UNIPORT Postgraduate Application Requirements, etc

The University of Port Harcourt offers a wide range of postgraduate courses for interested graduates who wish to further their studies within the walls of this top Nigerian university. Do you want to know more about UNIPORT postgraduate school?

Requirements for Uniport postgraduate admission

To have a place in Uniport postgraduate school, there are certain criteria which must be fulfilled by every interested applicant, and they are:

  • The minimum requirement for the Postgraduate Diploma Programmes is a Bachelor’s Degree in the related disciplines. Candidates must possess at least a Second Class Honours Degree or Third Class in the related Discipline.
  • For HND holders, a minimum of Upper Credit is acceptable in the relevant Departments.
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  • For the Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry (PGDC) Programme, candidates with Third Class are not advised to play.

MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES

  • Candidates must possess at least a Second Class Honours Degree from the University of Port Harcourt or any recognized University, in the relevant course with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 on a 5-point scale or its equivalent.
  • Candidates for the Master’s in Education must have obtained a first Degree in another field and, in addition, a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) with at least an Upper Credit classification.
  • Candidates for the MBA Programme must possess a strong quantitative background.
  • Candidates with PGD must have a CGPA of 3.50 to register for a Master’s Degree in the relevant field.

PhD PROGRAMMES

  • Generally, for the PhD Programmes, candidates should have a Master’s Degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.50 or 4.00 depending on the Department or its equivalent grade in the relevant discipline at the Master’s level.
  • Admission will be based on interview performance. PhD involves course work and qualifying examination.

MD/MS PROGRAMME

  • Candidates must either be graduates of Medicine (MBBS) of the University of Port Harcourt for not less than five (5) years or confirmed and experienced academic staff of the University with a Medical Degree of recognized University.
  • In addition to the above, candidates must possess either a recognized professional qualification at the fellowship level or at least an M.Sc Degree from a recognized University after the MBBS Degree.

Courses offered in Uniport postgraduate school

​​FACULTY OF HUMANITIES COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PROGRAMME
  • M.A. Comparative Literature
  • Ph.D Comparative Literature

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND FILM STUDIES

  • M.A. Theatre Arts
  • M.A. Theatre & Film Studies
  • M.A. Film & Television Studies
  • Master of Fine Arts (MFA – Professional) Programme in Film & Television Studies
  • Ph.D in Film & Television Studies
  • Ph.D in Theatre and Media Arts

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH STUDIES

  • M.A. English Studies
  • Ph.D English Studies

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

  • M.A. Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • Ph.D Foreign Languages and Literatures

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND DIPLOMATIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY M.A.,

Ph.D in Philosophy in the following areas:

  • African Philosophy
  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Social Science
  • Ethics
  •  Metaphysics
  • Epistemology
  • Logic and Methodology
  • History of Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Development

DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL STUDIES

  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Religious & Cultural Studies
  • M.A., Ph.D in Religious and Cultural Studies in the following areas:
    • African Indigenous Religion
    • Biblical Studies
    • Church History
    • Islamic Studies
    • Religious Ethics
    • Sociology of Religion
    • Philosophy of Religion

DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS & DESIGN

  • a) African Art History
  • (b) Design History
  • (c) Painting
  • (d) Sculpture
  • (e) Ceramics Design
  • (f) Graphics & Communication Design with Specialization in Advertising, Printmaking, Animation & Photography.
  • (g) Textiles & Fashion Design

DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM STUDIES AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (a) Curriculum and Instruction
  • (b) Educational Technology
  • (c) Language Education
  • (d) Mathematics Education
  • (e) Science Education
  • (f) Social Studies Education

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (a) Philosophy of Education
  • (b) History and Policy of Education
  • (c) Sociology of Education
  • (d) Comparative Education

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (a) Educational Administration
  • (b) Educational Planning
  • (c) Economics of Education
  • (d) Administration of Higher Education

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (a) Educational Psychology
  • (b) Guidance and Counselling
  • (c) Educational Measurement and Evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF ADULT AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (a) Literacy Education
  • (b) Distance Education
  • (c) Environmental Adult Education
  • (d) Community Development

