List of Postgraduate Courses Offered In LASU


The management of Lagos state university has published the list of accredited PG courses offered in the institution for interested candidates who must have selected the school as their preferred choices of institution during their UTME registration.


In this post, aside listing all LASU PG courses available in the institution, I will also be guiding you through their entry admission requirements as well as all you need to know before selecting a course of study in LASU.

Below is the list of what to look out for before choosing a course in LASU.

  1. The LASUPG Admission Requirements;
  2. The Duration of programmes
  3. The availability of your programme

The above are the 3 most important factors that can determine if you will be admitted to study your chosen course in LASU or not.

I will breakdown the above 3 factors before listing the following according to the faculties they are categorized at LASU.

  • List of all PGD programmes offered in LASU.
  • List of all Masters degree programmes offered in LASU.
  • List of all Ph.D programmes available in LASU.

Now I will breakdown the 3 factors that you must take cognizance of when searching for PG courses offered in LASU.

List of Postgraduate Courses Offered In LASU

Available Programmes

FACULTY OF ARTS

Department of African Languages.

  1. MA. Yoruba Literature & Culture

Department of History and International Studies

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in International Relations & Strategic Studies [PGDIRSS].
  2. Master in International Relations & Strategic Studies [MIRSS].
  3. M.A in History and Diplomacy
  4. M.Phil./Ph.D History and Diplomacy
  5. Ph.D History and Diplomacy

Department of Religions

  1. PGD Christian Religious Studies
  2. M.A. Christian Religious Studies
  3. M.Phil./Ph.D Christian Religious Studies
  4. PGD Islamic Studies
  5. M.A. Islamic Studies
  6. M.Phil./Ph.D Islamic Studies
  7. Ph.D Islamic Studies

Department of English

  1. M. A. English Language
  2. M. A. Literature in English
  3. M.Phil./Ph.D in English
  4. Ph.D in English

Department of Foreign Languages

  1. Master in Translation and Interpretation
  2. M.A. Arabic Studies
  3. M.Phil/Ph.D Arabic Studies
  4. Ph.D Arabic Studies
  5. M.A. French
  6. M.Phil/Ph.D French
  7. Ph.D French

Department of Theatre Arts and Music

Theatre Arts Programmes

  1. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
  2. Master of Arts (M.A)
  3. M.Phil/Ph.D
  4. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Music Programmes

  1. Postgraduate Diploma
  2. Master of Arts (M.A)
  3. M.Phil/Ph.D
  4. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

  1. MA. Philosophy

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Education – FT/PT

BDepartment of Educational Foundations & Counselling Psychology

  • M.Ed.Counselling Psychology
  • M.Phil/Ph.D. Counselling Psychology
  • M.Ed Educational   Psychology
  • M.Phil/Ph.D Educational Psychology
  • M.Ed Early Childhood Education
  • M.Phil/Ph.D Early Childhood Education
  • M.Ed Sociology of Education
  • M.Phil/Ph.D Sociology of Education
  • M.Ed Philosophy of Education
  • M.Phil/Ph.D Philosophy of Education

Department of Physical and Health Education

  1. B.Edu Health Education
  2. Phil./Ph.D Health Education
  3. Ed. Exercise Physiology
  4. Phil./Ph.D Exercise Physiology
  5. B.Edu Psychology and Sociology of Sports
  6. Phil./Ph.D Psychology and Sociology of Sports
  7. Ed Sports Management and Administration
  8. M.Phil./Ph.D Sports Management and Administration

Department of Educational Management

  1. Ph.D – Full Time
  2. MPhil/Ph.D – Full Time
  3. M.Ed. – Full Time
  4. M.Ed. – Part Time
  5. M.EM – Part Time

Department of Science and Technology Education

  1. M.Ed Science Education
  2. M.Phil/Ph.D Science Education
  3. M.Ed Mathematics Education
  4. M.Phil/Ph.D Mathematics Education
  5. M.Ed Educational Technology
  6. M.Phil/Ph.D Educational Technology
  7. M.Ed Computer Education
  8. M.Phil/Ph.D Computer Education

Department of Language, Arts & Social Science Education

  1. M. Ed. Language Education
  2. M.Phil/Ph.D Language Education
  3. Ph.D Lang. Education
  4. M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction
  5. M.Phil/Ph.D Curriculum and Instruction
  6. Ph.D Curriculum and Instruction
  7. M.Ed.  Social Studies Education
  8. M.Phil/Ph.D Social Studies Education
  9. Ph.D Social Studies Educ.

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION (CESSED)

  1. PGD in Environmental Education  [ FT/PT ]
  2. PGD in Environmental Resource Management [FT/PT]
  3. Master in Environmental Management (MEM) [PT]
  4. M.Sc. Environmental Education [FT]
  5. M.Sc. Environmental Resource Management [FT]
  6. M.Phil/Ph.D & Ph.D Environmental  Education/Environmental Resource Management

CENTRE FOR PLANNING STUDIES

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Planning Studies
  2. Master in Urban and Regional Planning

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering.

