Students for the bachelor's degree may be admitted either by: I. Assessing them based on the Universities Matriculation Examination (UTME) after having obtained the Senior Secondary School Certificate or GCE 'O' Level with five credit passes in Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Mathematics and English Language. Examinations conducted by NABTEB are also accepted. ii. Admission to the bachelor's programme may be by direct entry to the three-year standard programme upon obtaining 'O' Level SSCE or GCE with credits in five subjects (as in 8.0 i) in addition to two 'A/L' GCE passes in Zoology (or Biology) and Chemistry, Candidates with NCE, ND (Upper Credit), HND (Lower Credit), B.Sc. in a related area from an NUC approved/recognized University in addition to completion of UTME Direct Form are acceptable. A' Level pass in Chemistry or Mathematics will be an advantage but A' Level pass in Biology is mandatory. iii. Inter-University Transfer, Candidates may be admitted into 200 level through inter-university transfer from Microbiology programme or related programmes of a recognized university The candidates shall meet the admission requirement spelt out in 8.0 (1) and shall have a CGPA of not less than 1.0 or 1.5 on a 4- or 5-point scale respectively. REGISTRATION: All new students, on arrival at the University, should proceed for registration as follows: - i. Bursary (Students) - for fee clearance form which must be duly stamped and endorsed by the Bursar. ii. See his/her Head of Department and Dean for endorsement of their columns in the fee clearance form. iii. Faculty Officer for screening, clearance and course registration form. iv. See Student Affairs Officer-for hostel allocation. v. See the University Librarian - for library registration vi. See the Officer in-charge of the University Medical Centre - for registration and medical lab examination vii. See Head of Department for Departmental registration/ documentation. ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS INTO POST GRADUATE MICROBIOLOGY: Admission requirements Admission into the PGD programme in Microbiology is open to candidates with B.Sc., B.Sc. (Ed.) degree in Microbiology or related field from Veritas University or any other recognized University within and outside Nigeria. Candidates must have five credit passes including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English and Mathematics at “O” level Registration. a. Provision is made for both full-time and part-time registration in PGD b. Full-time candidates must register for all the prescribed courses/seminars, research project in their respective programmes c. Part-time candidates must register for all the prescribed courses/seminars, research project in their respective programmes d. Both Full-time and Part-time candidates must fulfil all the conditions laid down by the College of Postgraduate Studies governing their candidature. Duration of Programme (a) Full-time PGD programme shall last for minimum of one (1) calendar year and a maximum of one and half calendar (1 ½) years.

Course work Course work for the PGD degree shall include 44 credits of compulsory courses. (a). Full-time students will take and pass eight taught courses and a seminar course in the first semester and six taught courses and a research project in the second semester. (b). Part-time students will take and pass eight taught courses in their first year of registration, i.e four courses per semester. In the second year of registration, four taught and a seminar course will be taken and passed in the first semester. Two taught courses and a research project will be taken and passed in the second semester. Project and Examination Project resulting from PGD research shall be externally examined. In addition to course work, each candidate shall be required to attend departmental seminars and deliver at least one seminar before the end of the programme. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION The department offers graduate courses for PGD and M.Sc. degree programmes in Microbiology with specialization in: (i) Environmental Microbiology (ii) Pathogenic/Medical Microbiology (iii) Food Microbiology & Industrial Microbiology