Rivers State University Postgraduate Form Is Out

A. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

1.Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
a. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Agricultural Economics
b. MSc, PhD in Agricultural Economics with specialization in:
i). Agric-business Management and Marketing
Ii).Production Economics and Farm Management
iii). Agricultural Finance
iv). Resource and Environmental Economics

2. Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
a. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

b. MSc, PhD in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development with specialization in:
i) Agricultural Extension Administration
ii) Agricultural Extension Communication
iii) Rural Sociology
iv) Community and Rural Development

3. Department of Animal Science
a. PGD in Animal Science
b. MSc, PhD in Animal Science with specialization in:
i) Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
ii) Animal Production and Management
iii) Animal Physiology and Reproduction
iv) Animal Breeding and Genetics

4 Department of Crop/Soil Science
a. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in the following
i). PGD in Crop Science
ii). PGD in Soil Science

b. MSc, PhD in Crop Science with specialization in:
i) Plant Pathology
ii) Crop Physiology
iii) Crop Production
iv) Plant bleeding and genetics
v) Environmental crop Science
vi) Farming Systems
vii) Entomology
viii) Horticulture

c. MSc, PhD in Soil Science with Specialization in:
i) Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
ii) Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
iii) Soil physics and Conservation
iv) Environmental Soil Science
v) Soil survey and Land use planning
vi) Soil fertility and Fertilizer Technology
vii) Pedology

5. Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Environment
a. PGD in Fisheries and Aquatic Environment

b. MSc, PhD in Fisheries and Aquatic Environment with Specialization in:
i) Aquatic Ecology
ii) Aquaculture
iii) Fisheries Biology
iv) Fisheries Management and Policy
v) Fish Processing and Utilization
vi) Fish Nutrition

6. Department of Food Science and Technology
a. PGD in Food Science and Technology
b. MSc, PhD in Food Science and Technology with Specialization in:
i) Food Microbiology and Biotechnology
ii) Food Chemistry/Biochemistry
iii) Food Quality Control and Assurance
iv) Food Processing and Storage Technology

7. Department of Forestry and Environment
a. PGD in forestry and Environment
b. MSc, PhD in Forestry and Environment with Specialization in
i) Forest Pathology
ii) Forest Ecology and Environmental Management
iii) Agro-Forestry, Silviculture and Tree Improvement
iv) Forest Soil and Microbiology
v) Forest Biometrics and Mensuration
vi) Wood Science and Technology
vii) Medicinal Plants and Phytomedicine
viii) Wildlife Resources Management
ix) Wildlife Ecology and Ecotourism

B. FACULTY OF EDUCATION

1. Department of Adult Education and Community Development

a) MEd, PhD in Adult Education and Community Studies

2. Department of Business Education
a) MEd in Business Education
b) MSc (Ed) in Business Education with the following areas of specialization:
i) Accountancy
ii) Entrepreneurship
iii) Office Management and Technology

c) PhD in Business Education

3. Department of Educational Foundations
a) MEd, PhD with specialization in:
(i) Philosophy of Education
(ii) History and Policy of Education
(iii) Sociology of Education
(iv) Curriculum and Instruction
(v) Educational Technology
(vi) Educational Psychology
(vii) Educational Measurement and Evaluation
(viii) Guidance and Counseling

4. Department of Science Education
a) MSc (Ed), PhD in Science Education with specialization in:
i) Biology
ii) Chemistry
iii) Mathematics
iv) Physics

5. Department of Vocational and Technology Education
a) MSc (Ed) in Agricultural Education with specialization in:
i) Administration
ii) Community Development
iii) Agricultural Resources and Environment

b. PhD in Agricultural Education
c. MSc (Ed) PhD in Technical Education with specialization in:
i) Building Technology
ii) Electrical/Electronic Technology
iii) Mechanical Technology

6. Department of Educational Management

a) MEd, PhD in Educational Management

7. Department of Library and Information Science

a) PGDLIS, MLIS, PhD in library and information science with specialization in:
i) School Library and Media Technology
ii) Information Science
iii) Archives and Records Management
iv) Book Trade and Publishing

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

PGDTE/PGDE (Full-time, Sandwich and Weekend)

a. PGDE: Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Regular) with options in
i) Business Education
Ii) Science Education
iii) Agricultural Education
iv) Vocational and Technology Education
PGDE (General)

b. PGDE: Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Sandwich) with options in
i) Business Education
Ii) Science Education
iii) Agricultural Education
iv) Vocational and Technology Education
PGDE (General)

c. PGDE: Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Weekend) with options in
i) Business Education
Ii) Science Education
iii) Agricultural Education
iv) Vocational and Technology Education
PGDE (General)

