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    FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE

    DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

    Available Programme: PGD, MSc and PhD

    Area of Specialization: (i) Water Resources (Hydrogeology)/Environmental Geology; (ii) Petroleum Geology; (iii) Applied Geophysics; (iv) Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Biostratigraphy; (v) Economics Geology/Geochemistry.

    Admission Requirement:

    O’level

    5 O’ level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and other subject from Biology/Geography/Agric Science obtained at not more than two sittings.

    Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

    The candidate must be a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University or a recognized University with at least a Third Class degree in in Geology/ Geophysics and other relevant disciplines or a minimum of  lower  Credit in the Higher National Diploma, HND, from a recognized Institution

    Master’s Degree (MSc)

    The candidate must have a first degree in Geological Sciences with an FCGPA of not less than 2.5 from Nnamdi Azikiwe University or a recognized University

    A candidate with a Postgraduate Diploma with an FCGPA of not less than 3.00 may also be admitted provided the University Matriculation requirements are satisfied

    Master’s Degree (Integrated Water resources Management IWRM)

    A relevant Bachelor’s degree includes: Physical Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences,    Management Sciences with an FCGPA of not less than 2.5 from Nnamdi Azikiwe University and other relevant disciplines from a recognized institution, or an equivalent qualification recognized by the University Senate.

    A relevant Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Engineering, Water Resources/Environmental Engineering, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) from a recognized institution.

    BSc plus National Water Resources Training Institute Certificate for those without Background in (i) above.

     

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree

    A candidate who holds a master’s degree in Geology with an FCGPA not less than 3.50 on a 5 Point Scale or an average of 60%, from Nnamdi Azikiwe University or a recognized University may be admitted provided the University Matriculation requirement is satisfied

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