Admission requirements:

To gain admission into the M.Sc. postgraduate programme, applicants must meet the current entry requirements of the School of Postgraduate Studies. These include

a. a minimum of second class lower honours degree from recognised institutions in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Haematology, Chemical Pathology, Physiology and any other basic life science.

b. graduates from recognised institutions in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine In each case of a – b above, candidates are expected to have also met the minimum criteria of at least five credits at O levels in Mathematics, English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, the candidate must in addition to fulfilling other university criteria obtain a minimum of 35 credit units as well as a pass in seminar and dissertation defence.