Complete Guide to FUTA Postgraduate Courses for the 2025/2026 Academic Session

Are you considering advancing your academic career with a postgraduate degree at a prestigious Nigerian university? Look no further than the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), which has opened admissions for a wide range of postgraduate programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session. Whether you’re interested in agriculture, engineering, computing, environmental sciences, or life sciences, FUTA offers structured and research-driven programmes designed to equip you with cutting-edge skills and knowledge.

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the FUTA postgraduate courses and specific specializations available, admission requirements, application procedures, and key details you need to know before applying.

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🎓 Overview of FUTA Postgraduate School

Established in 1986 and upgraded to a School of Postgraduate Studies in 1994, FUTA’s postgraduate school is committed to developing high-level skilled manpower through technology-driven education. The school emphasizes:

In-depth knowledge and analytical thinking
Research and innovation
Professional and adaptive skills across disciplines

FUTA’s admission policy supports a 60% undergraduate and 40% postgraduate ratio, ensuring a balanced and dynamic academic environment.

📚 Detailed List of Postgraduate Programmes & Course Options by School

1. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (SAAT)

Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication Technology (AEC)

M.Agric.Tech. Options:
- General Extension
- Rural Development
- Rural Sociology
- Technology Transfer
- Communication
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE)

M.Agric.Tech. Options:
- Production Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Farm Management
- Finance & Marketing
- Also offered: M.Phil/PhD in: Production Economics, Agribusiness & Finance, Environmental Economics, Welfare Economics
PhD Options: Same as M.Agric.Tech.

Department of Animal Production and Health (APH)

PGD Animal Production and Health
M.Agric.Tech. Options:
- Animal Production: Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition, Animal Breeding & Genetics, Animal Production & Management (Poultry, Swine, Sheep, Goat, Rabbit), Animal Reproduction & Environmental Physiology.
- Animal Health: Animal Parasitology, Animal Microbiology, Farm Hygiene & Disease Prevention.
M.Phil/PhD Options: Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition, Animal Breeding & Genetics, Animal Production & Management, Reproductive & Environmental Physiology, Animal Health (Microbiology, Parasitology, Farm Hygiene).
PhD Options (Animal Production): Agricultural Biochemistry & Nutrition, Animal Breeding & Genetics, Animal Production & Management, Animal Physiology & Reproduction.

Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management (CSP)

M.Agric.Tech. Options:
- Crop Management: Plant Systematics & Taxonomy, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Crop Physiology, Horticulture, Agronomy.
- Soil Management: Soil Fertility, Fertilizer Use Technology, Land Survey & Management, Plant Nutrition, Soil Survey & Classification.
- Pest Management: Crop Entomology, Plant Pathology, Nematology, Plant Virology, Weed Management, Weed Biology & Ecology.
PhD Options: Same structure as M.Agric.Tech.

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology (FAT)

PGD Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology
M.Agric.Tech. Options: Aquaculture, Fisheries Management.
M.Phil. Options: Aquaculture, Fisheries Management.
M.Phil/PhD Options: Aquaculture, Fisheries Management.
PhD Options: Aquaculture, Fisheries Management, Fish Nutrition, Fish Breeding, Fisheries Economics, Fish Processing & Utilization.

Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management (EWM)

PGD Ecotourism and Wildlife Management
M.Agric.Tech. Options: Wildlife Ecology & Range Management, Biodiversity Conservation & Management, Wildlife Nutrition & Production, Ecotourism & Hospitality Management.
PhD Options: Wildlife Management, Range Management, Biodiversity & Conservation, Wildlife Nutrition & Production, Ecotourism Management, Hospitality Management.

Department of Forestry & Wood Technology (FWT)

M.Agric.Tech. Options: Forest Resources Management, Forest Biology/Silviculture, Agroforestry/Soils, Wood Science Technology, Wood Products Technology, Forest Inventory & Biometrics.
- Additional Research Areas: Herbal Science Natural Therapeutic, Biocomposite Technology, Furniture Design & Production, Wood Processing Technology.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Food Science and Technology (FST)

M.Tech. Options: Food Chemistry, Human Nutrition, Food Processing, Post-Harvest Technology.
PhD Options: Same as above.

