Admission Requirements

i) The course is open to candidates who possess M.Sc. Pathology or its equivalent with a minimum CGPA of 3.5.

ii) Candidates with MPH or its equivalent who have at least four (4) years of laboratory medicine (pathology) practice are also eligible.

iii) Candidates must have Part 1 Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigerian Pathology (Laboratory Medicine) or its equivalent.

iv) Candidates must satisfy the matriculation requirements of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. All candidates must satisfy other admission requirements of the Post graduate School of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

v) Candidates must undergo a screening examination to assess their suitability for the programme.

Graduation Requirements

i) Final assessments will include written examinations, seminars and dissertation.

ii) The Candidate must submit a dissertation on Clinical Laboratory Management under the supervision of a relevant faculty staff. The candidate must be able to develop research questions that anchor on clinical laboratory principles and practice. The dissertation topic will be approved after presentation at a departmental seminar. This will involve laboratory and/or field data collection, entry, analysis and interpretation of results. The final report of the dissertation will be defended in accordance with rules and regulations governing Postgraduate examinations of the Ahmadu Bello University at the end of the second year.

iii) For a student to graduate, he must pass all courses and have a minimum of two seminar presentations. Where a student falls short of these graduation requirements at the expiration of his/her period of study, he may be awarded an MPhil in Pathology.

iv) A student that fulfills all of the above requirements shall be awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pathology (Clinical Laboratory Management).