List of Postgraduate Courses – Ph.D Degree in FUTA

Federal University of Technology, Akure, is one of the Nigerian federal university with a long list of postgraduate courses – Ph.D Degree in FUTA; in addition to its several courses at undergraduate level. The postgraduate school of the institution began as a Board of Postgraduate Studies in 1986 before it later became a what it is today.

FUTA Approved List of Doctoral Degree Courses

SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (SAAT)

Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication Technology (AEC)

(a) Ph. D in:

• General Extension
• Rural Development
• Rural Sociology
• Technology Transfer
• Communication

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE)

(a) Ph. D in:

• Production Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Farm Management
• Finance & Marketing

Department of Animal Production and Health (APH)

(a) Ph. D in:

Animal Production 

1. Agricultural Biochemistry and Nutrition
2. Animal Breeding and Genetics
3. Animal Production and Management (Poultry, Swine, Sheep and Goat, Rabbit/Micro-livestock)
4. Animal Physiology and Reproduction

Animal Health

• Animal Parasitology
• Animal Microbiology
• Farm Hygiene and Disease Prevention

Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management (CSP)

(a) Ph.D. in:

Crop Management Technology

• Plant Systematics & Taxonomy
• Plant Breeding & Genetics
• Crop Physiology
• Horticulture
• Agronomy

Soil Management Technology

• Soil Fertility
• Fertilizer Use Technology
• Land Survey and Management
• Plant Nutrition
• Soil Survey & Classification

Pest Management Technology

• Crop Entomology
• Plant Pathology
• Nematology
• Plant Virology
• Weed Management
• Weed Biology & Ecology

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology (FAT)

(a) Ph.D. Fisheries & Aquaculture Technology

• Aquaculture
• Fisheries Management
• Fish Nutrition
• Fish Breeding
• Fisheries Economics
• Fish Processing & Utilization

Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management (EWM)

(a) Ph.D. Ecotourism & Wildlife Management

• Wildlife Management
• Range Management
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Wildlife Nutrition and Production
• Ecotourism Management
• Hospitality Management

Department of Forestry & Wood Technology (FWT)

(a) Ph.D Forestry & Wood Technology

• Forest Resources Management
• Forest Biology/Silviculture
• Agroforestry/Soils
• Wood Science Technology
• Wood Products Technology
• Forest Inventory & Biometrics

In addition to the above-stated options, students may conduct research in the following areas:

• Herbal Science Natural Therapeutic
• Biocomposite Technology
• Furniture Design & Production
• Wood Processing Technology

Department of Food Science and Technology (FST)

(a) Ph.D Food Science and Technology

• Food Chemistry
• Human Nutrition
• Food Processing
• Post-Harvest Technology

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (SEET)

Department of Agricultural Engineering (AGE)

(a) Ph.D Agricultural Engineering

• Farm Power and Machinery
• Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
• Post-Harvesting Engineering
• Farm Structures and Environmental Control
• Alternative Energy

Department of Civil Engineering (CVE)

(a) Ph.D Civil Engineering

• Geotechnical Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Highway and Transportation Engineering
• Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
• Construction Engineering

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)

(a) Ph.D Electrical & Electronics Engineering

• Power Systems Engineering
• Communications Engineering
• Control Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering (MEE)

(a) Ph.D Mechanical Engineering

• Production Engineering
• Industrial Engineering/Operations Research
• Building Services Engineering
• Energy Systems
• Thermofluids
• Computational Fluid Dynamics

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (MME)

(a) Ph.D Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

• Production/Mechanical Metallurgy
• Physical Metallurgy
• Corrosion Engineering
• Advanced Materials Engineering
• Mineral Engineering (Mineral Processing Technology/Extractive Metallurgy)

Department of Mining Engineering (MNE)

(a) Ph.D Mining Engineering

• Surface Mining
• Underground Mining
• Rock Mechanics
• Mineral Processing
• Mine Management and Mineral Economics
• Mine Safety and Environment
• Mine Surveying & Photogrammetry

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SET)

Department of Architecture (ARC)

1. Phil Architecture
2. Phil./Ph.D. Architecture
3. D. Architecture

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

1. D Urban and Regional Planning

Department of Estate Management (ESM)

1. D Estate Management

Department of Quantity Surveying (QSV)

(c) Ph. D in:

• Not yet available

Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics

(a) Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Surveying and Geoinformatics with specialization in:

1. Geodesy
2. Photogrammetry

• Remote Sensing

1. Hydrography
2. Geoinformatics
3. Department of Industrial Design (IDD)

(b) Ph. D Industrial Design

• Ceramics Design
• Graphics
• Textile Design

SCHOOL OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES (SEMS)

Department of Applied Geology (AGY)

(a) Ph.D Applied Geology

• Remote Sensing
• Hydrogeology
• Engineering Geology
• Petroleum Geology
• Sedimentology
• Structural Geology

Department of Applied Geophysics (AGP)

(a) Ph.D Exploration Geophysics

• Petroleum Exploration
• Mining Geophysics
• Groundwater/Environmental/ Engineering Geophysics

Department of Meteorology & Climate Science (MCS)

(a) Ph.D Meteorology

• Numerical Weather Forecasting
• Synoptic Meteorology
• Aviation Meteorology
• Satellite Meteorology
• Air Pollution Meteorology
• Agrometeorology

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (SMAT)

Department of Project Management Technology (PMT)

Ph.D Project Management Technology

• Management Science

Department of Transport Management Technology (TMT)

(c) Ph.D Transport Management Technology

• Land Transport Management Technology
• Maritime Management Technology
• Air Transport Management Technology
• Logistics & Supply Chain Management

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING (SOC)

Department of Computer Science (CSC)

• Phil. Computer Science
• Ph.D. Computer Science

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES (SOS)

Department of Biochemistry (BCH)

(a) Ph.D Biochemistry

• Enzymology
• Microbial Biochemistry
• Food/Nutritional Biochemistry
• Toxicology

Department of Biology (BIO)

(a) Ph.D Biology

• Applied Parasitology
• Storage Microbiology
• Storage Entomology/Applied Entomology
• Post-Harvest Biology
• Environmental Biology and Public Health

Department of Microbiology (MCB)

(a) Ph.D. Microbiology

• Food Microbiology
• Environmental Microbiology
• Medical Microbiology

Department of Chemistry (CHE)

(a) Ph. D Chemistry

• Analytical Chemistry
• Industrial Chemistry
• Environmental Chemistry
• Food Chemistry
• Polymer Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry

Department of Mathematical Sciences (MTS)

(a) Ph. D Mathematics

• Dynamics of Structure (Solid Mechanics)
• Numerical Methods in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs)
• Fluid Mechanics
• Optimization

Department of Physics (PHY)

(a) M.Phil Physics

(b M.Phil/Ph.D Physics

(c) Ph. D Physics in:

• Condensed Matter Physics
• Electronic Measurements & Instrumentation
• Communication Physics
• Radiation and Health/Medical Physics
• Atmospheric Physics

Department of Statistics (STA)

(c) Ph. D Statistics in:

• Econometrics
• Mathematical Statistics

Operations Research In addition to the above, students for Ph. D degree programmes may conduct research in the following areas:

• Experimental Design
• Multivariate Analysis
• Quality Control and Technometrics
• Time Series Analysis
• Sampling Techniques

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