END OF COURSE REGISTRATION FOR 2016/17 FIRST SEMESTER

This is to inform all students of UNN that the portal for Course Registration for the First Semester of the 2016/17 session will be closed as follows:

Date:   Sunday 22nd January, 2017.

Time:  12 Midnight

Any student who fails to register his/her course before this closure is deemed to have lost the semester.

Please be informed.

Also read: Revised timtetable (academic calender) for the 2016/2017 session

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UNN REVISED TIME TABLE OF EVENTS FOR 2016/2017 SESSION

This is the run down of the revised time table event for the 2016/207 academics session. Take time to go through it.


JANUARY 2017



Thursday 05 --Christmas break ends/Students return to Campus

Monday 09 --Lectures resume

SATURDAY 21 -- MATRICULATION CEREMONY

 Monday 23 -- Sunday 29 CONVOCATION CEREMONIES


Monday 30 --Lectures Continue

FEBRUARY 2017

Friday 17 -- Lectures end

Monday 20 -- Revision begins

Friday 24 -- Revision ends

Monday 27 -- Departmental examinations begin for returning students


MARCH 2017

Friday 03 -- Departmental examinations end

Monday 06 -- Examinations inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses begin

 Monday 20 --  Examinations inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses end



End of First Semester and Students vacate Campus



SECOND SEMESTER 2016/2017 SESSION

 Monday 27 -- Registration begins for all students/ Lectures begin

Tuesday 28 -- Examination begins for 1st year students



APRIL

Friday 07 -- Registration ends

Monday 10 -- Late Registration begins

Thursday 13 -- Examination ends for 1st year student

                       

WEDNESDAY 12 – MONDAY 17 EASTER BREAK

Tuesday 18 -- Lectures resume

Thursday 20 -- Last day for submission of first semester results to the

Department.  Processing of results begins in the Department

Monday 24 -- Late Registration ends

Thursday 27 -- Last day for submission of first semester results to the

Registry (Examination).  Processing of results begins in the Registry



MAY

Thursday 11 -- Deadline for checking of results by Heads of Department.



JUNE                                                                                                                                                        Friday 23 -- Lectures end

Monday 26 -- Revision begins

Friday 30 -- Revision ends



JULY

Monday 03 -- Departmental examinations begin

Friday 07 -- Departmental examinations end

Monday 10 -- Examinations inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses begin



Monday 24 -- Examinations inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses end



 End of 2016/2017 Session and Students vacate Campus







AUGUST

Monday 14 -- Last day for submission of second semester results to the

Department.  Processing of results begins in the Department

Friday 25 -- Last day for submission of first semester results to the

Registry (Examination).  Processing of results begins in the Registry

SEPTEMBER

Thursday 18 -- Deadline for checking of results by Heads of Department.

Monday 25- Friday 29 -- Faculty Boards Meet to consider and approve final year

students results

OCTOBER

October 25 -- Senate meets to consider and approve final year results



SUMMARY FOR THE SESSION

FIRST SEMESTER: 
Lectures 16 weeks and 6 days

Revisions 5 days

Examination 3 weeks 

Total -- 18 weeks and 5 days

SECOND SEMESTER:  
Lectures 12 weeks and 4 days

Revision 1 week

Examinations 3 weeks

Total --16 weeks and 4 days




Grand Total --35 weeks and 3 days

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PTDF Scholarships in Nigeria & Overseas (UK & France) for Undergraduate, Masters & PhD

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Scholarships scheme is open for application for Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students to study in Nigeria and Overseas.

Application Deadline: 31st December 2016

Offered annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: Nigeria

To be taken at (Universities): Overseas and Nigerian higher institutions

Eligible Fields of Study: Mainly engineering, technology and engineering management courses

About Scholarship: The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is a parastatal of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources established by Decree 25 of 1973 for the purpose of developing and promoting petroleum technology and for creating the manpower needs of the oil and gas industry through research and training of Nigerians.

Its mission therefore is to train Nigerians to qualify as graduates, professionals, technicians and craftsmen in the field of engineering, geology, science and management in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria or abroad.

To ensure a steadfast implementation of this mandate, PTDF scholarships is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates for Overseas and in-Country MSc and PhD Scholarships. Awards will be granted for studies in the 2016/2017 academic session in the United Kingdom Germany, Australia, USA and France (Grenoble INP) as well as PTDF upgraded Universities in Nigeria. However, the Undergraduate level will be awarded for studies in Nigeria only on subject areas listed below.

Type: Undergraduate, Masters and PhD scholarships

Selection Criteria and Eligibility: Students interested in the PTDF scholarships must fulfill the following:

MSc (OSS And LSS).

1. A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) in an Oil and Gas related field OR a 2.2 with oil and gas industry experience
2. National Youth Service (NYSC) certificate.
3. Applicants must be computer literate.
4. Possession of O/level with Credit in English Language; At least C6 in WAEC/SSCE or C4 and above in NECO.
5. Applicants must not be above 30 years of age.

