TARABA STATE UNIVERSITY, PMB 1167, JALINGO. COLLEGE OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR ADMISSIONS INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES, 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION

 

Website: https://application.tsuniversity.edu.ng/register.php

Applications are hereby invited from suitably 

qualified candidates for admission into various 

postgraduate degree programmes of the Taraba 

State University, Jalingo. Nigeria.

APPLICATION FEES: The non-refundable 

application fee for all the advertised programmes 

is N20,300. 

METHOD OF APPLICATION: The application form 

is obtained online; interested applicants should 

please visit Taraba State University application 

portal APPLY

register.php and follow the instructions.

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for Postgraduate Studies into Taraba 

State University must have obtained at least 

(5) credits including Mathematics and English 

Language in not more than two sittings in WASC/

NECO/NABTECH/GCE (ordinary Level) or their 

equivalent.

Candidates applying for the M.A, M.Ed, and 

MSc degree in any field must have obtained a 

Bachelor’s degree with at least second class lower 

division in the relevant discipline. 

A candidate for PhD in any programme of the 

Taraba State University must have obtained a 

minimum weighted average score of 50% (3.5 

points).

PROGRAMMES:

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 

A. DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY. 

1. PGD Agronomy.

2. MSc Agronomy/Plant Breeding.

3. PhD Agronomy/Plant Breeding.

B. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIC. ECONOMICS 

AND EXTENSION

1. PGD Agric Economics & Extension

2. MSc Agric Economics

3. MSc Agric Extension

4. PhD Agric Economics

5. PhD Agric Extension

C. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

1. PGD Animal Production.

2. MSc Animal Science.

3. PhD Animal Science.

4. MSc Animal Production and Health

5. PhD Animal Production and Health

FACULTY OF ARTS

A. DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC LANGUAGE.

1 PGD Arabic Language

2. M.A Arabic Language & Literature

3. PhD Arabic Language

B. DEPARTMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS 

STUDIES 

1. PGD in Church History, Religion & Society, 

ATR & New Testament Studies.

2. M.A Church History

3. M.A Religion and Society

4. M.A African Traditional Religion

5. M.A. New Testament Studies

6. PhD New Testament Studies.

7. PhD Church History

8. PhD Religion & Society

9. PhD African Traditional Religion

10. PhD New Testament Studies.

11. M.A Comparative Religion

12. PhD Comparative Religion

13. M.A Interaction of Religion.

14. PhD Interaction of Religion

B. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND LITERARY 

STUDIES

1. M.A Literature in English

2. M.A English Language

3 PhD. Literature

4. PhD. English Language 

C. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

1. PGD Peace and Conflict Studies

2. PGD International Relations and Strategic 

Studies

3. M.A History.

4. PhD History.

D. DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES

1. PGD Islamic studies

2. PGD Quranic Science

3. PGD in Hadith Science

4. PGD Islamic Jurisprudence

5. PGD Islamic Political thought

6. PGD Contemporary Daawah Methodology.

7. M.A Ulumul Qur’an

8. M.A Hadith Science

9. M.A Fiqh and Usulul Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)

10. M.A Islamic History and Civilisation.

11. M.A Islamic Political thought and Administration.

12. M.A Islam and Contemporary Science.

13. PhD ulumul Qur’an Science

14. PhD Hadith Science

15. PhD Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)

16. PhD Islamic History and Civiliasation.

17. PhD Islamic Political thought and 

Administration.

18. PhD Islam and Contemporary Studies.

E. DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND 

LINGUISTICS

1. PGD Hausa

2. M.A Hausa Literature

3. M.A Hausa Culture

4. M.A Hausa Language

5. PhD Hausa.

6. M.A French (African Literature

7. M.A Linguistics

8. PhD Linguistics

INSTITUTE OF PEACE STUDIES AND 

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT.

