List Of Postgraduate Courses – PhD Degree In AKSU – Akwa Ibom State University

In fulfilling the general and special objectives of the College, call for the provision of a variety of postgraduate programmes degrees of PGD., M.A., M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. The list of postgraduate courses – PhD degree in AKSU – Akwa Ibom State University will be the point of consideration in this article.

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

M.Phil./Ph.D. in Accounting with options in:

1. Taxation
2. Cost and Management Accounting
3. Forensic Accounting
4. Auditing and Investigation
5. Public Sector Accounting

Department of Banking and Finance

M.Phil./Ph.D. in Banking and Finance with option in:

1. Corporate Finance
2. International Finance
3. Financial Institutions and Markets
4. Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
5. Public Finance
6. Finance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.

FACULTY Of AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & EXTENSION:

Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics with specialization in:

1. Agribusiness Management
2. Food Marketing and International Trade
3. Farm Management and Production Economics
4. Consumer Welfare and Food Economics
5. Resource and Environmental Economics
6. Agricultural Project Planning and Appraisal
7. Agricultural Cooperative
8. Agricultural Financial Management

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Ph.D. in Animal Science with specialization in:

1. Animal Breeding and Genetics
2. Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
3. Animal Physiology
4. Animal Products and Processing
5. Animal Production and Management
6. Pasture and Range Management

DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE

Ph.D. in Crop Science with specialization in:

1. Crop Physiology
2. Horticulture
3. Plant Breeding
4. Weed Science
5. Seed Science and Technology

DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE

Doctoral degrees in Soil Science with specialization in:

1. Soil Microbiology
2. Pedology
3. Soil Physics and Conservation
4. Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
5. Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
6. Soil Survey and Land Use Planning
7. Environmental Management

FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

Ph.D. in Philosophy with specialization in:

1. Metaphysics
2. Epistemology
3. Moral Philosophy (Ethics)
4. Logic
5. History of Philosophy
6. African Philosophy
7. Political Philosophy

DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL STUDIES

Ph.D. in Religious and Cultural Studies with specialization in:

1. African Traditional Religion
2. Biblical Studies
3. New Testament
4. Old Testament
5. Church History
6. Philosophy of Religion
7. Islamic Studies
8. Sociology of Religion

DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Performing Arts with specialization in Theatre:

1. Film Design and Technology
2. Arts and Events Management
3. Acting
4. Dance and Choreography
5. Media
6. Directing and Script Writing
7. Theatre for Development

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

Ph.D in:

1. Integrated Science Education
2. Mathematics Education
3. Chemistry Education
4. Biology Education
5. Physics Education

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with specialization in:

1. Electronics
2. Telecommunication
3. Communications Network and Security

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL/PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING

1. D. in Chemical Engineering

FACULTY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

Ph.D. in Geology with specialization in:

1. Structural Geology and Tectonics
2. Applied Geophysics
3. Sedimentary and Petroleum Geology
4. Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
5. Mineral Exploration
6. Biostratigraphy

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Ph.D. in Mathematics with specialization in:

1. Applied Mathematics
2. Pure Mathematics

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Ph.D. in Physics with specialization in:

1. Atmospheric Physics and Space Physics
2. Geophysics
3. Electronic and Engineering Physics and Communication Physics
4. Radiation
5. Health and Nuclear Physics
6. Condensed Matter Physics and Mathematical Physics
7. Energy and Environmental Physics

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Ph.D. in Statistics with specialization in:

1. Sample Survey Theory and Methods
2. Design and Analysis of Experiments/Optimal Designs of Experiments
3. Multivariate Analysis
4. Non-Parametric Statistics
5. Time Series
6. Operations Research

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Ph.D. in Chemistry with specialization in:

1. Inorganic Chemistry
2. Organic Chemistry
3. Physical Chemistry
4. Analytical Chemistry
5. Petroleum Geochemistry and Processing
6. Environmental Chemistry and Pollution Control
7. Material Chemistry

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Ph.D. in Computer Science

FACULTY OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Not yet available

DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

Ph.D. in Botany with specialization in:

1. Plant Taxonomy/Biosystematics
2. Plant Physiology and Phytochemistry
3. Plant Ecology
4. Plant Pathology
5. Mycology

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

Not yet available

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

Ph.D in Microbiology with specialization in:

Microbial Biotechnology,

Environmental Microbiology,

Food and Industrial Microbiology

Medical Microbiology

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE BIOLOGY

Not yet available