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Electronic and Computer Engineering
  2. M. Sc. Electronic and Computer Engineering
  3. M.Phil. /Ph.D Electronic and Computer Engineering
  4. Ph.D Electronic and Computer Engineering

Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering

  1. PGD Chemical and Polymer Engineering
  2. M.Sc. Chemical and Polymer Engineering
  3. M. Phil/Ph.D Chemical and Polymer Engineering
  4. Ph.D Chemical and Polymer Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

  1. PGD Mechanical Engineering
  2. MSc. Mechanical Engineering
  3. Phil./Ph.D Mechanical Engineering
  4. Ph.D Mechanical Engineering

FACULTY OF LAW

  1. LL.M General Programme (Full time)
  2. LLM General Programme (Part time)
  3. LLM Maritime and Commercial Law Programme (Part time)
  4. Postgraduate Diploma in Maritime Law- PGDML
  5. Master of Legal Studies- MLS (Part time)
  6. LL.M Taxation (Part time)
  7. MLS Taxation (Part time)

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

Department of Public Administration.

  1. PGD Public Administration
  2. MSc. Public Administration with specialization in:
  3. Human Resource Management
  4. Public Policy Making and Analysis
  5. Local Government Administration and Management
  6. Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  7. Master in Public Administration
  8. M.Phil/Ph.D Public Administration
  9. Ph.D Public Administration 

Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources & Industrial Relations
  2. Master in Human Resources & Industrial Relations (M.HRIR)
  3. M.Sc. Human Resources & Industrial Relations
  4. M.Phil/Ph.D Human Resource Management
  5. Ph.D Human Resource Management

Department of Business Administration

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration
  2. Master in Business Administration (MBA)

iii    M.Sc. Bus. Admin. FT/PT with specialization in:

  1. Administration
  2. Management
  3. International Business
  4. Phil/Ph.D Buss. Administration
  5. PGD in Business Administration

Department of Accounting

  1. PGD Accounting
  2. MSc. Accounting – Full Time and Part time
  3. Phil/Ph.D Accounting

Department of Banking & Finance

  1. PGD Finance
  2. Sc. Finance

Department of Management Technology

  1. PGD Project Management [PGDPM]
  2. Master of Project Management [MPM].
  3. MSc. Management Tech.

Department of Marketing

  1. PGD – Marketing
  2. M.Sc. Marketing – Full time and Part time
  3. M.Phil./Ph.D Marketing

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Department of Botany

  1. M.Sc. in Botany, Plant Pathology, Mycology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Cytogenetic, Ecology, Taxonomy, Ecology Taxonomy, Plant Physiology, Ethno-medicine, Biosystematics and Bioinformatics.

Department of Fisheries

  1. PGD Fisheries
  2. M.Sc. Fisheries
  3. M.Phil/Ph.D Fisheries

Department of Biochemistry

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Biochemistry
  2. M.Sc. in Biochemistry
  3. M. Phil/Ph.D  in Biochemistry
  4. PGD in Biochemistry

Department of Physics

  1. Master of Science in Physics
  2. M.Phil./Ph.D. in Physics
  3. D in Physics

Department of Computer Science

  1. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Computer Science
  2. Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science
  3. Ph.D. Computer Science 

Department of Chemistry

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Chemistry
  2. M.Sc. Chemistry

iii M.Phil./Ph.D. in;

  1. Organic Chemistry and Natural Products
  2. Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
  3. Physical and Inorganic Chemistry.

Department of Mathematics

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics
  2. M.Sc. Mathematics.

iii. Ph.D Mathematics with specialization in

  1. Pure Mathematics
  2. Applied Mathematics
  3. Applicable Mathematics

Department of Zoology & Environmental Biology

  1. MSc. Zoology and Environmental Biology
  2. Ph.D Zoology and Environmental Biology

Department of Microbiology

  1. PGD Microbiology
  2. Sc. Microbiology
  3. Ph.D Microbiology

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department of Economics

  1. PGD Economics
  2. MSc. Economics
  3. Phil/Ph.D Economics

Department of Geography and Planning [Full & Part Time]

  1. M.Sc. Geography
  2. M.Phil./Ph.D Geography
  3. Ph.D Geography

Department of Sociology

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work
  2. Master in Social Work (MSW)
  3. M.Sc. Sociology
  4. Phil./Ph.D Sociology
  5. PGD DSociology

Department of Political Science

  1. M.Sc. Political Science
  2. M.Phil./Ph.D Political Science
  3. PGD Political Science

Department of Psychology

  1. M.Sc. Psychology
  2. M.Phil./Ph.D Psychology
  3. Ph.D Psychology
  4. Master In Criminology, Security and Legal Psychology [MCSLP] 

LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION (LASUSOC)

  1. Postgraduate Diploma in Communication Studies
  2. Master in Communication Studies (MCS)
  3. Master of Science Communication Studies
  4. M.Phil/Ph.D Communication Studies

