REGISTRATION AND DURATION OF PROGRAMME:

  1. Students MUST register at the beginning of every session and this includes payment of school fees, completion of academic progress report form which should be endorsed by the relevant officers (Major and Co-Supervisors, Academic Adviser (mentor), Director of the DRP and Dean, Postgraduate School).
  2. Students who do not register at the beginning of each academic session will be deemed to have voluntarily withdrawn from the PhD programme.
  3. The programme duration for WASCAL DRPs is 44 months comprising the following:
    1. 4 months of Introductory Seminar, English/French language course and seminars.
    2. 6 months of lectures to be completed within the first academic session of the study in FUT Minna (including submission of research proposal to Accra, Ghana), which must include a continuous assessment followed by an examinable component. Students MUST pass these courses. Any student whose CGPA falls below 3.0 at the end of the of the course, will be required to upgrade some low scores or withdraw from the programme.
    3. 25 months of research and scientific field visits.
    4. 9 months preparation for final defense in FUT Minna. The final PhD oral defense takes place in the Postgraduate School and the examination panel shall comprise the Chairman (Dean of the host Faculty/his or her Deputy or Professor in related field), Director of the Centre, Major Supervisor, Co-Supervisors, External Examiner, Internal Examiner, Postgraduate School Representative and Academic Assistant of the programme to serve as Secretary.

    As much as possible, items “ii”, “iii” and “iv” should align with FUT Minna Postgraduate School deadlines for research proposal defense and at least two (2) seminar presentations that lead to the final defense of dissertation.

  4. All PhD students MUST each have a Supervisory Committee made up of two or three relevant experts, one of whom will serve as the host University based Major Supervisor. Others are home-based (non-Nigerians) and Germany based co-spervisors. This Committee MUST be constituted and presented to the PGS three (3) months after course work i.e before Defense of Research Proposal..

REGISTRATION AND DURATION OF PROGRAMME:

  1. a. The programme shall run on a modularized system (course unit system); hence, course work is structured in seven (7) modules and shall be examined.

    b. In order to widen the scope of knowledge of these students, faculty and external experts would be invited to make presentations on topical climate change issues, among others, which not just the students would benefit from, but the University community as a whole.

ModuleModule NameCourse CodeCourse NameCourse StatusCredit Loading TCredit Loading PCredit Loading CCourse Lecturer
1Human HabitatCCH 910Urban and Rural Settlements in AfricaCore2-2Prof Albert Abegunde (Nigeria)
CCH 923Urban Development and Green InfrastructureSpecialization112Prof Dr Elke Mertens (Germany)
CCH 913Community Based Project (Fieldwork)Core-22Prof Albert Abegunde (Nigerian)
CCH 926Climate Change and MigrationSpecialization2-2Prof Kofi Nyarko (Ghana)
2Climate ScienceCCH 915Applied MicrometeorologyCore2-2Prof Leonard Amekudzi (Ghana)
CCH 917Climate Change Adaptation and MitigationCore2--Prof Francis Adesina (Nigeria)
3Human Habitat InformaticsCCH 911Habitat Informatics 1: Skills DevelopmentCore-22Prof Chima Chimela (Nigeria), Prof Nicolas Iwogha (Nigeria)
CCH 912Habitat Informatics 2: Advanced Research MethodologyCore-22Prof Wole Morenikeji (Nigeria)
4Geospatial AnalysisCCH 920Advanced Remote SensingCore-22Dr Michael Thiel (German)
CCH 921Advanced Geographic Information SystemsCore-22Prof J. Linke (Germany)
5Statistics and ModellingCCH 914Advanced Statistical Techniques and Geostatistics Techniques for Climate ScienceCore-22Dr Benjamin Lamptey (Ghana)
CCH 922Settlements Dynamics and ModellingSpecialization22Prof J. Linke (Germany)
CCH 924Regional Climate System ModellingCore22Prof (Mrs) Nana A. Klutse (Ghana)
6SustainabilityCCH 925Transport Planning and Sustainable MobilitySpecialization22Dr (Mrs) Felicia Nwanosike (Nigeria)
CCH 916Environmental Protection and SustainabilityElective02Prof Julian Adounkpe (Benin Rep.)
CCH 928Climate Change induced Disaster Risk ManagementElective2Dr Saskia Werners and Dr Habeeb Okunola
7Landscape AssessmentCCH 927Landscape EcologyElective112Dr (Mrs) Mireille Tovi (Benin Rep.)
8Management and EntrepreneurshipManagement and EntrepreneurshipCore112TBD
9DissertationCCH 999Core-66
Total Credits112723