I. PGD Peace and Security Studies.

II. PGD Peace and Conflicts Resolution Studies.

III. M.A Peace and Security Studies.

IV. M.A Peace and Conflicts Resolution Studies.

V. PhD Peace and Security Studies

VI. PhD Peace and Conflicts Resolution Studies.

 FACULTY OF EDUCATION

A. DEPARTMENT OF ARTS EDUCATION 

1. M.Ed Social Studies

2. M.Ed Language Arts Education

3. M.Ed History Education

4. M.Ed CRS Education

5. M.Ed Hausa Education

6. M.Ed IRS Education

7. PhD Hausa Arts Education

8. PhD CRS Education

9. PhD IRS Education 

10. PhD Language Arts Education

11. PhD History Education

B. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL 

FOUNDATIONS

12. PGD Education

13. PGD Education Mgt

14. M.Ed Curriculum and Instructions

15. M.Ed Administration and Planning.

16. M.Ed Measurement and Evaluation

17. PhD Administration and Planning 

18. PhD Measurement and Evaluation

19. PhD Curriculum and Instruction

C. DEPARTMENT OF GUIDANCE & 

COUNSELLING.

20.PGD Education

21.M.Ed Guidance and Counselling

22.M.Ed Educational Psychology

23.PhD Guidance and Counselling

24.PhD Educational Psychology

D. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN KINETICS AND 

HEALTH EDUCATION.

25. PGD Public Health Education

26. PGD Sports Administration and Management

27.PGD Sport Psychology

28.PGD Exercise Physiology.

29.PGD Recreation, Leisure and Tourism.

30. MSc(Ed). Public Health Education.

31. MSc(Ed) Sports Administration and 

Management.

32. MSc(Ed) Sports Psychology.

33. MSc (Ed) Exercise Physiololgy

34. MSc (Ed). Recreation, Leisure and Tourism.

35. M.Phil. Public Health Education.

36. M.Phil. Sports Administration and 

Management.

37. M.Phil Sport Psychology

38. M.Phil. Exercise Physiology.

39. M.Phil Recreation, Leisure and Tourism,

40. PhD Public Health Education

41. PhD Sports Administration and Management

42. PhD Sports Psychology

43. PhD Exercise Physiology

44. PhD Recreation, Leisure and Tourism. 

E. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

45. PGD SCIENCE EDUCATION

46. M.Ed Mathematics Education

47. M.Ed Science Education (Chemistry, Biology, 

and Physics.)

48. PhD Science Education

49. PhD Mathematics Education.

F. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND 

INFORMATION SCIENCE. 

50. PGD: Library and Information Science.

51. PGD Information Management

52. PGD Information Science

53. PGD Archives and Records Management.

54. MLIS. Library and Information Science

55. MIM. Information Management.

56. MSc. Information Science

57. MARM. Archives and Records Management.

58. PhD Library and Information Science

59. PhD Information Management

60. PhD Information Science

61. PhD Archives and Records Management.

G. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE 

EDUCATION

62. M.Ed Social Studies Education

63. M.Ed Economics Education

64. M.Ed Political Education

65. M.Ed Geography Education

66. PhD Social Studies Education

67. PhD Economics Education

68. PhD Political Education

69. PhD Geography Education

H. DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND 

TECHNICAL EDUCATION

70. PGD in Vocational Education

71. M.Ed in Agricultural Education

72. PhD in Agricultural Education.

73. M.Ed in Business Education

74. PhD in Business Education.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

A. DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

1. PGD Epidemiology & Control of Communicable 

Diseases.

2. MSc. Applied Parasitology.

3. MSc Ecology & Conservation

4. MSc Public Health Parasitology

5. PhD Applied Parasitology

6. PhD Public Health Parasitology.

7. PhD Ecology and Conservation

B. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL 

SCIENCES.