Applicants for OSS must be in possession of the following:

1. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) (USA).
2. G.R.E (Graduate Record Examination) (USA).
3. GMAT – for Management related courses (USA).
4. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (UK).

PhD (OSS And LSS)

1. A minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) in an Oil and Gas related field OR a 2.2 with oil and gas industry experience;
2. National Youth Service (NYSC) certificate;
3. Applicants must be computer literate;
4. Possession of O/level with Credit in English Language; (At least C6 in WAEC/SSCE or C4 and above in NECO); and
5. Employment in the academics in reputable Nigerian Institution, teaching oil and gas related disciplines;
6. A minimum of 2.2 in their first degree and a minimum of merit as a second degree certificate in an oil and gas related discipline;
7.  Submit a research proposal relevant to the oil and gas industry (of not more than 5 pages) to include: Topic, introduction, objective, methodology relevance to the industry and mode of data collection;
8.  Possess a valid admission letter; and
9.   Must not be over 40 years of age

For information on the Split-Site PhD Programme, Click here


Number of Scholarships: Several.

Value of Scholarship: Full scholarship.

Duration of Scholarship: for the duration of the degree programme.

How to Apply: Application forms can be accessed online here using an ATM (Interswitch, Master & Visa) card or through purchase of a scratch card from designated main branches of First Bank of Nigeria Plc in all the 36 States and FCT, upon payment of a NON-REFUNDABLE sum of N1,000 (One Thousand Naira Only). Instructions on how to access the form online is clearly stated on the backside of the cards.

Applicants may please note that only those who meet the requirements below shall be shortlisted and invited for a Computer Based Aptitude Test, in the case of MSc applicants, while oral interview will be conducted for PhD applicants (full time and Split-site) on dates to be announced later. Following the aptitude tests and interview, successful candidates will be selected and awarded the PTDF Scholarship.

Applicants are advised to scan the following documents and attach to their online application forms:

1. First Degree Certificate or Statement of Result;
2. NYSC discharge certificate;
3. WAEC/GCE/SSCE/NECO Results;
4. 2 Recent Passport Photographs;
5. Local Government Identification Letter;
6. Masters’ Degree Certificate (PhD Applicants only); and
7. Admission Letter (PhD Applicants).

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE POSSESSION OF A VALID UNIVERSITY ADMISSION LETTER IS COMPULSORY FOR LSS (UNDERGRADUATES, MSC & PHD) APPLICANTS TO THE PTDF SCHOLARSHIPS.

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Things you need to know about UNN portal

These are the few things you need know about UNN portal as a student:
First of all, these sub-domain of the UNN website is mainly built for students of the university to give them a platform where they can:

• Generate invoices (hostel fees, School fees, Laptop invoice etc):

New and old students can generate invoices online.

• Check Semester results online

Semester results are now being checked online using scratch cards purchased from the school.

• Reprint School fees receipt

This feature is made available to those students that have lost/misplaced their school fees receipt and want to get a new one.

• Get acceptance letter from school
• Update Personal Profile
• Register courses

Course registration are done online. Note that some school do pay for course registration, but for UNN, its free and easy to register courses.

• Get handbook for your faculty (NEW FEATURE)

• Generate hotspot login details.

More so, the portal has been built using the Microsoft Visual Studio (web form) i.e .aspx, where Data of all the students are stored in the database for retrieval when needed.
It has green Header and also, easy to navigate.

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How to Register or Sign up on JAMB upgraded website

JAMB has recently modified their website such that you have to create your account with them to have access to features as their candidates. This article is to help students familiarize themselves with the new development. Change has come...yess oooo. Stay around to get more updates.

For this reason, student should know how to register or sign up. Follow the below steps to get started:

1. Log in to jamb website www.jamb.org.ng.

2. Click on any of the services you want to use (example Printing admission slip, admission letter printing, checking admission status, etc).

3. Lets say you clicked on "check admission status", the next page that appears is a page where you have to sign in, but in this case, if you do not have an account yet, Click on "CREATE AN ACCOUNT BUTTON" OR type the address on your browser to create on and avoid all the protocols.(http://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility/CreateAccount)

4. Fill the spaces provided with correct information and especially a valid email where messages and receipt for every purchases you make will be forwarded to (TAKE NOTE OF THIS!) and finally click on the "SIGN UP" button on the left bottom.

5. After signing up, you will be taken back to the page where you can sign in. Or click HERE to login. 

login in form

After you must have logged in, this is how your Home page (Dashboard will look like).......

