CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSIONS INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN THE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES, P.M.B. 493, LOWER USUMA, ABUJA, NIGERIA. Website: www.nissnigeria.gov.ng E-mail: info@nissnigeria.gov.ng Phone: +23490111550001 Whatsapp: +23490111550002 POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSIONS INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES IN THE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC SESSION Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Postgraduate degree programmes of the National Institute for Security Studies in affiliation with University of Ilorin. IMPORTANT NOTICE: (i) Only courses available for the session are advertised and as such candidates are advised to select courses available in this advertisement. (ii) Candidates are advised to PRINT out the advertisement and STUDY thoroughly before COMMENCING the application procedure. (iii) Applicants are to note that the National Institute and the University will not be liable or responsible for any mistake made arising from wrong application. (iv) The Postgraduate academic session for Postgraduate programmes is 18 calendar months, commencing on 2nd September, 2024. The 18 calendar months starts to count automatically from the date of first registration. (v) Applicants are to note that programmes automatically lapses at the expiration of the prescribed maximum duration for each programme. A candidate may, however, apply for an extension of not more than 6 months, in the first instance, subject to a maximum of two such extensions. POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES OFFERED M.A. Peace and Security Studies (Available for EIMC candidates only) M.A. Peace and Development Studies (Open to all interested candidates) Ph.D Peace and Development Studies (Open to all interested candidates) ELIGIBILITY FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES General Requirements: All entry certificate requirements shall be available at the point of purchasing the application form. The National Youth Service Corp Discharge Certificate OR Exemption Certificate should be dated and presented on or before September 30th, 2024. Applicants are expected to submit their application forms online together with the scanned copies of their credentials. After the submission of the application forms online as stated in (ii) above, all supporting documents in (i) above and the hard copy of the application form, should be forwarded to the Secretary, Postgraduate School, National Institute for Security Studies, Nigeria between Tuesday, 6th August, 2024 and Tuesday, 13th August, 2024, while the submission of Transcripts of Academic Records should be addressed and forwarded to the Commandant, NISS. The Postgraduate School will not be held liable for any misdirected transcript. All applicants must have 5 O/L Credit passes in the relevant subjects, which must include English Language and Mathematics. In line with Senate directives, applicants who had their O/L results before the year 2015, may have a pass in English or Mathematics depending on the programme applied for. Applicants for the Master degree programmes who are graduates of the University of Ilorin and other recognized universities must have a minimum of Second Class Honours Degree (Lower Division) and must be applying for programmes in which they had their first degrees. However, applicants with Second Class Honours Degree (Lower Division) and those with higher classes of degrees seeking admissions into programmes outside those in which they had their first degrees may be admitted. The least class of first Degree for all academic programme applicants is Second Class Honours Degree (Lower Division). The Bachelor degrees should be obtained from the University of Ilorin or any other university recognised by the Senate of the University of Ilorin. ALL applicants shall apply early for their official Bachelor degree transcript to be sent to the Commandant, NISS where the admission is being sought, before the expiration of the stated deadline in B(iii) above. Again, the Postgraduate School will not be held liable or responsible for any misdirected transcript. All Higher Degree applicants that attended foreign Universities, where English language is not the medium of instruction, should submit to the Head of Department where the admission is being sought, evidence of their English Language proficiency, e.g. TOEFL or IELTS scores obtained within the validity period of such certifications. All applicants are requested to submit a proposal of not more than 5 pages, giving details of their intended areas of research interests. This should be sent electronically to nisspostgraduateprogramme@gmail.com not later than Tuesday, 20th August, 2024.