The following Master’s Degree MEd, MSc degree programmes are available in Sandwich programmes only in the Institute of Education:

1. Department of Adult Education and Community Development
a. M.Ed in Adult Education and Community Development

2. Department of Business Education
a M.Ed (Ed) in Business Education
M.Sc (Ed) in Business Education with Specialization in:
i) Accountancy
ii) Entrepreneurship
iii) Office Management and Technology
iv) Marketing Education
v) Management

3. Department of Educational Foundations
a. M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction
b. M.Ed in Educational Technology
c. M.Ed in Guidance and Counseling
d. M.Ed in History and Policy of Education
e. M.Ed in Measurement and Evaluation
f. M.Ed in Philosophy of Education
g. M.Ed in Sociology of Education

4. Department of Educational Management
a M.Ed in Educational Management

5. Department of Science Education
a. M.Sc (Ed) in Science Education with Specializations in
i) Biology
ii) Chemistry
iii) Mathematics
iv) Physics

6. Department of Vocational and Technology Education
a. M.Sc. (Ed) in Agricultural Education with specializations in:
(i) Administration
(ii) Community Development
(iii) Agricultural Resources and Environment

b. M.Sc (Ed) in Technical Education with Specializations in:
i) Electrical and Electronics Technology
ii) Mechanical Technology
iii) Building Technology

The following PhD Degree Programmes are Available in Sandwich Programmes only in the Institute of Education:

1. Department of Adult Education and Community Development
a. PhD in Adult Education and Community Development

2. Department of Educational Foundations
a) Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction
b) Ph.D in Educational Technology
c) Ph.D in Guidance and Counseling
d) Ph.D in History and Policy of Education
e) Ph.D in Measurement and Evaluation
f) Ph.D in Philosophy of Education
g) Ph.D in Sociology of Education

3. Department of Educational Management
a) Ph.D in Educational Management

4. Department of Science Education
a) Ph.D in Science Education

5. Department of Vocational and Technology Education
a) Ph.D in Agricultural Education
b) Ph.D in Technical Education

C. FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

1. Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
a. PGD in Agricultural and Environmental Engineering

b. M.Tech, PhD Programmes with specialization in:

i)Farm Power and Machinery Engineering
ii) Soil and Water Engineering
iii) Agricultural Products Processing Storage Engineering
iv) Environmental Engineering

2. Department of Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering
a. PGD, M.Tech, PhD in Chemical Engineering

3. Department of Civil Engineering
a) PGD Programme in Civil Engineering

b) M.Tech, PhD Programme in:
i) Geotechnical Engineering
ii) Water Resources Engineering
iii) Highway Transportation Engineering
iv) Structural Engineering

4. Department of Electrical Engineering
a) PGD Programme in:
i) Power Engineering Option
ii) Electronics Engineering Option

b) MTech Programme in:
i) Power Engineering Option
ii) Electronics Engineering Option
iii) Communications Engineering Option

c) PhD Programme in:
i) Power Engineering Option
ii) Electronic and Communication Options

5. Department of Marine Engineering
a) PGD Programme in Marine Engineering
b) M.Tech, PhD Programmes in Marine Engineering with Specialization in
i) Power Plant Option
ii) Naval Architecture and Ship Building Option
iii) Offshore and Subsea Engineering Option

6. Department of Mechanical Engineering
a) PGD in Mechanical Engineering

b) M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in:
i) Thermo-Fluid Option
ii) Production Option

c) PhD Programme in Thermo-Fluid Option

7. Department of Petroleum Engineering

a) PGD, M.Tech, PhD in Petroleum Engineering

D. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Architecture

a) MSc, PhD in Architecture

2. Department of Estate Management

a) PGD in Estate Management
b) MSc in Estate Management with specialization in:
i) Investment Analysis and Valuation
ii) Real Estate Development Appraisal and Project Management
iii) Facility and Property Managment
iv) Environmental Valuation and Management
v) Land Management and Sustainable Development

c) PhD in Estate Management

3. Department of Urban and Regional Planning

a) PGD, MSc, MURP, PhD in Urban and Regional Planning
b) PGD, MSc in Transport Planning