2. SCHOOL OF INFRASTRUCTURE, MINERALS & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING (SIMME)

Department of Agricultural Engineering (AGE)

PGD Agricultural Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Agricultural Power & Machinery System, Soil & Water Resources Engineering, Agricultural Structures & Environmental Controls, Bioresources & Food Process Engineering, Alternative/Renewable Energy.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Civil Engineering (CVE)

PGD Civil Engineering
Professional Master (PMCE) Options: Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Highway Maintenance & Rehabilitation Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering.
M.Eng. Options: Geotechnical, Structural, Highway & Transportation, Water Resources & Environmental, Construction Engineering.
PhD Options: Same as M.Eng.

Department of Mechanical Engineering (MEE)

PGD Mechanical Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Production Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Energy Systems, Thermofluids, Computational Fluid Dynamics.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (MME)

PGD Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Production/Mechanical Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Corrosion Engineering, Advanced Materials Engineering, Mineral Engineering (Processing/Extractive Metallurgy).
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Mining Engineering (MNE)

PGD Mining Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Surface Mining, Underground Mining, Rock Mechanics, Mineral Processing, Mine Safety & Environment, Mine Management & Mineral Economics, Mine Surveying & Photogrammetry.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE)

PGD Industrial and Production Engineering Technology
M.Eng. Options: Engineering Management, Manufacturing Process Engineering, Industrial and System Engineering.
PhD Options: Maintenance Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Systems Design & Optimization, Engineering Management.

3. SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (SESE)

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)

PGD Electrical and Electronics Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Power Systems Engineering, Communications Engineering, Control Engineering.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Computer Engineering (CPE)

PGD Computer Engineering
M.Eng. Options: Data Communication and Networking, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation, Hardware System Engineering.
PhD Options: Same as above.

4. SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SET)

Department of Architecture (ARC)

M.Tech., M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (General Architecture)

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

PGD Urban and Regional Planning
M.Tech., PhD (Urban and Regional Planning)

Department of Estate Management (ESM)

PGD Estate Management
M.Tech., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Estate Management)

Department of Quantity Surveying (QSV)

PGD Options: Quantity Surveying, Construction Management.
M.Tech. Options: Cost Management, Construction Economics, Quantity Surveying Practices, Procurement Studies.
PhD Options: Same as M.Tech.

Department of Industrial Design (IDD)

M.Tech. Options: Ceramics Design, Graphics, Textile Design.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics

PGD Surveying and Geoinformatics
M.Tech. Options: Geodesy, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics.
PhD Options: Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Hydrography, Geoinformatics.

Department of Building

PGD Building
M.Tech. Options: Construction Management, Building Maintenance, Building Structures, Building Services.
PhD Options: Same as above.

5. SCHOOL OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES (SEMS)

Department of Applied Geology (AGY)

PGD Applied Geology
M.Tech. Options: Mineral Exploration, Remote Sensing, Hydrogeology & Engineering Geology, Petroleum & Sedimentary Geology.
PhD Options: Remote Sensing, Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology, Petroleum Geology, Sedimentology, Structural Geology, Mineral Exploration, Geochemistry.

Department of Applied Geophysics (AGP)

M.Tech. (Exploration Geophysics) Options: Petroleum Exploration, Mining Geophysics, Groundwater/Environmental/Engineering Geophysics.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Meteorology & Climate Science (MCS)

M.Tech. (Meteorology) Options: Numerical Weather Forecasting, Agrometeorology.
PhD Options: Numerical Weather Forecasting, Synoptic Meteorology, Aviation Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology, Air Pollution Meteorology, Agrometeorology.

Department of Remote Sensing and GIS

PGD Remote Sensing and GIS
M.Tech. Options: Earth Resources Exploration, Natural Hazards & Disaster Management, Geoinformation Science, Natural Resources Management.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Marine Science and Technology (MST)

PGD Marine Science Technology
M.Tech. Options: Chemical Oceanography, Marine & Coastal Environmental Science, Geological Oceanography, Marine Geophysics, Physical Oceanography.
PhD Options: Same as above.

