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INSTITUTE OF WOMEN, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (FUTO) 2023/2024 CERTIFICATES AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME ADMISSIONS

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

INSTITUTE OF WOMEN, GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

(IWoGDS)

CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATES AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME ADMISSIONS 2023/2024 SESSION

The Institute of Women, Gender and Development (IWoGDS) of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) invites qualified candidates into the Certificate and Postgraduate programmes for 2023/2024 Academic Session.

COURSES OFFERED

1. Certificate Courses

  • Women and Gender Studies
  • Gender and Entrepreneurship
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Gender and Agricultural Technology

2. Postgraduate Diploma Programmes (PGD)

  • Women and Gender Studies
  • Gender and Entrepreneurship
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Gender and Agricultural Technology

3. Master Of Science (M.Sc.) Programmes

  • Gender and Development Studies
  • Gender and Entrepreneurship
  • Gender and Science
  • Gender and Global Health
  • Gender and Technology
  • Gender and Agricultural Technology

Admission Requirements

General Requirements

All candidates must have credit passes at O’level including English, Mathematics and three other relevant subjects at O’level.

For Certificate Course(s)

Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent

For Postgraduate Diploma Programme(s)

  • HND with a minimum of upper credit from any approved Polytechnic
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related area from any approved university

For Master’s Degree Programme(s)

  • A Bachelor’s degree from FUTO or any other approved recognized university with at least a second class honours qualification.
  • A third class degree from a recognized university plus a PGD in Gender Studies.

Options

Gender and Development Studies

Economics, Government, History, Commerce, Geography, Agricultural Science, Home Economics, Health Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry.

Gender and Entrepreneurship

Economics, Government, History, Commerce, Geography, Agricultural Science, Home Economics, Health Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry.

Gender and Science

Chemistry, Physics, Agricultural Science/Biology, Food and Nutrition, Home Economics, Economics.

Gender and Global Health

Chemistry, Agricultural Science/Biology, Physics, Food & Nutrition/Home Economics, Economics/Commerce, Health Science.

Gender and Technology

Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Agricultural Science, Food and Nutrition, Home Economics, Economics.

Gender and Agricultural Technology

Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Agricultural Science, Food and Nutrition, Home Economics, Geography, Economics.

Programmes Durations

  • Certificate Courses: 3 Months
  • PGD: 12 Months
  • M.Sc.: 18 Months

Signed,
Prof. Edna C. Matthews-Njoku
Director, IWoGDS