4. Department of Surveying and Geomatics
a) PGD, MSc, PhD in Surveying and Geomatics

E. FACULTY OF LAW (FULL TIME AND PART TIME)

a. PGD in the following areas:
i) Petroleum and Environmental Law
ii) Land Law and Land Administration
iii) Labour Law and Industrial Relations
iv) Customary Law and Practice

b. Master of Laws (LLM)

c. MA in Law and Diplomacy

d. Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

e. PhD in Law with the following options:
i) International Law and Human Rights
ii) Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence
iii) Petroleum, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources Law
iv) Property and Compensation Law
v) International Trade Law and International Economic Law, including Globalization
vi) Comparative Criminal Law and Penology
vii) Labour and Industrial Relations law
viii) Business, Commercial and Intellectual Property Law
ix) Customary, Family and Medical Law

f. PhD in Law and Diplomacy

F. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (FULL TIME AND PART TIME)

a) PGD in the following areas:
i) Accountancy
ii) Banking and Finance
iii) Management
iv) Marketing
v) Office and Information Management
vi) Supply Chain and Logistics Management
vii) Transport Management
viii) Tourism and Hospitality Marketing
ix) Public Sector Financial Management
x) Project Management

1) Department of Accountancy

a. MSc, MPhil, PhD in the following areas:
i) Accountancy
ii) Taxation
iii) Public Sector Accounting

2) Department of Banking and Finance

a. MSc, PhD in the following areas:
i) Banking and Finance
ii) Quantitative Finance
iii) Corporate Finance
iv) Financial Markets

b. MPhil in Finance
c. MSc in Public Sector Financial Management

3) Department of Management
a. M Sc, MPhil, PhD, in the following areas:
i) Human Resource Management
ii) Industrial Relations
iii) Business Policy
iv) Organizational Behaviour
v) Management
vi) Project Management
vii) Production and Operations Management

4) Department of Marketing
a. MSc, MPhil, PhD in the following:
i) Marketing
ii) Supply Chain and Logistics Management
iii) Tourism and Hospitality Marketing

5) Department of Office and Information Management
a. MSc, MPhil, PhD in Office and Information Management

b. MSc, PhD in Strategic Admin/Strategic Information Management

G. FACULTY OF SCIENCE

1. Department of Microbiology
a) PGD in the following areas:
i) Microbiology
ii) Public Health

b. MSc, PhD in the following areas:
i) Food Microbiology
ii) Industrial Microbiology
iii) Environmental Microbiology
iv) Public Health Microbiology
v) Clinical/Pathogenic Microbiology

2. Department of Animal and Environmental Biology
a) PGD in Animal and Environmental Biology

b) MSc, PhD in the following areas of Specialization:
i) Applied Entomology
ii) Hydrobiology/Ecotoxicology
iii) Ecology/Environmental Biology
iv) Marine Biology and Marine Pollution Studies

3. Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology
a) PGD in Plant Science and Biotechnology

b) M Sc, Ph D in Plant Science and Biotechnology with specialization in:
i) Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
ii) Plant Breeding
iii) Plant Ecology
iv) Cytogenetic
v) Taxonomy and Systematic
vi) Plant Pathology

4. Department of Chemistry
a) PGD in Chemistry
b) MSc, PhD in Chemistry with the following options:
i) Analytical Chemistry
Ii) Environmental Chemistry
iii) Inorganic Chemistry
iv) Organic and Natural Products Chemistry
v) Physical Chemistry

5. Department of Computer Science (FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME)

a) PGD, MSc, PhD in Computer Science

6. Department of Medical Laboratory Science
a. PGD in Medical Laboratory Science in the following areas:

i) Medical Microbiology
ii) Chemical Pathology
iii) Hematology and Blood Transfusion Science
iv) Histopathology and Cytology

b. MSc in Medical Laboratory Science with specialization in:

i) Medical Microbiology
ii) Chemical Pathology
iii) Hematology and Blood Transfusion Science
iv) Biorisk Management
v) Histopathology and Cytology

c. PhD in Medical Laboratory Science with specialization in:
i) Medical Microbiology
ii) Chemical Pathology
iii) Hematology and Blood Transfusion Science

7. Department of Mathematics
a) PGD in Applied Statistics

b) MSc, PhD in the following areas:
i) Applied Mathematics
ii) Applied Statistics

8. Department of Physics
a. PGD in the following areas:
i) Applied Geophysics
ii) Radiation and Environmental Physics

b. MSc with specialization in:
i) Applied Geophysics
ii) Radiation and Environmental Physics
iii) Theoretical Physics

c. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the following areas:

i) Theoretical Physics
ii) Applied Geophysics
iii) Astrophysics/Astronomy
iv) Radiation and Environmental Physics

9. Department of Maritime Science (Executive Part Time)

a. PGD in Maritime Transport
b. M.Sc in Shipping Management
c. M.Sc in Maritime Transport
d. Ph.D in Maritime Transport

H FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

1. Department of English Language and Literature -in- English
a. PGD, MA, PhD in English Language
b. PGD, MA, PhD in Literature- in- English

