UMYU Postgraduate Admission Form: Everything You Need to Know

The Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU) postgraduate programmes admission form is now available for the 2024/2025 academic session.

Applications are welcomed from qualified candidates for admission into various postgraduate programmes at UMYU, Katsina.

Interested individuals should apply online through the Postgraduate Application Portal.

UMYU Postgraduate Admission Programmes

You can apply for the following full-time postgraduate programmes:

Faculty of Education

• Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE)
• M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction
• M.Ed. Educational Psychology
• M.Ed. Educational Management
• Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction
• Ph.D. Educational Psychology
• Ph.D. Educational Management

Department of Science and Vocational Education

• M.Sc. (Ed) Physics
• M.Sc. (Ed) Mathematics
• M.Sc. (Ed) Geography
• M.Sc. (Ed) Chemistry
• M.Sc. (Ed) Biology

Department of Library and Information Science

• Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Record Management (PGDIRM)
• Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS)

Faculty of Humanities

Department of Arabic

• M.A Arabic
• PhD Arabic

Department of Nigerian Languages (Hausa)

• M.A Hausa
• PhD Hausa

Department of History and Security Studies

• M.A History
• PhD History

Department of Islamic Studies

• M.A Islamic Studies
• PhD Islamic Studies

Department of English and French

• M.A English

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Economics

• M.Sc. Economics
• PhD Economics

Department of Political Science

• Postgraduate Diploma in Political Science (PGDPS)
• M.Sc. Political Science
• Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD)
• Ph.D Political Science

Department of Sociology

• Postgraduate Diploma in Sociology
• M.Sc. Sociology
• PhD Sociology

Faculty of Management Sciences

Department of Accounting

• M.Sc Accounting

Department of Public Administration

• Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration (PGDPA)
• Master of Public Administration (MPA)
• M.Sc Public Administration
• Ph.D. Public Administration

Department of Business Administration

• Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
• Masters in Business Administration

Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences

Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry

• PGD Chemistry
• M.Sc. Chemistry
• Ph.D. Chemistry

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• M.Sc. Mathematics
• Ph.D. Mathematics

Department of Computer Science

• M.Sc. Computer Science
• Ph.D. Computer Science

Department of Biology

• M.Sc. Biology
• Ph.D. Biology (Specialisations: Plant Ecology, Plant Pathology, Plant Genetics, Plant Physiology, Plant Resources, Taxonomy/Biosystematics, Entomology, Public Health Parasitology, Hydrobiology and Fisheries)

Department of Physics

• M.Sc. Physics
• Ph.D Physics

Department of Microbiology

• M.Sc. Microbiology (Specialisations: Food & Industrial Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology)
• Ph.D. Microbiology (Specialisations: Food & Industrial Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology)

Department of Biochemistry

• M.Sc. Biochemistry
• Ph.D. Biochemistry

Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Department of Geography

• Postgraduate Diploma in Resource Management and Development (PGDRD)
• Masters in Resource Development (MRD)
• M.Sc. Geography
• Ph.D. Geography

Faculty of Law

• PGD Islamic Law
• L.L.M
• Ph.D Law

Centre for Renewable Energy Research (ISSCeRER)

• Masters in Renewable Energy Management (MREM)
• Masters in Environmental Sustainability (MES)

Programme Duration

The duration for postgraduate programmes is as follows:

• Professional Masters: 2 to 4 Semesters
• Master of Business Administration: 4 to 6 Semesters
• M.A/M.Ed./M.Sc./M.Sc.(Ed): 4 to 6 Semesters
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD): 6 to 10 Semesters

Admission Requirements

Postgraduate Diploma

The following qualifications are required for Postgraduate Diploma admission:

• Graduates of recognised universities.
• Holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) with a minimum of Lower Credit in relevant areas.
• Candidates with other qualifications acceptable to the Senate of the University.

Master’s Degree

To qualify for the Master’s Degree Programmes:

• Graduates of recognised universities with at least a Second-Class Honours degree in a relevant field.
• Candidates with a University degree and appropriate Postgraduate Diploma from UMYU or another recognised University with at least a Credit level pass.
• Candidates with other qualifications acceptable to the Senate of the University.

Professional Masters

For Professional Masters’ degree admission:

• Graduates of recognised universities with at least Second-Class Honours degree in a relevant field.
• Candidates with a Third-Class degree and at least five years of relevant working experience.
• Holders of HND with at least a Credit pass in Postgraduate Diploma from UMYU or another recognised institution in a relevant area.
• Candidates with other qualifications acceptable to the Senate of the University.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

To qualify for the PhD admission:

• Graduates of recognised universities with a good Master’s Degree in the proposed area of study.
• Graduates with a Master of Philosophy degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.50 on a five-point scale in a relevant field.
• A Bachelors degree in a relevant field with at least a Second Class lower division.
• Candidates with other qualifications acceptable to the Senate of the University.

Candidates must submit a 500-word synopsis of the proposed research topic.

Matriculation Requirement

Candidates must meet the University’s matriculation requirements, which include five relevant Credit Passes at O’level, including English and Mathematics.

Selection Process

All candidates will undergo a selection process, which may include a screening/entrance examination. The date will be announced on the University Website.

Application Process

Interested candidates can apply online through the Postgraduate Application Portal from 19th August 2024 to 31st December 2024.

The application fee is N10,500.

Duly completed application forms and supporting documents should be forwarded to the Secretary, Postgraduate School, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.

All candidates must request their previous institutions to send their academic transcripts either as a soft copy via email to sec.pgs@umyu.edu.ng or as a hard copy to the Secretary, Postgraduate School, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, before the application deadline.