The School of Postgraduate Studies, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba hereby invites applications from qualified candidates for admission into the 2026/2027 academic session of the Postgraduate programs of the university, leading to the awards of PG diploma, M.A/M.Sc. and Doctor of Philosophy Degrees in the following Faculties;
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE:
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & EXTENSION
(i) Ph.D Agricultural Economics
(ii) Ph.D Agricultural Extension
(iii) M.Sc. Agricultural Economics
(iv) M.Sc. Agricultural Extension
(v) PGD (Agricultural Economics and Extension) - DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION
(i) Ph.D Crop Production (Agronomy, Crop Protection, Farming Systems, Crop Genetics &
Breeding)
(ii) M.Sc. Crop Production
(iii) PGD (Crop Production) - DEPARTMENT OF FOOD, NUTRITION & HOME SCIENCES
(i) M.Sc. (Food Science and Technology)
(ii) M.Sc. (Nutrition and Dietetics)
(iii) M.Sc. Home Science (Home Resource Management and Clothing/Textile Options)
(iv) PGD (Food Science and Technology)
(v) PGD (Nutrition and Home Science) - DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(ii) M.Sc.
(i) PGD Soil and Environmental Management
FACULTY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: - DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC & ISLAMIC STUDIES
(i) Ph.D Arabic Language & Literature
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Arabic Language & Literature
(iii) M.Phil/Ph.D Islamic Studies
(vi) M.A Islamic Studies
(v) M.A Arabic Language & Literature
(iv) PGD Arabic Language & Literature
(vii) PGD Islamic Studies. - DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH & LITERARY STUDIES
(i) Ph.D (English Language)
(ii) Ph.D (Literature in English)
(iii)M.A (English Language)
(iv) M.A (Literature in English)
(v) PGD (English and Literary Studies) - DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES
(i) Ph.D Religious Studies
(ii) M.A Religious Studies - DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ARTS
(i) Ph.D Theatre Arts
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D (Theatre Arts)
(iii) M.A Theatre Arts
(iv)PGD Theatre Arts
FACULTY OF EDUCATION - DEPARTMENT OF ARTS EDUCATION:
(i)Ph.D English Language Education
(ii) M.A (Ed) English Language
(iii) MA.Ed Christian Religious Studies - DEPARTMENT OF EDCATIONAL FOUNDATION
(i) M.Ed Educational Administration and Planning - DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
(i) Ph.D Science Education
(ii). Ph.D Mathematics Education
(iii)M.Sc. Science Education (Biology)
(iv)M.Sc. Ed Chemistry
v) M.Sc. Ed. Physics
(vi) M.Sc. Ed. Mathematics
(vii) PGD Science Education
12. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
(i) Ph.D Social Studies
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Social Studies
(iii) M.Ed Social Studies
(iv) M.Sc. Ed. Economics
(v) PGD in Civic and Human Right Studies
(vi) PGD in Security and Crime Management Education
(vii) PGD in Social Studies
13. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH
EDUCATION
(i) M.Sc. Sport Administration and Management
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:
14. DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
(i) Ph.D Accounting
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Accounting
(iii) MBA Accounting
(iv) M.Sc. Accounting
(v) M.Sc. Taxation
(vi) PGD Accounting
15. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
(i) Ph.D Management
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D
(iii) Master of Business Administration (MBA) Management
(iv). M.Sc. Management
(v) PGD Management
16. DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
(i) PGD Banking and Finance
17. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(i) Ph.D Public Administration
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Public Administration
(iii) M.Sc. Public Administration
(iv) PGD Public Administration
FACULTY OF LAW:
(i) Ph.D Law
(ii))M.Phil/Ph.D
(iii) Master of Laws (LL.M)
(iv)Master in International Law and Diplomacy
(v) Master of Arts, Law and Diplomacy (MALD)
(vi) PGD Law
FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES:
19. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY
(i) M.Sc. Animal and Environmental Biology (Fisheries & Hydrobiology)
(ii) PGD Animal and Environmental Biology
20. DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
(i) Ph.D Biochemistry
(a) Biochemistry and Biotechnology
(b)Protein Chemistry and Enzymology
(c)Toxicology and Pharmacological Biochemistry
(d)Medical Biochemistry
(e)Nutritional Biochemistry
(iii) M.Sc. Biochemistry
(a) Biochemistry and Biotechnology
(b)Protein Chemistry and Enzymology
(c)Toxicology and Pharmacological B
(e)Nutritional Biochemistry
21. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
(i) PGD Computer Science
22. DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES
(i) Ph.D Hydrogeology
(ii) Ph.D Environmental Geology
(iii) M.Sc. Hydrogeology
(iv) M.Sc. Environmental Geology
(v)PGD Applied Geology
23. DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY
(i) Ph.D Food and Industrial Microbiology
(ii) Ph.D Medical Microbiology
(iii) Ph.D Environmental Microbiology
(iv) M.Sc. Food and Industrial Microbiology
(v) M.Sc. Medical Microbiology
(vi) M.Sc. Environmental Microbiology
(vii) PGD Microbiology
24. DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(i) PGD Plant Science and Biotechnology
25. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
