Admission Requirements

Academic Master’s Degree programmes

A candidate seeking admission into the Academic Master’s Degree programmes must hold:

  1. A minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) Bachelor’s Degree with a CGPA of 2.50 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00 of Bayero University, or any other recognized University (provided the matriculation requirement is satisfied) in the relevant area; or

  2. A minimum of Second Class (Lower Division) Bachelor’s Degree with a CGPA of 2.40 - 2.49 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00 of Bayero University or any other recognized university plus a postgraduate diploma with a minimum CGPA of 2.75 (Merit) on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00 (provided the matriculation requirement is satisfied) in the relevant area; or

  3. A minimum of Third Class Bachelor’s Degree plus a postgraduate Diploma passed at Credit level from Bayero University, Kano, and a minimum CGPA of 3.00 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00 from any other recognized university (provided the matriculation requirement is satisfied) in the relevant area; or

  4. A postgraduate Diploma with a minimum CGPA of 3.00 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00 and an HND with Credit from any recognized institution; or

  5. Any other qualifications deemed by the Board of the College of Postgraduate Studies and Senate to be equivalent to (i), (ii), and (iii) above.


PhD and MPhil/Ph.D Degree programmes

A candidate seeking admission into the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes must hold:

  1. An Academic Master’s degree of Bayero University or any other recognized University and satisfy the conditions in (i) to (iv) of 1 (a) above; or

  2. The CGPA of the Master’s program should be at least 3.00 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00.

  3. A Ph.D candidate who satisfies all admission requirements except the CGPA can be considered for admission into MPhil./Ph.D programs provided the CGPA is at least 2.75 on a scale of 0.00 - 5.00

  4. An MPhil/Ph.D candidate can be upgraded to Ph.D if he earns a CGPA of at least 3.00 on a scale of 5.00 in the course work and a grade of C+ in the proposal.

Please note that additional requirements may be applied to specific programmes