This has to be established before any payment is made because, the money may not be retrievable, as a distinguished candidate you are, the list of PhD courses in ABSU are outlined below.
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Extension with options in:
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Production/Farm Management
- Agricultural Finance
- Agricultural Marketing and Co-operatives
- Agricultural Environmental Economics
- Agricultural Extension
- Rural Sociology and Community Development
- Agricultural Extension Communication
- Agricultural Extension Planning and Administration
- Rural Development and Extension Services.
DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION
Ph.D. in Crop Production and Protection with options in:
- Agronomy, Agro Forestry and Physiology
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND FISHERIES
Ph.D. in the following areas of specialization
- Ruminant Animal Production and Management
- Non-Ruminant Animal Production and Management
- Reproductive Physiology
- Animal Production
- Genetics and Breeding.
DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE
Ph.D. in Soil Science, with specialization in:
- Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
- Soil Physics
- Soil Chemistry
- Soil Pedology
- Soil Management and Conservation
- Soil Microbiology
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Ph.D. in the following options/areas of specialization:
- Food Science and Processing
- Food Engineering
FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY
Ph.D. in Microbiology with the following areas of specialization:
- Industrial Microbiology
- Immunology and Immunochemistry
- Medical Microbiology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Food
- Public Health
- Agricultural Microbiology
- Soil Microbiology
- Mycology
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (ZOOLOGY)
Ph.D. with specialization in:
- Medical Entomology/Parasitology
- Medical Parasitology
- Environmental Biology
- Hydrobiology
DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (BOTANY)
- D. in Plant Ecology
- D. in Plant Pathology (Phytopathology)
- D. in Plant Physiology
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Ph.D. programmes with specialization in:
- Medical Biochemistry
- Nutrition and Toxicology
- Toxicology
- Environmental Biochemistry
- Industrial Biochemistry
FACULTY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Ph.D. Industrial Chemistry with options in:
- Mineral Processing and Extension Metallurgy
- Chemical Process Technology
- Polymer Technology
- Petroleum Chemistry
- Separation Chemistry
Ph.D. degree in Pure Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry.
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Ph.D. in
- Geophysics
- Atmospheric Physics
- Astrophysics
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
Ph.D. programmes in Statistics
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Ph.D. programmes in Mathematics
FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY
Ph.D. (Accountancy)
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING
Ph.D. (Marketing)
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
Ph.D. (Management)
DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE
Ph.D. (Finance)
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Ph.D. with specialization in:
- Development Economics
- Industrial Economics
- Monetary Economics
- Quantitative Economics
FACULTY OF LAW
M.Phil./Ph.D.
Ph.D. (Course work and Thesis)
(Chosen from the following areas:
- Comparative Constitutional Law
- Comparative Criminal Law
- Comparative Company Law
- Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
- Intellectual and Industrial Property Law
- International Economic Law
- International Protection of Human Rights
- International Humanitarian Law
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
M.Phil. and Ph.D. in:
- Environmental Management
- Climatology
- Hydrology and Water Resources
- Agricultural Development
- Population Geography
- Rural Development
DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT
- D. in Estate Management.
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
- D. in Urban and Regional Planning
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
- D. (Architecture)
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Ph.D. with Specialization in the following areas.
- Environmental Management
- Natural Resource Conservation
- Waste Management and Pollution Remediation
- Water Resource Management
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM & TEACHER EDUCATION
Ph.D. in the following areas:
- Curriculum Studies
- Educational Technology, Language Education, Education
- Economics, Accounting Education, Government Education
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in the following areas:
- Mathematics Education
- Science Education with options in
- Biology Education
- Chemistry Education
- Geography Education
- Physics Education
- Integrated Science Education
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS
Ph.D. in the following areas:
- Psychology
- Measurement and Evaluation
- Guidance and Counselling
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ADMIN. AND PLANNING
Ph.D. in the following areas:
- Education Social Studies
- Education Sociology
- Cooperative Education
- Education Philosophy
- Education History
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
Ph.D. programmes in the following areas:
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES:
Ph.D. with Options/Specialization in:
- Health, Safety and Environment (HSE)
- Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology
- Pollution Control Management
- Solid and Special Waste Management
- Food Hygiene, Safety and Quality Assurance
- Vector Control and Pest Management
- Hygiene Education and Promotion
- Water Sanitation and Hygiene
- Radiation Health and Control
- Environmental Health Laboratory and Instrumentation
- Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
- Occupational and Environmental Pathology (For the Medically Qualified).
- Environmental Occupational Medicine (For the Medically Qualified)
DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY
Ph.D. in Clinical Optometry and Fellowship of the Nigerian
College of Optometry (FNCO)
DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY
M.Phil./Ph.D. and Ph.D. with specialization in:
- Molecular Pharmacology
- Toxicology
- Chemotherapy
- Neuro Pharmacology
- Biochemical Pharmacology
- Clinical Pharmacology
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Ph.D. Public Health
Options
- Environmental Health and Safety
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Health Promotion
- Health Economics
- Health Policy and Administration
- Community Health
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION
Ph.D. with specialization in:
- Broadcasting
- Mass Communication
- Print Media
- Advertising and Public Relations
DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
Ph.D. in:
- Foreign Language
- Translation Studies & Linguistics
- French Language & Linguistics (FLL)
- French Literature (FLT)
- Professional Translation Studies (French/English or English/Igbo)
- African & Caribbean Literature in Africa (ACL)
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Ph.D. in Literature
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Ph.D. in
- Igbo
- Linguistics
- Applied Linguistics
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Ph.D. with specialization in:
- Urban History
- Economic History
- African History
- Political History
- Social History
- Nigerian History and Politics
- International and Diplomatic Studies
- Military and Strategic Studies
- Peace and Conflict Studies
FACULTY SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Ph.D. in:
- Public Administration
- International Affairs and Diplomacy
Area of Specialization:
The Ph.D. programme is for candidates who already possess M.Sc. in Political Science, Public Administration and Strategic Studies.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
Ph.D. in:
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Criminology
- Sociology
- Sociology of Development
- Industrial Sociology/Labour Relations
- Population Studies (Demography)
- Medical Sociology/Anthropology
- Gender Studies
- Anthropology
- Ethnographic Studies
DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Ph.D. in information science
