Admission Requirement

Candidate for M.Sc. program must have O/A level requirement for admission into Ahmadu Bello University in addition, candidates must have first degrees in either of the following: B. Pharmacy, B.Sc. Chemistry, B.Sc. Biochemistry or B.Sc. Botany with a minimum of second class upper from any recognized University or a 22 with an additional qualification of PGD Herbal Medicine.

Graduation Requirement

Candidates are eligible to be awarded MSc. Pharmacognosy degree if they satisfy the following criteria

1. Must sit and pass (minimum 50% mark) all the postgraduate courses offered in the Department of Pharmacognosy (see post graduate courses table below)

2. Must sit and pass a course in BIOSTATISTICS offered in any field of biological sciences (Biology, Pharmacology, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture)

3. Non-Pharmacy graduates should undergo some undergraduate courses (listed below)

4. Must have given at-least three seminars presentation one of which must be proposal presentation

5. For candidates to qualify for external examination theymust have sat and passed an internal oral examination in the Department

6. Must face an external examination as required by the School of Postgraduate Studies

7. Any other requirement for graduation by the University.