1. PGD Statistics

2. MSc Statistics

3. PhD Statistics

4. PGD Mathematics 

5. MSc Mathematics

6. PhD Mathematics

7. PGD Computer Science

8. MSc Computer Science

9. PhD Computer Science

C. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES

1. PGD Chemistry

2. MSc Analytical Chemistry

3. MSc Environmental Chemistry.

4. MSc Organic Chemisty.

5. MSc Physical Chemistry.

6. PhD Enviromental Chemistry.

7. PhD Inorganic Chemistry. 

8. PhD Organic Chemistry

9. PhD Physical Chemistry.

D. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

1. PGD Physics

2. MSc Geophysics

3. MSc Solid State Physics & Material Science.

4. PhD Solid State Physics and Material Science

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

A. DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING

1. PGD Accounting and Finance

2. Masters in Treasury and Financial Management 

(Professional)

3. MSc Accounting

4. PhD Accounting

B. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS 

ADMINISTRATION 

A. PGD Management

B. MSc Business Admin 

C. MBA Business Admin

D. PhD Business Admin

E. MPhil Business Admin

C. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

1. PGD Public Administration

2. MPA Public Administration

3. MSc Public Administration

4. PhD Public Administration

5. MPhil Public Administration

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

A. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS.

1. PGD Economics

2. PGD Health Economics.

3. MSc Economics

4. MSc Health Economics

5. PhD Economics

B. DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY.

6. PGD Environmental Management.

7. MSc Environmental Resource and Management.

8. PhD Environmental Management

9. PhD Geography.

D. DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM.

1. PGD: Event and Hospitality Management.

2. PGD: Recreation and Tourism Management’

3. MSc Event and Hospitality Management.

4. MSc Recreation and Tourism Management.

E. DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & 

INTERNATIONAL RELATION.

1. PGD Political Science

2. MSc Political Science with Area of 

Specializations in the following:

a. International Relations and Strategic Studies

b. Government and Development Studies 

c. Human Security and Counter Terrorism

d. Political Economy

3. PhD Political Science with Area of 

Specializations in the following:

a. International Relations and Strategic Studies

b. Government and Development Studies 

c. Human Security and Counter Terrorism

d. Political Economy

F. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

1. PGD, MSc and PhD in the areas of 

specialization: Criminology,

1. Industrial Sociology 

2. Medical Sociology 

3. Sociology of Development 

4. Demography and Population Studies 

5. Criminology

6. Rural Sociology

DEPARTMENT OF PEACE STUDIES & 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION.

1. PGD Peace and Conflict Studies.

2. MSc Peace & Conflict Resolution.

3. Management

4. MSc Peace and Security Studies.

5. MSc Human Security and Counter Terrorism

6. PhD Peace and Security Studies.

7. PhD Peace & Conflict Resolution.

8. PhD Human Security and Counter Terrorism

FACULTY OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION 

STUDIES.

A. DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION

1. PGD Mass Communication

2 MSc Mass Communication

4. PhD Mass Communication.

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

G. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND 

BIO-RESOURCES ENGINEERING.

1. PGD Farm Power in Machinery Engineering.

2. MSc Farm Power in Machinery Engineering.

3. MSc Soil and Water Resources Engineering.

4. PhD Soil and Water Resources Engineering.

5. PhD Farm Power in Mechanical Engineering.

J. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING.

1. PGD Civil Engineering

2. M.Eng Environmental Engineering 

3. M.Eng. Water Resources Engineering.

4. PhD Environmental Engineering’

5. PhD Water Resources Engineering

I. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL 

ENGINEERING

1. PGD Mechanical Engineering

2. M.Eng. Metallurgical & Materials 

Engineering

3. M.Eng. Production Engineering.

4. PhD Production Engineering

5. PhD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering.

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES.

H. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL 

HEALTH SCIENCES.

1. PGD in Environmental Health Sciences

2. MSc Environmental Health Sciences 

3. MPH in Public Health

5. MSc Public Health

6. PGD Public Health

Please note that all candidates applying for 

admission are required to request their former/

previous institutions to forward either soft 

or hard copies of their academic transcripts 

to The Secretary, School of Postgraduate 

Studies, Taraba State University

PMB 1167, Jalingo. or Email: tsupgs@

tsuniversity.edu.ng

Signed:

Dr. John Danjuma 

Secretary, CPGS