SCHOOL OF TRANSPORT

  1. Master in Transport Planning
  2. M.Sc. – Transport & Logistics
  3. M.Phil./Ph.D Transport & Logistics
  4. Ph.D  Transport & Logistics                   

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (LASUCOM, IKEJA)

Department of Anatomy

  1. M.Sc. Anatomy
  2. M.Phil/Ph.D Anatomy
  3. Ph.D Anatomy

Department of Physiology

  1. M.Sc.  Physiology
  2. M.Phil. /Ph.D Physiology
  3. Ph.D Physiology

C. Department of Community Health & Primary Health Care

  1. Master in Public Health (MPH)
  2. Master of Occupational Health

iii. Master of Occupational Medicine

  1. Department of Medical Biochemistry
  2. Postgraduate Diploma (PGD)
  3. Master of Science (M.Sc.)

iii. Master of Philosophy (M.Phil./Doctor of Philosophy [PhD]

iv Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

LASU PG ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Below are the admission requirements for PGD, Masters and Ph.D programmes, in this post we have broken down the admission requirements for all levels of PG programmes respectively. Simply go through them to confirm any of the PG courses offered in LASU that you are eligible to apply for.

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES

Applicants applying for any of the PGD courses offered in LASU must meet the following requirements:
i. Applicants must obtain a minimum of 5 (Five) credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at ‘O’ Level in not more than two sittings.

  1. Candidates must have obtained a Bachelor’s degree from any recognized University or HND from any recognized Polytechnic in Nigeria not lower than Third Class; or its equivalent to be eligible to apply.

iii) In addition to the above, Candidates with Higher National Diploma (HND) with a minimum of Merit in related field of study from a Polytechnic or any recognized institution

  1. iv) Candidates must posses a Bachelor’s degree with at least Second Class (Lower Division) in area not related to the field applying for may be considered

ACADEMIC MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Applicants applying for Academic Masters Degree courses offered in LASU must meet the following requirements:

  1. Applicants must obtain a minimum of 5 (five) credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at ‘O’ Level in not more than two sittings.
  2. In addition to the above, Candidates must have obtained a first Degree of Lagos state university(LASU) or any recognized university in relevant field with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division); and

iii. Lastly, Candidates with Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) with a minimum CGPA of 3.50 is also eligible.

PROFESSIONAL MASTER DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Applicants applying for professional Masters Degree courses offered in LASU must meet the following requirements:

  1. Applying Candidates is expected to have a minimum of 5 (five) credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at ‘O’ Level in not more than 2 sittings and not more than two year apart.
  2. Another PG admission requirement for Professional Masters at LASUis, Candidate is expected to have obtained a First Degree from LASUor any recognized university in relevant field with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division)

iii. In addition to the above (ii) candidates with Third Class Degree or HND and a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) from Lagos state university or any recognized institution with a minimum of 3.50 CGPA are eligible to apply.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAMMES (ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ONLY)

Candidates applying for Ph.D programmes offered in LASU must meet the following requirements:

  1. One of the requirements include a minimum of 5 (five) credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at ‘O’ Level in not more than 2 sittings and not more than two year apart.
  2. Secondly, Candidates are expected to have obtained a First Degree from Lagos state universityor any the recognised universities in Nigeria from any relevant field with a minimum of Second Class (Lower Division)

iii. Lastly, Candidate must have obtained a Masters Degree from LASU or any recognized university in the proposed field of study with minimum CGPA of 3.50.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Please note that candidates with B.Sc, PGD and HND cannot apply for Ph.D directly without going though Masters Degree programme first.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Photocopies of NYSC Discharge/Exemption Certificates, photocopies of all qualifying credentials, including O’level must be attached to the completed application forms. Candidates should arrange for their transcripts to be sent directly to the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies. Non-receipt of transcripts in time is at the detriment of the applicant.

DURATION OF LASU PG PROGRAMMES

Postgraduate Diploma Programmes

  1. Full-Time Diploma:  Minimum of two semesters and a maximum of four semesters.
  2. Part-Time Diploma: Minimum of three semester and a maximum of eight semesters.

Masters Degree Programmes

  1. Full-Time: A minimum of three semesters and a maximum of six semesters.
  2. Part-Time: A minimum of four semesters and a maximum of eight semesters.

M.Phil/Ph.D Programmes

  1. Full-Time: A minimum of six semesters and a maximum of eight semesters.
  2. Part-Time: A Minimum of eight semesters and a maximum of ten semesters

Ph.D Programme

  1. Full-Time: A Minimum of six semesters and a maximum of eight semesters.
  2. Part-Time: A minimum of eight semesters and a maximum of ten semesters.

LASU PG courses are wide in terms of scope of coverage. The University offers PG courses in almost every field that is beneficial to students. The above are the PG courses offered in LASU that are currently accredited by the NTBE (National Board for Technical Education).

Please note that the LASU PG courses listed above are still offered in the institution so you can select any that suites your career path and if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me via the comment section below and I will answer your questions in accordance.