FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERR ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

A.    The Postgraduate School, Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for consideration for admission into the under - listed Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Doctorate Degree programmes for the 2014/2015 session.

Any interested candidate should pay a non-refundable fee of eleven thousand, three hundred naira (N11,300.00) only at any First Bank Branch in the country using the e-Tranzact platform and then complete the online application at www.futo.edu.ng

B.    ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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All candidates applying for any of the following postgraduate programmes must satisfy the basic matriculation requirements including English Language and Mathematics as required by the Department.

1.      PGD

Candidates applying for the Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) programme must possess any of the following:

i.      Higher National Diploma (HND) Upper Credit and above.

ii.     Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant discipline from FUTO or any other recognized university with at least a Third Class Honours.

iii.    A good Bachelor’s Degree with at least a Second Class Honours in other related disciplines.

2.      M.Sc, M.Eng, MPH

Candidates applying for the M.Sc programme must possess any of the following:

i.    A first degree with at least a second class honours qualification with a minimum of 3.00 CGPA on a 5 Point Scale in the related area from FUTO or from any other recognized University.

ii.    A Bachelors degree from a recognized university plus a PGD of not less than 3.50 CGPA on a 5 Point Scale in the relevant area.

3.      MBA

Candidates applying for the MBA programme must possess any of the following:

i.    A good honours degree in the area of Science/Technology, Engineering and Management Technology from FUTO or from any other recognized university.

ii.    Graduates with first degree from a recognized university and holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) with Postgraduate Diploma in the relevant area may apply for the MBA programme.

4.         Ph.D

Candidates applying for the Ph.D programme must possess:

i)    A Master’s degree with a CGPA of 4.00 on a 5.00 point scale or 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale or its equivalent in the relevant area from FUTO or any other recognized university.

C.   DURATION OF PROGRAMMES

i)    Ph.D Programmes: A minimum of six semesters and a maximum of ten semesters for full-time and minimum of eight semesters and a maximum of fourteen semesters for part-time students

ii)    M.Sc, M.Eng, MPH and MBA Programmes: Minimum of three (3) semesters and maximum of six (6) semesters for full-time and minimum of four (4) semesters and maximum of eight (8) semesters for part-time students

iii)   PGD Programmes: Minimum of two (2) semesters and maximum of four (4) semesters for full-time and Minimum of four (4) semesters and maximum of six (6) semesters for part-time students.

D.   METHOD OF APPLICATION

Candidates are advised to apply on line following the procedure given below:

Step 1: Go to any branch of First Bank Plc and pay a non-refundable fee of Eleven thousand, three hundred Naira (N11,300.00) for FUTO PGS OR CCE application depending on your interest. 

You will be given an e-Tranzact receipt which should contain a Confirmation Order and Receipt Number. (Ensure that you do NOT lose this information).

Step 2:  Log on to the application portal using “pgapply.futo.edu.ng”

Step 3:  Click on the “New Application” link

(Remember to download the Referee Report and the Transcript Request forms on the Login page)

Step 4:  Select the program of your choice, enter the confirmation order and receipt number on the slip you got from the bank.

Step 5:   Click on the “Start” button

           

Step 6:   Fill the application form, then click “Continue”.

N.B: Ensure you upload your passport and fill all the required fields on the application form correctly

Step 7:   Fill your O’level results correctly, then click “Save”

Step 8:   When you have filled the application form correctly, to proceed click “Print Application Form”

N.B:   If you click “Print Application Form”, you will not be able to edit your application form, to preview your application form and do the necessary corrections, click “Back”

           

E    DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT

Candidates should forward the following relevant documents in support of their application to the Deputy Registrar/Secretary, Postgraduate School, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State.

              i.        Two photocopies of University degree certificates

             ii.        Two photocopies of NYSC discharge certificate

            iii.        Two photocopies of “O” Level Result

            iv.        Letters from 3 Referees as indicated in the Form

             v.        Two hard copies of the on-line application

SUBMISSION OF ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS:

All applicants must forward their transcripts to reach The Secretary, Postgraduate School, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, not later than September 10, 2014. Please note that any application without Transcript will not be considered for admission.

CLOSING DATE:

The Website will close on October 30, 2014 and all successful candidates will be notified via email.

