Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admissions into the postgraduate programmes of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State; leading to the award of Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Doctorate Degrees in various areas of specialization indicated below, according to Departments/Faculties for 2023/2024 academic session:
1. FACULTY OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
Department of Anatomy:
a. PGD Anatomy
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in the following areas
i. Neuroscience
ii. Reproductive Anatomy
iii. Anatomical Anthropology
iv. Biomechanics and Sports Anatomy
v. Forensic Anatomy
vi. Taphonomy and Death Science
vii. Histology and Histochemistry
viii. Anatomical Imaging
ix. Comparative Anatomy
x. Mortuary Science and Funeral Studies
Department of Physiology
a. PGD
i. Physiology
b. M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes
i. Cell Physiology
ii. Cellular and Molecular Physiology
iii. Blood Physiology
iv. Cardiovascular Physiology
v. Environmental and Exercise Physiology
vi. Gastrointestinal Tract Physiology
vii. Musculoskeletal Physiology
viii. Metabolism and Nutrition
ix. Renal and Body Fluid Physiology
x. Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology
xi. Respiratory Physiology
Department of Medical Biochemistry
a. M.Sc and Ph.D programmes in the following areas
i. Nutritional Biochemistry
ii. Environmental and Toxicological Biochemistry
iii. Pharmacological Biochemistry
iv. Clinical/Medical Biochemistry
2. FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Department of Biochemistry
a. PGD (Biochemistry)
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in the following areas
i. Nutritional Biochemistry
ii. Toxicological Biochemistry
iii. Environmental Biochemistry
Department of Biology
a. PGD Biology
b. M.Sc Mycology/Plant Pathology
c. M.Sc and Ph.D in the following areas
i. Plant Pathology (Physiological Plant Pathology; Disease control; post-harvest Physiology; Mushroom Technology )
ii. Eco-Toxicology/Environmental Pollution and Management/Toxicology
iii. Human and Experimental Parasitology/Epidemiology, Transmission Dynamics and Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases/Molecular Parasitology

Department of Microbiology
a. PGD Microbiology
b. M.Sc and Ph.D
i. Medical Microbiology with the following options.
 Epidemiology and Public Health Microbiology,
 Bacteriology,
 Immunology,
 Virology
ii. Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology
a. PGD (Biotechnology)
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in
i. Food and Agricultural Biotechnology
ii. Environmental Biotechnology
iii. Industrial Biotechnology
iv. Medical Biotechnology

3 FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Department of Mathematics/Statistics
a. PGD Mathematics/Statistics
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in
i. Pure Mathematics
ii. Applied Mathematics
c. M.Sc and Ph.D Statistics in the following areas of specialization:
i. Inferential Statistics and Probability
ii. Multivariate Analysis
iii. Experimental Design and Analysis
Department of Computer Science
a. PGD Computer Science
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in
i. Machine Learning
ii. Data Science
iii. Information Technology
iv. Information Communication Technology
v. Software Engineering
vi. Cyber Security
vii. Data Communication and Networking