(i) M.Phil/Ph.D Physics
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Applied Geophysics
(iii) M.Phil/Ph.D Applied Physics (Theoretical Nuclear Physics)
(iv) M.Phil/Ph.D Applied Physics (Material Science and Solid State Electronics)
(v) M.Sc. Physics
(vi) M.Sc. Applied Physics (Material Science and Solid State Electronics)
(vii) M.Sc. Applied Physics (Theoretical Nuclear Physics)
(viii) M.Sc. Applied Geophysics
(x) PGD Physics
26. DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
(i) Ph.D Organic Chemistry
(ii) Ph.D Analytical Chemistry
(iii) Ph.D Environmental Chemistry
(iv) M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
(v) M.Sc. Inorganic Chemistry
(vi) M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry
(vii) M.Sc. Environmental Chemistry
(viii) M.Sc. Polymer Chemistry
27. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
(i)M.Sc. Mathematics
(ii)PGD Mathematics
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES:
28. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES
(i) Ph.D Geography (Environmental Resource Management)
(ii) M.Sc. Geography (Environmental Resource Management)
(iii) M.Sc. Geography (Biogeography)
(iv) Masters in Environmental Management (MEM)
(v) PGD Environmental Management
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES
29. DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
(i) Ph.D Mass Communication
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Mass Communication
(iii) M.Sc. Mass Communication
(iv) PGD Mass Communication
30. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
(i) Ph.D Economics
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D
(iii) M.Sc. Economics
(iv) PGD Economics
31. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
(i) Ph.D Political Science
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Political Science
(iii) M.Sc. Political Science
(iv) PGD Political Science
32. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
(i) Ph.D Sociology
(ii) M.Phil/Ph.D Sociology
(iii) M.Sc. Sociology
(iv) PGD Sociology
(v) M.Sc. Professional Degree in Society and Security Studies
33. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
(i) MLIS
(ii) PGD
ELIGIBILITY FOR DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D) PROGRAMMES
An applicant for admission into Ph.D programmes shall:
(a) Be a graduate of Prince Abubakar Audu University or any other approved University who has obtained the degree of Master of Arts or Science (MA/M.Sc/LL.M/M.Ed)
(b) Possess a minimum of 3.50 Cumulative Grade point Average on a 5.00 point scale or equivalent letter grade B in previous postgraduate programme.
(c) For programmes in Natural Sciences a candidate must possess a minimum of 3.50 Cumulative Grade point Average on a 5.00 point scale or equivalent letter grade B in previous postgraduate programme.
(d) Candidates who do not meet the criteria in (b) & (c) above can apply for
M.Phil/Ph.D in their respective Programmes where available.
ELIGIBILITY FOR MASTER OF ARTS/MASTER OF SCIENCE/LL.M/MALD/MILD/MPA/MBA/MEM
For Master’s Degree Programmes (M.A/M.Sc/M.A/M.Sc/M.Ed), a candidate is required to:
(i) Possess a Bachelor’s degree of Prince Abubakar Audu University or any other recognized University in the relevant programme with 2.40 or as the case may be.
(ii) Possess a CGPA of not less than 3.00 for programmes in the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
(iii) Possess relevant O’ Level credits.
ELIGIBILITY FOR POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD)
To qualify for admission into Postgraduate Diploma Programmes, a candidate is required to:
(i) Hold a minimum of Third Class degree of Prince Abubakar Audu University or any other recognized University.
(ii) Have a Higher National Diploma (HND) at lower credit level in related fields.
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY/ REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
All applicants for Postgraduate admission must satisfy the ‘O’ Level/first degree requirement of Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba as follows:
(a) Possess five ‘O’ Level credit passes (Matriculation requirement for each discipline) at not more than two sittings in the relevant subjects, including English Language for ALL disciplines and Mathematics for ALL Science based disciplines, Geography, Management Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Science and Education.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
The application fee for PhD Programmes is N35, 000.00 (Thirty-five thousand naira only). while ALL other Postgraduate programmes are N25, 000.00 (Twenty-five thousand naira only).
The access and filling of the PG application form can be done on the University PG Portal at https://eportal.paau.edu.ng/ . The following are the requirements for the online application:
- O’ Level result
- Bachelor Degrees/Master degrees
- Highest Degree CGPA
- NYSC Discharged Certificate
- Referees’ E-mail addresses
Sales of application forms will commence from 20th August, 2026 – 20th October, 2026.
NOTE:
Candidates are mandated to request their previous institutions to forward their transcripts of academic records to the address below as a prerequisite for qualification for admission:
The Secretary,
School of Postgraduate Studies,
Prince Abubakar Audu University,
P.M.B. 1008,
Anyigba,
Kogi State.
Email: spgs.dd@ksu.edu.ng
Phone: 08034854058/07059195441
Mr Audu Siaka
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