F.   AVAILABLE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

1.0        SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (SAAT)

1.1        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

            Professional M.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D Degrees in Agricultural Economics with specialization in:

i)              Agribusiness Management

ii)             Agricultural Finance

iii)            Agricultural Project Management

iv)            Agricultural Marketing

v)             Resources and Environmental Economics

vi)            Farm Management and Production Economics

ii)          Agricultural Policy and Development

           

PGD in Agricultural Economics

1.2        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION

            M.Sc and Ph.D Degrees in Agricultural Extension with specialization in:

i)          Agricultural Extension Administration

ii)          Programme Planning and Evaluation

iii)         Rural Sociology

iv)         Agricultural Extension Communication

v)         Community and Rural Development

vi)         Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agricultural and Rural Development

PGD in Agricultural Extension

1.3        DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc and Ph.D Degrees in Animal Science and Technology with specialization in:

i)              Animal Breeding and Genetics

ii)             Animal Management

iii)            Animal Nutrition

iv)            Animal Product

v)             Reproductive Physiology

PGD in Animal Science and Technology

1.4        DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc and Ph.D Degrees in Crop Science and Technology with specialization in:

i)              Agronomy

ii)             Seed Technology

iii)            Plant Breeding and Genetics

iv)            Farming Systems

v)             Crop Physiology

vi)            Horticulture and Landscaping

vii)           Crop Protection with options in the following:

·         Mycology

·         Nematology

·         Weed Science

·         Agricultural Entomology

·         Bacteriology

·         Virology

PGD in Crop Science and Technology

1.5        DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Soil Science and Technology with specialization in:

Areas of Specialization

i)              Soil and Environmental Management

ii)             Soil Survey and Land-use Planning

iii)            Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy

iv)            Soil Fertility

v)             Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry

vi)            Soil Physics/Soil Conservation

vii)           Soil Genesis and Classification

     

            PGD in Soil Science and Technology with specialization in

i)              Soil Environmental Management

ii)             Soil Survey and Land Use Planning

iii)            Soil Science

1.6        DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY

PGD, M.Sc, Ph.D in Fisheries and Aquaculture 

2.0        SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (SEET)

2.1        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

M.Eng and Ph.D. Degrees in Agricultural Engineering with specialization in:

i)          Farm Power and Machinery Engineering Technology

ii)          Soil and Water Engineering Technology

PGD in Agricultural Engineering (Note: only candidates with first degree are qualified for PGD in Agricultural Engineering)

2.2          DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Ph.D. Degrees in Chemical Engineering with options in:

i)          Chemical Reaction Engineering

ii)         Process Plant Design

iii)        Refinery/Gas Engineering

iv)        Separation Processes

v)         Simulation and Optimization

vi)        Systems Dynamics and Control

vii)       Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering

PGD in Chemical Engineering

2.3          DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

M.Eng. and Ph.D. Degrees in Civil Engineering with specialization in:

i)          Water Resources  Engineering

ii)         Structural Engineering

PGD in Civil Engineering

2.4        DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with specialization in:

i)      Power System Engineering

ii)     Communication Engineering

iii)    Control Engineering

iv)    Electronic and Computer Engineering

PGD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

2.5        DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Food Science and Technology with specialization in:

i)          Food Microbiology

ii)          Food Chemistry and Nutrition

iii)            Beverage and Brewing Technology

iv)            Food Processing Technology

            PGD in Food Science and Technology

2.6        DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING

M.Eng. and Ph.D. Degrees in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering with specialization in:

i)          Materials Engineering

ii)          Metallurgical Engineering

2.7        DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

M.Eng. and Ph.D. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in:

i)          Industrial Production Engineering

ii)          Energy and Power Engineering

iii)         Automated Design and Manufacturing

2.8        DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

M.Eng. and Ph.D. Degrees in Petroleum Engineering with specialization in:

i)          Reservoir Engineering

ii)          Production Engineering

iii)         Drilling Engineering

iv)         Natural Gas Engineering

v)         Petroleum Economics

PGD in Petroleum Engineering

2.9        DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER AND TEXTILE ENGINEERING

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Polymer and Textile Engineering with specialization in:

i)          M.Sc. in Polymer Science and Engineering

ii)          M.Sc. in Textile Science and Engineering

iii)         Ph.D. in Polymer Science

iii)         Ph.D. in Textile Science

3.0        SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (SMAT)

3.1        DEPARTMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

Ph.D, M.Sc. and MBA in Project Management Technology with specialization in:

i)          Construction Technology

ii)          Manufacturing Systems

iii)         Industrial Process Technology

PGD with specialization in:

i)              Construction Technology

ii)             Manufacturing Systems

3.2        DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

PGD, MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in:

i)              Financial Management Technology

ii)             Management Technology

3.3        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

MBA, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in:

Transport Management Technology with specialization in:

i)              Aviation Management

ii)             Transport Planning and Management

iii)            Maritime Management  Technology

MBA options:

i)              Sea Transport Management

ii)             Air Transport Management

iii)            Transport Management

iv)            Logistics Management

PGD in Transport Management Technology

3.4        DEPARTMENT OF MARITIME MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

MBA, M.Sc and Ph.D. Degrees in Maritime Management Technology

M.Sc. options:

i)          Marine Transport Management

ii)          Maritime Economics and Finance

PGD in Maritime Management Technology

3.5        DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

PGD, MBA, M.Sc and Ph.D. Degrees in Information Management Technology with specialization in:

