Environmental Control and Management) |
Institute of Education |
PGD (Education) |
M.Ed (Early Childhood) |
M.Ed in Integrated Science |
M.A. (Ed) in Integrated Science |
M.A.Ed(Early Childhood Education) |
M.Phil (Ed) in Early Childhood Development |
M.Phil. (Ed) in Integrated Science |
Ph.D (Ed) in Integrated Science |
Ph.D (Ed) in Early Childhood Development |
Ph.D (Ed) in Integrated Science |
Dept of International Relations |
PGD (International Relations) |
Masters in International Relations |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D (International Relations) |
Dept of Law |
LL.M |
M.Phil. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Local Government Studies |
PGD (Local Government) |
Masters in Local Government Studies |
M.Sc. (Local Government Studies) |
M.Phil. (Local Government Studies) |
Ph.D (Local Government Studies) |
Dept of Management and Accounting |
PGD (Financial Management) |
PGD (Management Studies) |
Executive Master in Business Administration |
Master in Business Administration (Regular) |
M.Sc. (Accounting) |
M.Sc. (Business Administration) |
Ph.D (Accounting) |
Ph.D (Business Administration) |
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering |
PGD (Material Science and Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Material Science and Engineering) |
M.Phil. (Material Science and Engineering) |
Ph.D (Material Science and Engineering) |
Dept of Mathematics |
Master of Actuarial Science |
M.Sc (Statistics) |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil (Mathematics) |
M.Phil (Statistics) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
M.Sc. (Mechanical Engineering) |
Ph.D (Mechanical Engineering) |
Dept of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Medical Rehabilitation |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Mental Health |
M.Sc. (Psychiatry) |
Master of Clinical Psychology |
Ph.D (Clinical Psychology) |
Ph.D (Psychiatry) |
Dept of Microbiology |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Music |
M.A. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Natural History Museum |
PGD |
M.C.S.(Conservation Science) |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil (Biosystematics) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Nursing |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Analysis) |
M.Sc. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) |
M.Phil. (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) |
Ph.D (Pharmaceutical Chemistry) |
Dept of Pharmaceutics |
M.Sc. (Pharmaceutics) |
Ph.D (Pharmaceutics) |
Dept of Pharmacognosy |
M.Sc. (Pharmacognosy) |
M.Phil (Pharmacognosy) |
Ph.D (Pharmacognosy) |
Dept of Pharmacology |
M.Sc. (Pharmacology) |
M.Phil (Pharmacology) |
Ph.D (Pharmacology) |
Dept of Pharmacy |
Pharmacy Administration |
Pharmacy Administration (M.Phil) |
Pharmacy Administration (Ph.D) |
Dept of Philosophy |
M.A |
Ph.D |
Dept of Physical Education |
M.Ed. |
M.A. |
Ph.D |
Dept of Physics |
M.Phil (Health Physics & Environment) |
M.Phil (Materials Science) |
M.Phil (Medical Physics) |
M.Phil (Nuclear Science & Engineering) |
M.Sc (Health Physics & Environment) |
M.Sc (Materials Science) |
M.Sc (Medical Physics) |
M.Sc (Nuclear Science and Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Engineering Physics) |
M.Sc. (Nuclear Science and Engineering) |
M.Sc. (Physics) |
M.Phil (Engineering Physics) |
M.Phil. (Physics) |
Ph.D (Engineering Physics) |
Ph.D (Health Physics & Environment) |
Ph.D (Materials Science) |
Ph.D (Medical Physics) |
Ph.D (Nuclear Science & Engineering) |
Ph.D (Physics) |
Dept of Physiology |
M.Sc. |
Ph.D (Physiology) |
Dept of Political Science |
M.Sc (with Thesis) in Political Science |
Master of Political Science (M.P.S.) with Long Essay |
Ph.D (Political Science) |
Dept of Psychology |
Masters in Managerial Psychology |
M.Sc |
Ph.D |
Dept of Public Administration |
PGD (Public Administration) |
Master of Public Administration |
M.Sc. (Public Administration) |
Ph.D (Public Administration) |
Dept of Quantity Surveying |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil (Quantity Surveying) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Religious Studies |
M.A. |
M.Phil (Religious Studies) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Science and Technology Education |
M. Ed.Curriculum Studies (Science Option) |
M.Ed in Integrated Science |
M. Sc. Ed. (Botany) |
M. Sc. Ed. (Chemistry) |
M. Sc. Ed. (Curriculum Studies) |
M. Sc. Ed. (Mathematics) |
M. Sc. Ed. (Physics) |
M. Sc. Ed. (Zoology) |
M.A. (Ed) in Integrated Science |
M.Phil. (Ed) in Integrated Science |
Ph. D. Curriculum Studies (Science Option) |
Dept of Sociology and Anthropology |
PGD (Social Work and Social Development) |
Masters Degree in Industrial and Labour Relations (MILR) |
M.Sc |
Ph.D |
Dept of Soil Science |
M.Sc |
M.Phil |
Ph.D |
Dept of Urban and Regional Planning |
Housing and Urban Renewal Processes |
PGD Housing and Urban Renewal Processes |
PGD Landscape Planning |
PGD Planning Process and Waste Management |
PGD Transportation Planning |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil (Urban and Regional Planning) |
Ph.D |
Dept of Zoology |
M.Sc. |
M.Phil. |
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