YSU Postgraduate Application form, 2025/26

Applications are hereby invited from Qualified Candidates for Admission into the University's Postgraduate Programmes.

List of Available Programmes are as stated in the below advertisement.

1. FACULTY OF ARTS

(DEPARTMENT OF ARABIC)

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA (PGD) IN ARABIC

With Specialization In:

MA and Ph.D. Arabic (Linguistics)

M.A. and Ph.D. Arabic (Literature)

2. FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

With Specialization in:

MA and Ph.D. English (Language)

MA and Ph.D. English (Literature)

3. FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Policy and Strategic Studies

With Specialization in:

Master's in Policy and Strategic Studies

M.A. and Ph.D. History

4. FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES

With Specialization in

MA and Ph.D. Islamic Studies (Figh and Usul Figh)

MA and Ph.D. Islamic Studies (Usuluddeen)

5. FACULTY OF ARTS

DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS

With Specialization inc

M.A. and Ph.D Linguistics

M.A. and Ph.D Hausa (Literature)

M.A. and Ph.D Hausa (Language)

M.A. and Ph.D Hausa (Culture)

6. FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION

With Specialization in

M.Ed. Educational Administration and Planning

Ph.D Educational Administration and Planning

7. FACULTY OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION (PGDE)

With Specialization in

M.Ed. and Ph.D. Educational Psychology

M.Ed. and Ph.D Guidance and Counselling

10. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Economics

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Health Economics

Masters in Health Economics

M.Sc. Economics

Ph.D Economics

11. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Environmental Management

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) In Geographic

Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing

With Specialization In

Master's in Environmental Management (MEM)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Geography (Climatology)

M.Sc.. and Ph.D. Geography (Population)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Geography (Rural Development)

12. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

With Specialization In

Master's in Govemance and Development Studies

Master's in Human Security & Counter-Terrorism Studies DE

M.Sc. International relations and Strategic Studies

Ph.D. International relations and Strategic Studies

13. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration (PGDPA)

Postgraduate Diploma in Local Govt. Administration (PGDLGA)

With Specialization In:

Master's in Public Administration (MPA)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Public Administration

14. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SOCIOLOGY (PGDS)

With Specialization In:

Master's in Community Development (MCD)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Sociology

15. FACULTY OF SCIENCES 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

With Specialization in:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) In Ecology and Environmental Biology

Postgraduate Diploma in (PGD) Plant Science (Ethnobotany)

Master's in Tropical Health Science

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Environmental Biology and Conservation

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant Science (Ethnobotany)

8. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Postgraduate Diploma in (PGD) Plant Science

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ACCOUNTING (PGDA)

With Specialzation In

Master's in Accounting and Taxation

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Accounting

(genetics and Plant Breeding)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant Science (Genetics and Plant Breeding)

9. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant Science (Pant Pathology)

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT (PGDM)

With Specialization in:

Master's in Business Administration (MBA)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Management

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant Science (Phycology)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant Science (Plat Ecology)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Zoology (Entomology)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Zoology (Parasitology)

M.Sc. and Ph.D. Zoology (Hydrobiology and Fisheries)

Forms are available as from 30th of April to 13th June 2026.

Application procedures 

Application form are available online subject to the payment of Non-refundable fee for the Programme as follows:

Ph.D and Master Programme: (N20,000)

Postgraduate Diploma PGD (N15,000)

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