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Landmark University is a private University situated in Omu-aran, Kwara State. Nigeria. As an apex educational institution, it is focused on teaching, learning, research, and community service by promoting a lasting culture of excellence for the advancement of humanity. The campus is IT – driven, which empowers every focused academic towards achieving a fulfilled career experience.
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Opportunities exist for suitably qualified candidates for postgraduate training leading to the award of Masters and Ph.D. degrees at Covenant University.
Postgraduate programmes
available in our four Colleges are as follows:
COLLEGE OF OF BUSINESS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
1. DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
a. Programme: Accounting
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization:
• Public Sector Accounting
• Environmental Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Oil and Gas Accounting
• Taxation
• Financial Reporting
• Auditing
• International Accounting
• Management Information Systems
Specific Requirements:
Degree(s) in Accounting; possession of
final professional certificates (ICAN,
ACCA, CPA, etc.) is considered an
added advantage.
2.DEPARTMENT OF BANKING &
FINANCE
a. Programme: Finance
Degree in View: M.Sc., M.Sc./ACIB,
Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization:
• International Finance
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Development
• Banking Operations
• Public Sector Finance
Candidates with degree(s) in Economics,
Accounting, or Business Administration may be
considered.
3 . D E P A R T M E N T O F B U S I N E S S
MANAGEMENT
a. Programme: Business Administration
Degree in View: M.Sc., MBA, Ph.D.
b. Programme: Industrial Relations & Human
Resource Management
Degree in View: M.Sc., MBA, Ph.D.
c. Programme: Marketing
Degree in View: M.Sc., MBA, Ph.D.
Candidates with degree(s) in other business-
related disciplines such as Accounting, Finance
and Actuarial Science may be considered.
4 .DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS &
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
a. Programme: Economics
Degree in View: M.Sc.
b. Programme: Demography and Social
Statistics
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
5 . D E P A R T M E N T O F M A SS COMMUNICATION
a. Programme: Mass Communication
Degree in View: M.Sc., M.Phil/Ph.D., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization:
• Advertising, Promotions and Social Marketing
• Broadcast (Radio, Television and Film)
• Print/Online Journalism (Newspaper and
Magazine)
• Public Relations/Public Affairs
Areas of Specialization:
• Journalism
• Media, Communication and Cultural Studies
6. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
a. Programme: Sociology
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Gender and Development Studies
• Population Studies
• Family and Reproductive Health
• Industrial Sociology
• Political Sociology
• Rural Sociology
• Cultural Studies
• Medical Sociology
• Sociology of Development
C O L L E G E O F L E A D E R S H I P DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
1. DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Programme: Counselling
Degree in View: MA, Ph.D.
a. Programme: Psychology
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Counselling Psychology
• Adolescent Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Organizational Psychology
• Social Psychology
2.DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & INTERNATIONALRELATIONS
a. Programme: International Relations
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
b. Programme: Political Science
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
c. Programme: Policy & Strategic
Studies
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
d . P r o g r a m m e : P u b l i c
Administration
Degree in View: M.Sc., MPA, Ph.D.
MPAAreas of Specialization
• Public Policy and Administration
• Personnel Management
3. DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES
a . P r o g r a m m e : E n g l i s h
Language/Literature
Degree in View: M.A., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Language
• Literature
C O L L E G E O F S C I E N C E &
TECHNOLOGY
1 . D E P A R T M E N T O F
ARCHITECTURE
a. Programme: Architecture
Degree in View: M.Sc.
2.DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES
a. Programme: Biochemistry
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Enzymology
• Food and Nutritional Biochemistry
• Medicinal Plant Research
• Industrial Biochemistry
• Clinical Biochemistry
• Toxicological Biochemistry
• Environmental Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
b. Programme: Biology (Applied
Biology & Biotechnology)
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
• Plant genetics and Breeding
• Biosystematics and Cytogenetics
• Parasitology
• Environmental Biology
• Eco-toxicology
c. Programme: Microbiology
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Medical Microbiology
• Food Microbiology
• Environmental Microbiology
• Industrial Biochemistry
• Plant Virology
3 .DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING
TECHNOLOGY
a. Programme: Building Technology
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Construction Management
• Building Services
• Maintenance Management
• Facility Management
4. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
a. Programme: Industrial Chemistry
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
5. DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER &
INFORMATION SCIENCES
a. Programme: Computer Science
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence
• Bioinformatics
• Mobile Computing
• Data Mining
• Cybercrime Security/Digital Forensic
• Machine Learning
• Perceptual Computing
• Optimization Techniques
b . P r o g r a m m e : M a n a g e m e n t
Information System (MIS)
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence
• Information System
• E-Commerce Research
• Mobile Computing
• Cybercrime Security/ Digital Forensic
• Big data Analytics
• Health Informatics
• Data Communication
6 .DE PARTMENT OF E S TAT E
MANAGEMENT
Programme: Estate Management
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
7. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Programme: Industrial Mathematics
Degree in View: M.Sc., Ph.D.
8. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Programme: Industrial Physics
Areas of Specialization
• Atmospheric & Communication Physics
• Renewable Energy and Material Physics
• Radiation and Health Physics
• Applied Geophysics
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
1 . DE PARTMENT OF CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING
a. Programme: Chemical Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Energy and Renewable Energy
•Catal y s i s and Chemi cal Reac tion
Engineering
• Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• Transport and Separation Process
2. DEPARTMENT OF CIVILENGINEERING
a. Programme: Civil Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
• Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering
•Structural and Materials Engineering
•Geotechnical Engineering
Areas of Specialization
•Surveying and Geoinfomatics
•Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering
3. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL &
INFORMATION ENGINEERING
a.Programme: Computer Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
•Cyber Security
b.Programme: Electrical & Electronics
Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
•Power & Machines
•Renewable Energy
c . P r o g r a m m e : I n f o r m a t i o n &
Communication Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
•Satellite Communication
•Wireless Communications
•IOT& Embedded Systems
•Cyber Security
4.DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
a.Programme: Mechanical Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization
•Machine Design and Production Technology
•Thermo fluid/ Energy System
•Materials/ Metallurgical Engineering
•Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
•Mechatronics Engineering
5 .DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM
ENGINEERING
a.Programme: Petroleum Engineering
Degree in View: M.Eng., Ph.D.
Areas of Specialization: M.Eng.
•Reservoir Engineering
•Petroleum Production Engineering
•Petroleum Economics
Areas of Specialization: Ph.D
•Reservoir Engineering
•Petroleum Production Engineering
MASTERS & Ph.D. PROGRAMMES
General Requirements:
Interested candidates shall complete the application form on the University portal and
provide all relevant documents as specified
on the application form, including certificates
of degrees and/or diplomas, academic
transcripts, reference letters, and a 500-word
statement of intent in the proposed research
area. Candidates who are Nigerian citizens
shall, in addition, provide the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) discharge, exemption
or exclusion certificate. Each candidate shall
request and ensure that the institution(s)
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n my work a week before supervision so they have time to comment and review. The day I have to hand it in is always clearly marked in my diary. For years now I don’t necessarily think in weeks or months, I think in supervision-to-supervision-periods. And the day I can hand in my work is the day I do what I do best: worry about what they are going to say. I know I am not alone in this. Many conversations with other PhD-students include the words supervisor, supervision, and revision. Surely, you know the sinking feeling when you find well-meant comments, all over what you thought was pretty decent writing.
I know what I want them to say. I just want them to say my work is brilliant. I want them to praise my ingenuity; I want them to be in awe of my genius. When they give me their comments I just want to see nothing other than little tick marks and scribbles saying ‘yes’, ‘good’, and ‘OK’. I want an overall message that I should never even think about changing anything in the text I wrote. Ever.
Everyone needs to dream!
In the real world I usually sit through two hours discussing their comments as they constructively point out every weakness in my work. Of course, there are some tick marks and some paragraphs have a scribbled ‘good’ next to it, but most of the document is drenched in comments. Sentences or words I worked hard to find are crossed out and rewritten. Although their overall comment usually mentions I have done well it is immediately followed with a general message of what needs to improve. And so far, I have not yet been called a genius. I know… shocking!
Rationally I know this is just how it works. I slave away for a few weeks, hand in my work and receive it back with comments to enhance what I have written and to develop my academic skills. It is the endless cycle, these are the inflexible pillars of the process of PhD-ing. But as hard as I try, I am not a very rational person. My emotions usually get in the way, until they take over entirely. I look at the comment-soaked pages and even though I tell myself this is what is supposed to happen, I cannot help but be a little sad… and a little irritated.
But as the PhD cycle restarts the moment I leave the professor’s office, I get back to work. I read every comment, edit the text, add bits here and delete sections there. And during my respectful approach, just once in a while I dare to cross off one of their comments as I mumble with great satisfaction: “That does not make sense”. As I move closer towards the day I have to hand in my work for the next supervision session, I realise that the piece I have been working on has indeed improved. The line of argument is now actually noticeable and the paragraphs are more focused and to the point.
I read through the text for the very last time and decide that it looks good. I press sent. Supervision is a week away. I try not to worry too much about what they will say and instead decide to try out one of those popular strategies to success: visualise your way to achieving your goals. As I stare into space I see myself walking into the office and even before I sit down they shower me with compliments. Do I hear you laughing? Never mind, for just one week I am allowing myself to dream my way to success. Soon enough supervision will do what it always does… put my feet firmly on solid ground. I guess visualising helps, but hard work will always remain the basis of PhD success.
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) Ghana is seeking application from qualified candidates into its 2017/18 Masters and PhD programmes.
