Specialisation areas include:

1. Weed Science

2. Irrigation Agronomy

3. Crop Physiology and Ecology

4. Field Crop Management

5. Framing Systems

6. Field Crop Production

Admission Requirements

Any candidate seeking for admission for Ph.D. Agronomy degree must have an M.Sc. degree in Agronomy, must have completed the minimum course work with minimum credit point in his M.Sc. course work and his final M.Sc. degree total average point must also be 3.50 and above. The M.Sc. degree must be from a well-recognized and reputable university in and outside Nigeria.

Graduation requirements

To qualify for graduation, a candidate shall normally be required to complete a minimum of 55 semester credit hours. A course work component, if required in the programme, shall constitute not more than 15-20% of the total minimum credit hours needed for graduation, exclusive of Master‘s course work.