Colleges and Universities Offering PhD in Biology in Nigeria

Institutions Offering PhD in Biology

Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode
Course entry requirements:
a) Every candidate must have a Master’s degree in his/her area of specialization with a minimum CGPA of 4.0 or 60%.

b) Holders of M.Phil. Degree in his/her area of specialization.

c) Those who have CGPA of 3.50 – 3.99 or 55% and above in Master’s degree programme can apply.

d) Candidates in (c) above will have to go through a conversion process into Ph.D. programme.

Course duration: 36 months
The Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure
Course entry requirements:
(a) A good Masters degree in the appropriate discipline with a CGPA of 3.50 and/or 60% minimum average score.
(b) Any other qualification approved by Senate.

Course duration:
(a) Full-Time candidates may defend their theses between thirty-six (36) and forty eight (48) months.
(b) Part-Time candidates may defend their theses between forty-eight (48) and sixty (60) months.
Umaru Musa Yar'adua University Katsina, Katsina
Specialization options:
Plant Resources
Taxonomy/Biosystematics
Entomology
Public Health Parasitology
Hydrobiology and Fisheries
Plant Ecology
Plant Pathology
Plant Genetics
Plant Physiology
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt
Course entry requirements:
-Master’s degree in a very related field with a CGPA of 3.5 and above on a 5.0 scale