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION Both the Regular (Ph.D & M.Ed) and Sandwich (Long Vacation) M.Ed Programmes have the following areas:

  • (A) M.Sc (Ed) Human Kinetics

Areas of Specialization

  • (a) Physiology of Exercise
  • (b) Sports Administration and Marketing
  • (c) Sport Psychology
  • (d) Sociology of Sport
  • (e) Rehab

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Regular and sandwich (Long Vacation) programme. The programme consists of four areas, namely:

  • (a) Studies in the Theory and Practice of Education
  • (b) Specialized Procedure in the Teaching of Subjects
  • (c) Supervised Practice in Teaching
  • (d) Supervised Project ilitation Therapy
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Economics
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in Economics in the following areas:
    • (a) Economic Theory
    • (b) Development Economics
    • (c) Monetary Economics
    • (d) Quantitative Economics (with sub-area in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics)
    • (e) Labour and Manpower Economics

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

  • (i) PGD Geography and Environmental Management (PGDGEM)
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in Geography in the following areas:
    • (a) Rural Land Use and Rural Development
    • (b) Urban Geography
    • (c) Transport Geography
    • (d) Regional Development Planning
    • (e) Biogeography
    • (f) Climatology
    • (g) Geomorphology
    • (h) Environmental Management
    • (i) Watershed and Wetlands Management (M.Sc only)
    • (j) Geographic Information System (GIS) (M.Sc only)
  • (iii) Ph.D in Disaster Risk Management

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Sociology (PGDS)
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in Sociology in the following areas:
    • (a) Industrial Relations & Personnel Management
    • (b) Criminology, Police Science & Social Work
    • (c) Sociology of Development

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in International Affairs (PGDIA)
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in the following areas:
    • (a) Political Theory and Methodology
    • (b) Development Studies
    • (c) International Relations
    • (d) Nigerian Government and Politics

CLAUDE AKE SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT

  • (i) Executive Master’s Degree Programme in Public Administration (MPA)
FACULTY OF SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Biochemistry (PGDB)
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in the following areas:
    • (a) Enzymology
    • (b) Nutrition and Toxicology
    • (c) Medical Biochemistry/Immunochemistry
    • (d) Environmental Biochemistry
    • (e) Pharmacological Biochemistry

DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY

  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD), Master of Science (M.Sc) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma Programme in the following options:
    • (a) Biosystematics/Plant Taxonomy
    • (b) Genetics and Breeding
    • (c) Environmental Plant Science
    • (d) Herbarium Management
    • (e) Biotechnology
    • (f) Ethnobotany and Phytomedicine
    • (g) Horticulture

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Microbiology (PGDM)
  • (ii) M.Sc in Industrial Microbiology
  • (iii) M.Sc in Environmental Microbiology and Bioremediation
  • (iv) M.Sc in Food Microbiology
  • (v) M.Sc in Pathogenic Microbiology & Biotecchnology
  • (v) Ph.D in Microbiology

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL & ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

  • (i) PGD in Animal and Environmental Biology
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in the following areas:
    • (a) Hydrobiology and Fisheries Biology
    • (b) Environmental Parasitology and Public Health
    • (c) Environmental Entomology & Pest Management
    • (d) Environmental Animal Physiology
    • (e) Environmental & Conservation Biology

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Geology (PGDG)
  • (ii) M.Sc, Ph.D in the following areas:
    • (a) Biostratigraphy
    • (b) Engineering Geology
    • (c) Environmental Geology
    • (d) Exploration Geophysics
    • (e) Structural Geology
    • (f) Hydrogeology
    • (h) Petroleum Geology
    • (i) Marine Geology
    • (j) Sequence Stratigraphy
    • (k) Remote Sensing
    • (l) Sedimentology and Reservoir Geology
    • (m) Organic Geochemistry

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS/STATISTICS

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in the following areas:
    • (a) Statistics (PGDST)
    • (b) PGD in Statistics & Mathematics (PGDM)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF CROP & SOIL SCIENCE

