BACKGROUND
electronic engineering postgraduate programme intended to provide sound theoretical and
practical training for graduate students. This intention was born out of the national drive to be
part of the digital revolution and the information society, as well as an institutional strive to be at
the cutting edge of global developmental trends in the research and development in Information
and Communication Technology (ICT).
The postgraduate programmes of the Department of Electronics Engineering are being offered at
two levels, namely: Masters and Doctoral levels. The Master degree is in two forms: Master of
Engineering (M.Eng.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) both in Electronic Engineering. The
Masters and Doctoral (Ph.D) programmes lay emphasis on both theoretical and practical
(project) aspects of postgraduate work especially as it relates to the technological needs of the
nation. Both programmes offer specialization in the following areas:
· Communication,
· Digital Electronic and Computer and
· Control Engineering.
M.Sc and M.Eng DEGREE PROGRAMMES
PHILOSOPHY
These Masters programmes prepare students for professional works in academic, industrial and
military applications of electronic engineering, in any one of the areas of specializations. The
programmes aim at preparing graduate students to be able to understand and analyze electronic
materials, components and complete electronic systems, and simulate their behaviours on
computers in other to specify new sub-systems and effect adaptation and development. The
students are also trained to be able to specify, design, develop and commission hardware and
instruments of varying degrees of complexity in their special areas.
The M.Sc and M.Eng degrees are obtained through coursework and dissertation. All candidates
for Masters in Electronic Engineering pass through individualized remedial programme approved
by the Departmental Postgraduate Studies Committee. The core courses are intended to
harmonize the students’ diverse academic backgrounds and equip them with the necessary tools
for meaningful work in their various areas of specialization.
PhD DEGREE PROGRAMME
PHILOSOPHY
The Doctoral programme is intended to prepare students for creative teaching and research and
development (R&D) works in academic, industrial and military applications of electronic
engineering, in any one of the areas of specializations. The Doctoral programme is expected to
probe much deeper into issues than the master programme. The programme should be able to
develop/design techniques in electronic engineering in the pursuit of new principles and new or
better engineering materials and techniques
The Ph.D degree is obtained through course work and comprehensive research to be embodied in
a thesis which is defended orally before a constituted panel. The PhD research must show
incontrovertibly satisfactory level of originality and creativity and shall generally result in the
development of a new technique processes or correlation and in the advancement of knowledge
beyond the current frontier.