Department of Geology/Applied Geophysics
a. PGD Geology
b. PGD Geophysics
c. Applied Geophysics M.Sc/Ph.D programmes
i. M.Sc in Applied Geophysics (Groundwater Geophysics Option)
ii. M.Sc Applied Geophysics (Environmental Geophysics Option)
iii. M.Sc in Applied Geophysics (Engineering Geophysics Option)
iv. M.Sc in Applied Geophysics (Mining Geophysics Option)
v. Ph.D in Applied Geophysics
d. Geology Programme (M.Sc/ Ph.D)
i. M.Sc in Petrology and Economic Geology
ii. M.Sc in Mineral Exploration
iii. M.Sc in Petroleum Geology
iv. M.Sc in Hydrogeology
v. M.Sc in Engineering Geology
vi. Ph.D in Petrology and Economic Geology
vii. Ph.D in Mineral Exploration
viii. Ph.D in Petroleum Geology
ix. Ph.D in Hydrogeology
x. Ph.D in Engineering Geology
Department of Physics
a. PGD Physics
b. M.Sc/Ph.D in the following areas
i. Engineering Physics/Electronics
ii. Solid State Physics/Material Science
iii. Theoretical Physics
iv. Medical Physics
v. Environmental/Atmospheric Physics
Department of Chemistry
a. PGD (Chemistry)
b. M.Sc and Ph.D
i. Analytical Chemistry
ii. Environmental Chemistry
iii. Organic Chemistry
iv. Physical Chemistry
v. Industrial Chemistry
4. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Department of Sociology
a. PGD Sociology
b. M.Sc/Ph.D in the following areas
i. Industrial Sociology and Personnel Management
ii. Development Sociology
iii Medical Sociology
iv. Demography and Population Studies
v. Anthropology
vi. Criminology
Department of Psychology
a. PGD Psychology
b. M.Sc and Ph.D Psychology in the following areas
i. Clinical Psychology
ii. Experimental Psychology
iii. Industrial/Organization Psychology
iv. Social Psychology
Department of Economics and Development Studies
a. PGD Economics
b. M.Sc and Ph.D in the following areas
i. Development Economics
ii. Monetary Economics
iii. International Economics
iv. Public Finance and Fiscal Policy
v. Macro Economics
Department of Political Science
a. PGD
i. Political science
b. Master of Public Administration (MPA) with specialization in any of the
followings:
i. Public Administration
ii. Local Government Studies
iii. Personnel Administration
iv. Development Administration
v. Public Finance
c. Master of Science (M.Sc)Public Administration with specialization in any of the followings:
i. Public Administration
ii. Local Government Studies
iii. Development Administration
iv. Public Finance
d. Master of Science (M.Sc) Political Science with specialization in any of
the followings:
i. Political Theory and Methodology
ii. Comparative Politics
iii. Political Economics
iv. Development Studies
v. Peace and Conflict Studies
vi. International Relations
e. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (Ph.D) with specialization in any of the followings:
a. Political Science
i. Political Theory and Methodology
ii. Comparative Politics
iii. Political Economy
iv. Development Studies
v. International Relations
vi. Public Administration
vii. local Government Studies
viii. Personnel Administration
ix. Development Administration
x. Public Finance
Department of Criminology and Security Studies
a. M.Sc/Ph.D
b. Criminology
5. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
Department of History and Strategic Studies
a. PGD in Peace, Conflict and Strategic Studies
b. MA and Ph.D History and Strategic Studies in the following areas
i. Economic History
ii. Social History
iii. Political History
iv Diplomacy and Strategic Studies
v. Peace and Conflict Studies
vi. Diaspora Studies
vii. Ph.D in African History
Department of Foreign Language
a. PGD foreign language
b. MA and Ph.D in the following areas
i. French Linguistics
ii. French as a foreign language
iii. African Literature in French
Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Language
a. PGD
i. Igbo Language
b. MA
i. Igbo Language
ii. Igbo Literature
iii. Igbo Culture
Department of English and Literary Studies
a. PGD
i. Language
ii. Literature
b. MA and Ph.D.
i. Language
ii. Literature
6. FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Department of Fine and Applied Arts
a. PGD Fine and Applied Arts
b. MA Fine and Applied Arts with specialization in the following areas
i. Graphics
iii. Sculpture
iii. Art History
7. FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Department of Accountancy
a. PGD
i. Accountancy
b. M.Sc and Ph.D
i. Accountancy

Business Administration
a. PGD
i. Business Administration
b. M.Sc and Ph.D
i. Business Administration (Human Resource Management,
Organizational Behaviour, Strategic Management, Productions and Operations Management).

8. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
Department of Fisheries/Aquaculture
a. MA
i. Fish Biology

GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
(i) Candidates for admission into any Postgraduate programme of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State must have obtained at least five (5) credits at not more than two sittings in WASC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB including English Language. In addition, candidates seeking admission into the Faculties of Science; Basic Medical Sciences; and Management and Social Sciences must have a credit pass in Mathematics. Candidates shall also possess the minimum entry requirements for admission into the Postgraduate programmes in their respective Departments.

(ii) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who also possess the above qualifications are eligible to apply.


SPECIFIC ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
A. POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with at least a Third-Class Honours.
(ii) Holders of HND at Upper or Lower Credit level passes or its equivalent areas.
(iii) Candidates who hold qualifications other than the ones mentioned above which are acceptable to the Board of the School of Postgraduate Studies and Senate of the University, may also be considered for admission.

B. MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Graduates of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained the Bachelor’s Degree in relevant disciplines with at least a Second-Class Lower Division.
(ii) Candidates with relevant Postgraduate Diplomas from the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State or other Universities recognized by the University Senate with at least 5 credit O' level passes; with minimum of 2.5 CGPA on 5-point scale or 3.0 on 4-point scale.
(i) Candidates whose First Degrees are unclassified but have at least 60% average score (B level).

C. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) DEGREE PROGRAMMES
(i) Candidates from Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, or other Universities recognized by the University Senate who have obtained Master’s Degree that is appropriate for the proposed field/s of study shall qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.
(ii) Candidates must possess minimum of 4.0 CGPA on a 5-point scale or 3.5 on a 4-point scale in their Master’s Degrees. Candidates who possess at least a B level (60%) average score) at Master’s Degree provided that research work formed part of the Master’s Degree Programme shall also qualify for Doctorate Degree admission.
C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Further admission requirements include:
i. O’level passes in English and Mathematics for all programmes.
ii. Accountancy and Business Administration Departments in addition require O’level credit pass in Economics.
iii. All Science Programmes in addition require O’level credit pass in Physics, Chemistry and/or Biology/Agriculture; depending on your area.

DURATION OF PROGRAMMES
(a) Postgraduate Diploma
a. Full-Time – Two Semesters (Minimum)

(b) Master’s Degree
 Full-Time – Three Semesters (Minimum) and six semesters (maximum)
 Part-time - Four Semesters (Minimum) and eight semesters (maximum)
(c) Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.)
 Full-Time – Six Semesters (Minimum) and ten Semesters (maximum)
 Part-time - eight semesters (Minimum) and twelve semesters (maximum)

REGISTRATION
Successful candidates are expected to register their postgraduate courses immediately after they are offered admission at the commencement of session.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
On payment of non-refundable Application Form fee of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000.00) Only, made payable to “Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike, Ebonyi State” at any Commercial Bank within the Country using the Remita platform, candidates can download and complete the online Application Form by logging on to www.funai.edu.ng

SUBMISSION OF REFEREE REPORTS
Candidates should also download the online Referee Report forms and submit to their Referees (three Referees) one of who should be their former Lecturer. The Referee Report forms after being filled-in by the Referees should be received back in sealed envelopes (addressed to the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State) by the candidates and enclosed alongside other documents in the application package. Kindly note that applications are not complete and would not be processed unless the Referee Reports are available.

FORWARDING OF ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPTS
Candidates should download academic transcript request slips provided online, and submit same to their Universities/Institutions requesting them to forward a copy of their last academic transcripts to “The Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State”, attaching the transcript request slip. This must reach him/her not later than two weeks from the deadline for sale of Application forms. Candidates, whose transcripts are not received after the stipulated time by the School, would not have their application forms processed.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION FORMS
Completed Application forms with the relevant documents should be posted or delivered in an envelope marked “PG Admission” to the undersigned. The following documents are required to be enclosed with Application Forms/Referee Reports in a file jacket and then placed in a 10” x 15” size brown envelope before submission;
i. NYSC certificate (Discharge or Exemption or Exclusion certificate)
ii. All educational credentials, including FSLC
iii. L.G.A. letter of identification
iv. Birth certificate
v. Evidence of payment of Application form fee

Submissions should be addressed to:
The Secretary,
School of Postgraduate Studies,
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike,
PMB 1010, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

Closing Date
Sale of online Application Forms will close six weeks from the date of publication of this advert i.e. 23rd October, 2023 to 23rd December, 2023.

IMPORTANT NOTE
a. After completion of online admission subscription, print the hard copy and
forward to the Secretary School of Postgraduate Studies AE-FUNAI with other relevant documents.
a. All applicants shall undergo paper and pen postgraduate admission
screening test.
b. Those seeking admission for Ph.D. will in addition to scoring a
minimum of 50% in the test, submit proposal of their preferred area of
specialization with their application forms and also be invited for oral
examination, date of which will be communicated to all applicants via sms.

Contacts: 0803 664 3162, 0813 028 6142, 0703 362 4849

Signed:
Barr. T. Ifeanyi Igwe
Registrar