6. SCHOOL OF LOGISTICS AND INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SLIT)

Department of Project Management Technology (PMT)

PGD Project Management Technology
M.Tech. Options: Project Management Technology, Management Science.
M.Phil/PhD, PhD Options: Project Management Technology, Management Science.

Department of Logistics and Transport Management Technology (LTT)

PGD Logistics and Transport Technology
M.Tech. (Logistics Transport Technology) Options: Logistics & Land Transportation, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Maritime Transportation, Logistics & Air Transport Technology.
PhD (Transport Management Technology) Options: Same as above.

Department of Entrepreneurship (ENT)

PGD Entrepreneurship
M.Tech. in Entrepreneurship
M.Phil/PhD in Entrepreneurship
PhD Options: Technological Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, Social Entrepreneurship.

7. SCHOOL OF COMPUTING (SOC)

Department of Computer Science (CSC)

M.Tech., M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Computer Science)

Department of Cyber Security (CYS)

PGD Cyber Security
M.Tech. (Cyber Security) Options: Cyber Security Engineering, Cyber Security Governance/Framework/Standards, Cyber Security Operations, Cyber Security Threat Intelligence, Cyber Security Risk Management.
Professional Masters of Information and Cyber Security (MICS)
M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Cyber Security – same specializations as M.Tech.)

Department of Information Technology (IFT)

PGD Information Technology
M.Tech., Professional Masters (MIT), M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Information Technology)

Department of Software Engineering (SEN)

PGD Software Engineering
M.Tech., Professional Masters, M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Software Engineering)

Department of Information Systems (IFS)

PGD Information Systems
M.Tech., Professional Masters, M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Information Systems)

8. SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES (SLS)

Department of Biology (BIO)

M.Tech. (Biology) Options: Food Storage Technology, Applied Parasitology, Environmental Biology & Public Health, Applied Entomology & Pest Management.
PhD (Biology) Options: Applied Parasitology, Storage Microbiology, Storage Entomology/Applied Entomology, Post-Harvest Biology, Environmental Biology & Public Health.

Department of Microbiology (MCB)

PGD (Microbiology) Options: Food Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology.
M.Tech. (Microbiology) Options: Food Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Medical Microbiology.

Department of Biochemistry (BCH)

PGD (Biochemistry) Options: Applied Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry.
M.Tech. (Biochemistry) Options: Enzymology, Microbial Biochemistry, Food/Nutritional Biochemistry, Toxicology.
- Also offered: Masters in Molecular Biology (Addendum II), Masters in Applied Biochemistry (Addendum I)
M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Biochemistry – same specializations as M.Tech.)

9. SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES (SPS)

Department of Chemistry (CHE)

M.Tech. (Chemistry) Options: Analytical Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry.
PhD (Chemistry) Options: Analytical, Industrial, Environmental, Food, Polymer, Organic, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry.

Department of Mathematical Sciences (MTS)

M.Tech. (Industrial Mathematics) Options: Dynamics of Structure (Solid Mechanics), Numerical Methods in ODEs, Fluid Mechanics, Optimization.
PhD (Mathematics) Options: Same as above.

Department of Physics (PHY)

M.Tech. (Physics) Options: Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic Measurements & Instrumentation, Communication Physics, Radiation & Health/Medical Physics, Atmospheric Physics.
M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD (Physics – same specializations as M.Tech.)

Department of Statistics (STA)

M.Tech. Statistics
M.Phil. Options: Biometry, Econometrics & Financial Statistics, Computational Statistics & Operation Research, Spatial & Environmental Statistics, Statistical Design & Investigations.
M.Phil/PhD, PhD Options: Econometrics, Mathematical Statistics, Operations Research.
- Additional Research Areas: Experimental Design, Multivariate Analysis, Quality Control, Time Series, Sample Survey.

10. SCHOOL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (SBMS)

Department of Human Anatomy (HUA)

M.Sc. Options: Reproductive Biology, Neurobiology, Anthropology & Forensic Anatomy, Applied Anatomy & Medical Imaging.
PhD Options: Same as above.

Department of Physiology (PHS)

M.Sc. Options: Cardiopulmonary Physiology, Metabolism/Endocrine/Reproductive Physiology, Gastrointestinal Physiology, Neurophysiology.
PhD Options: Same as above.
M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD Options: Medical Sociology, Population Health, Biophysics, Medicine, etc.

