Medical Laboratory(FACULTY)

FACULTY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

A. Department of Clinical Chemistry

a)Postgraduate Diploma
b)MSc and PhD in Clinical Chemistry

Areas of Specialization:
(i)Nutrition &Metabolic Diseases; (ii) Immunology; (iii) Lipid and Cardiovascular Diseases; (iv) Trace and Micronutrient diseases; (v) Genomics; (vi) Cancer Biology

B. Department of Immunology and Immunochemistry

(a) Postgraduate Diploma
(b)MSc and PhD in Immunology and Immunochemistry

Areas of Specialization:
(i)Infection and Immunity; (ii) Immunopathology; (iii) Vaccination (v) Transfusion reaction; (vi) Transplantation

C. Department of Medical Microbiology and Public Health

(a)Postgraduate Diploma
(b)MSc and PhD in Medical Microbiology and Public Health

Areas of Specialization:

(i)Medical Bacteriology ; (ii) Medical Mycology ; (iii) Medical Parasitology ; (iv) Medical Virology ; (v) Public Health Microbiology

D. Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion Science

(a)Postgraduate Diploma
(b)MSc and PhD in Clinical Chemistry

Areas of Specialization:
(i)Hematology (ii) Blood Transfusion Science

E. Department of Histopathology

(a) Postgraduate Diploma
(b) MSc and PhD in Histopathology

Areas of Specialization:
(i)Histopathology; (ii) Histochemistry; (iii) Cytology; (iv) Molecular Pathology; (v) Forensic Histopathology.

Admission Requirement:

O’level

5 O’ level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, physics in not more than two sittings 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 or a minimum of  lower  Credit in the Higher National Diploma, HND, from a recognized Institution

Holders of BMLS, AIMLS, AMLSCN and B.Sc in any related science

Master’s Degree (MSc)

  1. The candidate must have a first degree in BMLwith an FCGPA of not less than 2.5 from Nnamdi Azikiwe University or a recognized University

Holders of FIMLS, FMLSCN may be eligible to apply for admission into the programme

  1. 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

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree

A candidate who holds a master’s degree in any of the areas of specialty in Medical Laboratory Science 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