2. Department of French
(a) PGD, MA in French

3. Department of History and International Diplomacy
(a) PGD, MA, PhD in History and International Diplomacy

4. Department of Philosophy
(a) PGD, MA, PhD in Philosophy

5. Department of Religious and Cultural Studies
(a) PGD, MA, PhD in Religious and Cultural Studies

6. Department of Theatre and Film Studies
a) PGD, MA, PhD in Theatre Arts

I FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. Department of Political Science

(a) PGD, MSc, Ph.D in Local Government Administration
(b) PGD, MSc, Ph.D in Public Administration
(c) PGD, MSc, Ph.D in Peace, Conflict and Security Studies
(d) MPA in Public Administration

2. Department of Psychology
(a) PGD in Psychology
(b) MSc, PhD with specialization in:
i) Social Psychology
ii) Clinical Psychology
iii) Industrial/Organizational Psychology

3. Department of Sociology
(a) PGD in Sociology
(b) MSc, PhD in Sociology with specialization in:
i) Industrial Sociology and Labour Relations
ii) Sociology of Development
iii) Social Work and Gender Studies
iv) Sociology of Crime and Security Studies

4. Department of Economics
a) PGD in Economics
b) MSc, MPhil, PhD with specialization in:
i) Development Economics and Planning
ii) International Economics and Finance
iii) Environmental Economics and Policy
iv) Monetary Economics
v) Mathematical Economics and Econometrics
vi) Petroleum and Energy Economics

J. FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
a. PGD in Mass Communication
b. MSc, in Communication and Development Studies
c. PhD in Mass Communication

K. INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
a. PGD in the following areas:

i) Environmental Management and Control
ii) Disaster/Environmental Risk Management

b) MSc with specialization in:
i) Environmental Management and Control
ii) Disaster/Environmental Risk Management

c) PhD with specialization in:
i) Environmental Management and Control
ii) Disaster/Environmental Risk Management

L. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (Full Time and Part Time)
1 Department of Human Anatomy
a. PGD, MSc, PhD with specialization in:
i) Clinical and Radiological Anatomy
ii) Embryology and Andrology
iii) Neuroscience
iv) Biological and Forensic Anatomy
v) Microscopic Anatomy
vi) Genetics and Genomics
vii) Sports Anatomy
viii) Gross and Comparative Anatomy

2. Department of Medical Biochemistry
a. PGD, MSc, PhD with specialization in:
i) Medical /Clinical Biochemistry
ii) Toxicological/ Environmental Biochemistry
iii) Pharmacological Biochemistry
iv) Nutritional Biochemistry
v) Forensic Biochemistry
vi) Endocrinology/Immunobiochemistry

3. Department of Human Physiology
a. PGD, MSc, PhD with specialization in:
i) Cell, General and Molecular Physiology
ii) Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology
iii) Renal and Body Fluids Physiology
iv) Reproductive and Endocrine Physiology
v) Environmental and Metabolic Physiology
vi) Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Physiology
vii) Exercise and Sports Physiology
viii) Electro Physiology

4. Department of Nursing Science
a. PGD, MSc, PhD with specialization in:

i)Community/Public Health Nursing
ii) Maternal and Child Health Nursing.
iii) Medical Surgical Nursing.
iv) Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing.
v) Nursing Administration and Management
vi) Nursing Education

4. Department of Public Health Sciences
a) PGD in the following areas
i) Public Health
ii) Health Information Management

b. MSc, PhD in Public Health with specialization in:
i) Epidemiology
ii) Environmental Health
iii)Health Education and Promotion
iv) Public Health Nutrition
v) Health Policy and Management

c. MSc, PhD in the following areas
i) Biostatistics
ii) Demography and Health
iii) Health Information Management

For Entry Requirements, visit www.ust.edu.ng

Note the Following:

(1) Unless otherwise stated, part-time studies in any Faculty where it is available, will take twice the duration allowed for the corresponding full-time programmes

(2) For PhD applicants, brief research proposals on their intended areas of study should also accompany the application forms.
The deadline for submission of applications online and at the Postgraduate School is 31st January, 2023

MODE OF APPLICATION

Applications for admission to any postgraduate programme shall be made on-line by logging onto www.ust.edu.ng and making an e-payment using interswitch verve – enabled cards. Application forms should be completed on-line, downloaded and hard copies submitted to the Secretary, Postgraduate School along with the following:

i) Photocopies of Certificates.

ii) Certified academic transcripts. (It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that copies of their academic transcripts are forwarded under confidential cover directly to The Secretary, Postgraduate School, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt).

(Signed)
Dr. Sydney Enyindah
Registrar