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma Programme (PGD) in Crop & Soil Science
  • (ii) Master of Science (M.Sc) Programme in Crop Protection with specialization in
    • (a) Crop Protection (Agric Entomology)
    • (b) Crop Protection (Crop Pathology)
    • (c) Crop Protection (Plant Nemathology)
    • (d) Crop Protection (Weed Science)
  • (iii) Master of Science (M.Sc) Programme in Soil Science
  • (iv) Master of Science (M.Sc) Programme in Crop Production with specialization in
    • (a) M.Sc Crop Production (Crop Physiology)
    • (b) M.Sc Crop Production (Horticulture)
    • (c) M.Sc Crop Production (Crop Breeding and Genetics)

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma Programme (PGD) in Forestry & Wildlife Management
  • (ii) Master of Science (M.Sc) in Forestry with specialization in:
    • (a) Silviculture and Forecast Biology
    • (b) Forest Economics and Management
    • (c) Biometrics and Measurement
    • (d) Wood Science

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Programme in Animal Science and Master of Science (M.Sc) programme in Animal Nutrition and  Agricultural Biochemistry.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & EXTENSION

  • Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Agricultural Economics & Extension, Master of Science (M.Sc) in Agricultural Economics & Master of Science (M.Sc) in Agricultural Extension
  • (i) PGD in Agricultural Economics & Extension
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES MD/MS DEGREE PROGRAMME)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY

  • (1) PGD in Human Physiology
  • (2) M.Sc, Ph.D in Human Physiology

Special areas:

  • (a) Membrane Physiology
  • (b) Endocrine and Reproductive Physiology
  • (c) Blood Physiology
  • (d) Nutrition Physiology
  • (e) Neuro Physiology

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ANATOMY

  • (i) M.Sc, Ph.D in Anatomy

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY

  • (i) M.Sc Pharmacology

DEPARTMENT OF HAEMATOLOGY, BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND IMMUNOLOGY

FACULTY OF CLINICAL SCIENCES
  • M.Sc Sports Medicine

DEPARTMENT OF PREVENTIVE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE

FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY

  • (i) M.Pharm and Ph.D Programmes

Areas of Specialization:

  • (a) Phytochemistry/Phytotherapy Research
  • (b) Medicinal Plant Research
  • (c) Standardization of Phytophar-maceuticals/Herbals
  • (d) Formulation Studies of Herbal Products
  • (e) Tissues Culture

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY

  • (i) M.Pharm and Ph.D Programmes

Areas of Specialization for M.Pharm:

  • (a) M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics
  • (b) M.Pharm in Pharmaceutical Technology

DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY (i) MSc & Ph.D Toxicology Areas of Specialization:

  • (a) Drug Toxicology
  • (b) Food Toxicology
  • (c) Medical/Clinical Toxicology
  • (d) Environmental Toxicology

SPORTS INSTITUTE

  • (i) Sports Broadcasting/Journalism
  • (ii) Sports Marketing
  • (iii) Team Management
  • (iv) Massage Therapy
  • (v) Fitness and Recreation
  • (vi) Sports Medicine
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Master of Engineering Management (MEM) in the following areas:

  • (a) Chemical Engineering
  • (b) Civil Engineering
  • (c) Electrical./Electronic Engineering
  • (d) Mechanical Engineering
  • (e) Petroleum Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering (PGDCE)
  • (ii) M.Eng, Ph.D in Chemical Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM & GAS ENGINEERING

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering (PGDPE)
  • (ii) Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Technology (PGDPT)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PGD and Ph.D programmes in Mechanical Engineering

  • (i) Postgraduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (PGDME)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING M.Eng., Ph.D in Civil Engineering in the following areas:

  • (a) Geotechnical Engineering
  • (b) Water Resources Engineering
  • (c) Highway & Transportation Engineering
  • (d) Structural Engineering
  • (e) Environmental Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

  • (i) M.Eng. in Electrical/Electronic Engineering in the following areas:
    • (a) Power System and Machines
    • (b) Electronics and Telecommunications
  • (ii) Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and Technology in the  following areas:
    • (a) Power Systems Engineering
    • (b) Electrical Machines
    • (c) Power Electronics and Drives
    • (d) Instrumentation and Control
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

(i) Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in the following areas:

  • (a) Accounting
  • (b) Finance and Banking
  • (c) Management
  • (d) Marketing

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