PGD in Biomedical Technology

11. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LEARNING & DIGITAL HUMANITIES (INTEDH)

PGD Programmes:

Bioethics
Professional & Applied Ethics (Business Ethics, Environmental Ethics, Ethics of Governance & Public Affairs)
Security & Intelligence Studies
English for Specific Purposes
Science & Development Communication
Technical Communication
Digital Literacy
Medical Sociology
Population Health
Library & Information Science

M.Sc. Programmes:

Medical Sociology
Population Health
Teaching English for Specific Purposes
Development Communication
Technical Communication
Bioethics

M.Phil., M.Phil/PhD, PhD Programmes:

Bioethics
Applied & Professional Ethics & Public Affairs
Security & Intelligence Studies
Medical Sociology
Population Health
Teaching English for Specific Purposes
Development Communication
Technical Communication

🤝 Collaborative Programmes & Their Options

1. Master in Geoinformation Technology (MGIT) with RECTAS, Ile-Ife

Specializations: Disaster Risk Management, Environmental Management, Land Resource Management, Natural Resource Management, Hydrology & Water Resource Management, Meteorology & Climate Change, Soil Analysis & Agricultural Management, Health & Social Development, Crime Mapping/Peace/Security/Military Intelligence, Urban Planning & Analysis, Geovisualisation & Mapping Technology.

2. Master of Space Science & Technology (MSST) with ARCSSTE-E, Ile-Ife

Options: Satellite Communication, Basic Space Physics, Satellite Meteorology, Remote Sensing & GIS.

✅ Admission Requirements

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)

Third Class Bachelor’s degree or Lower Credit HND in relevant field.
Professional qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACCA) accepted for some programmes.

Master’s Degrees (M.Tech, M.Eng, M.Agric.Tech, M.Sc)

Second Class Lower Division from FUTA or recognized university.
HND (Lower Credit) + PGD (Upper Credit) also considered.

M.Phil

Good M.Tech or equivalent in relevant discipline.

PhD

Master’s degree with CGPA of 3.50/60% minimum.
Research proposal required at application stage.

⏳ Duration of Programmes

PGD: 18–24 months (Full-Time), 18–36 months (Part-Time)
Master’s: 18–24 months
M.Phil: 18–24 months (transfer to PhD possible)
PhD: 36–48 months (Full-Time), 48–60 months (Part-Time)

📝 How to Apply

Application Steps:

Apply Online: Visit www.futa.edu.ng
Payment: Use REMITA to pay ₦20,000 (same for PGD, Masters, PhD) to the School of Postgraduate Studies account.
Transcripts: Non-FUTA graduates must send official transcripts with a Transcript Label within 6 weeks of application.
PhD Applicants: Email research proposal to spgsadmissions@futa.edu.ng in the format: Surname_School/Dept.doc

FUTA PG Application Made Easy: Your Step-by-Step Guide

Important Notes:

Transcripts without labels will not be processed.
Application and acceptance fees are non-refundable.
No O’Level results required for postgraduate admission.

🗓️ Application Timeline

Applications open: Monday, 16th June 2025
Deadline: Not specified—apply early to avoid delays.

🎯 Why Choose FUTA for Postgraduate Studies?

Industry-Relevant Programmes: Courses designed to meet national and global technological needs.
Wide Range of Specializations: Over 200+ course options across 11 schools.
Research Focus: Strong emphasis on innovation, publication, and problem-solving.
Collaborative Opportunities: Partnerships with UN-affiliated centers and industry.
Flexible Study Options: Full-time and part-time modes available.

📞 Contact Information

School of Postgraduate Studies
The Federal University of Technology, Akure
P.M.B. 704, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria
Email: spgsadmissions@futa.edu.ng
Website: http://www.futa.edu.ng

Whether you’re looking to specialize in a niche field, switch careers, or dive deeper into research, FUTA’s postgraduate programmes offer a solid and diverse pathway to academic and professional excellence. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a community of innovators and leaders.

Explore your options, choose your specialization, and apply today to take the next step in your educational journey with FUTA!