4.0        SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SOET)

4.1        DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees Environmental Technology with specialization in:

i)              Pollution Control Technology

ii)             Flood and Erosion Control Technology

iii)            Geo-Environmental Technology

PGD in Environmental Technology

5.0        SCHOOL OF SCIENCE (SOSC)

5.1        DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Biochemistry with specialization in:

i)          Industrial Biochemistry

ii)          Environmental Biochemistry

iii)         Medical Biochemistry

iv)            Pharmacology Biochemistry

v)             Nutrition and Toxicological Biochemistry

PGD in Biochemistry

5.2        DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Biotechnology with specialization in:

i)          Biotechnology

ii)          Environmental Health Biology

5.3        DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Chemistry with specialization in:

i)          Chemical Quality Control and Industrial Safety  

ii)          Analytical Chemistry

iii)         Mineral Processing

iv)         Organic Chemistry

vi)            Physical Chemistry

vii)           Environmental Chemistry

PGD with specialization in:

i)              Environmental Chemistry

ii)             Chemical Quality Control and Industrial Safety

5.4        DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

            PGD, M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Computer Science:

5.5        DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Geosciences with specialization in:

i)              Geophysics

ii)             Petroleum Geology/Sedimentology

iii)            Hydrogeology

iv)            Environmental Geology

PGD Geosciences

5.6        DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Mathematics with specialization in:

i)              Industrial and Applied Mathematics

ii)             Differential Equations

iii)            Control Theory

iv)            Elasticity

v)             Semi-Group Theory

5.7        DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Mathematics with specialization in:

i)              Time Series Analysis

ii)             Econometrics

iii)            Probability Theory

iv)            Multivariate Analysis

v)             Demography

vi)            Sampling theory

5.8        DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Microbiology with specialization in:

i)          Food/Industrial Microbiology

ii)          Medical Microbiology

iii)         Environmental Microbiology

PGD in Microbiology

5.9        DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

            M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Physics with specialization in:

i)          Solid State Physics

ii)          Materials Science

iii)            Solar Energy Physics

iv)            Space Physics

PGD in Physics

6.0        SCHOOL OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY (SOHT)

6.1        DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Ph.D in Public Health Technology with specialization:

i)              Environmental Health and Safety

ii)             Epidemiology and  Biostatistics

iii)            Disease Control Technology

iv)            Health Promotion and Wellness

v)             Health Economics

M.Sc in Public Health (MPH) with specialization in:

i)              Environmental Health and Safety

ii)             Epidemiology and Biostatistics

iii)            Disease Control Technology

iv)            Health Promotion and Wellness

v)             Health Economics

B.            PGD in Public Health Technology (PGDPHT)

6.2        DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

M.Sc. Degree in Physiokinetics and Biomedical Technology with specialization in:

i)          Medical Electronics and Instrumentation

ii)          Clinical Engineering

iii)         Rehabilitation Engineering

7.0        CENTRE FOR WOMEN, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (CWGDS)

PGD with specialization in:

            (i)    Women and Gender Studies

            (ii)   Gender and Entrepreneurship

            (iii)  Gender and Global Health

            (iv)  Gender and Agricultural Technology

2)         M.Sc Degree Programme         

            (i)      Gender and Development Studies

            (ii)     Gender and Science

            (iii)    Gender and Technology

            (iv)    Gender and Agricultural Technology

            (v)     Gender and Global Health

            (vi)    Gender and Entrepreneurship

H.     PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE AT THE CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION (CCE).

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (SMAT)

1.     DEPARTMENT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (MBA, PGD)

Areas of Specialization

i)              Project  Management Technology

2.     DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (MBA, PGD)

Areas of Specialization

i)              Financial Management Technology

ii)             Management Technology

3.     DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (MBA, PGD)

Areas of Specialization

i)              Information Management Technology

4.     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (MBA, PGD)

Areas of Specialization

i)              Land Transport  Management

ii)             Transport Economics and Planning  (MBA only)

i)              Air Transport  Management 

ii)             Water Transport Management

Orje Isheghe-Nor

Registrar, FUTO

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI

THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL

MEMO

To: Registrar Ref: PGS/ACAD/5/Vol. II

From: Deputy Registrar/Secretary, PGS Date: July 08, 2014

SUBJECT:   ADVERTISEMENT OF POSTGRADUATE ADMISSION FOR THE 2014/2015 ACADEMIC SESSION

Please find attached the list of programmes for Postgraduate Admission for 2014/2015 academic session for advertisement in two National Newspapers of your choice.

Anne C. Udunwa (Mrs.)

DR/Secretary, PGS

cc:     Vice-Chancellor