DASHBOARD

You will see the following on the left panel or column of your dashboard:

•  Registration  
•  Print Result Slip
• Admission letter Printing 

•  Application for Correction of Data
•   Late Application (Regularisation)
•   Check Admission Status
•   Retrieve Reg Number 
•  My Documents 
•  My Payments 
•  My Usage 
•  My Indemnity Forms 
•  Complete Bank Payments

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Postgraduate workshop registration

INSTRUCTION   TO ALL POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

We hereby inform all our PG Students that were admitted into the university in the 2015/2016 academic session that registration for the Postgraduate Workshop has started and will end on Thursday 19^th October 2016.

All concerned students should visit the University Portal under Postgraduate Students for registration.

Check the process flow here on how to go about it

Stay around for more updates.

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Postgraduate workshop and library training

The School of Postgraduate Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka in collaboration with the University Library is organizing Postgraduate Workshops and Library Training for Master’s and Ph.D students. The Postgraduate Workshops are for Master’s and Ph.D students admitted in the 2015/2016 academic session. The Workshops will also feature University Library sponsored training programme for Postgraduate Students.

The workshops and Training is scheduled to take place in two campuses of the University as shown below.

Nsukka Campus: 20th October, 2016 – Postgraduate Workshop

21st October, 2016 – Library Training

Enugu Campus:  27th October, 2016 – Postgraduate Workshop

28th October, 2016 – Library Training

The details of the Workshops and Training are specified below:

POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOPS:

The Workshops which are mandatory for all Master’s and Ph.D degree students admitted in the 2015/2016 academic session will cover the full contents of the following courses:

1. PGC 601 – Research Methodology and Application of ICT in Research, and
2. PGC 701 – Synopsis and Grant Writing.

ADVANCED LIBRARY TRAINING:

Electronic Library Resources in Content and Introduction to Data Bases

Electronic Library Resources: Overview of Electronic journals, scholarly databases and the nature of access available for each of them.

Introduction to online Databases: Formulating Search Strategies

Formulating effective searches; Boolean Operators and Truncation

Using Turnitin Software for Originality Check

For plagiarism detecting

Introduction to reference Management tools, Mendeley

Downloading the Mendeley desktop and signing up for free account. How to create folders and sub-folders; How to enter citations manually and import citations from other databases; How to change the output style and using the “cite as you write” feature. Format: Presentation and demonstration.

Further information on the workshops and training, including venue and time, etc will be communicated in due course via this medium.

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SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

2016/2017 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY COMPUTER BASED SCREENING TEST 

This is to inform all concerned candidates that the 2016/2017 Postgraduate Admissions Supplementary Computer Based Screening Test of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been scheduled to take place as follows:

Date:             Thursday, October 13, 2016

Venue:          Nnamdi Azikiwe Library, U.N.N.

Time:             10.00a.m.

Candidates are required to come with their downloaded application forms and white sheets of paper and pen.

Those who did not participate in the earlier screening test owing to lack of information on the dates for the screening test are permitted to participate in the supplementary screening test.

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Accredited courses offered in UNN

Here is a comprehensive list of accredited courses offered in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) 

The List is arranged alphabetically below:
Accounting
Adult Education
Agric Extension Services
Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Education
Agriculture
Animal Science
Archaeology
Architecture
Arts (Combined Honours)
Arts Education
B.A (SINGLE & COMBINED HONS) IN MODERN LANGUAGES
Biochemistry
Business Education
Business Management
Civil Engineering
Computer Education
Crop Science
Dentistry / Dental Surgery
Drama/Dramatic/Performing/Theatre Arts
Economics
Education and Music
Education and Science
Education and Social Science
Education Arts
Electrical Engineering
English Language
Estate Management
Fine Art/Fine And Applied Arts

Food Science and Technology
Foreign Languages and Literature
French
Geography
Guidance and‘ Counselling
Health Education
History
Home Economics Education
Home Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
Horticulture
Igbo
Igbo/Linguistics
Industrial Technical Education
Law
Library and Information Science
Linguistics
Mass Communication
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Laboratory Science
Medical Rehabilitation
Medicine and Surgery
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Music
Nursing / Nursing Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Pharmacy


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Philosophy
Physical and Health Education
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Administration
Public Administration and Local Government
Radiography
Social Work
Sociology and Anthropology
Soil Science
Surveying and Geoinformatics
Urban and Regional Planning
Veterinary Medicine

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Update on revised timetable events for 2016/2017 Session (UNN)

FIRST SEMESTER 2016/2017 SESSION

The School management has just recently updated her time table events for the 2016/2017 academic session. 

SEPTEMBER 2016
Thursday22	Arrival of freshmen/provision of accommodation
Thursday 29	Arrival of old students/provision of accommodation
OCTOBER 2016
Tuesday 04	Registration begins for freshmen (at Ekpo Convocation Arena)
Tuesday 04	Registration begins for old students
	Lecture begins
Wed. 05	Orientation for freshmen begins
Friday 07	Orientation for freshmen ends
Tuesday 04-Sunday 09	FOUNDERSDAY CEREMONIES
Friday 14	Registration ends for old students
Monday 17	Late registration begins for old students
Friday 28	Late registration ends for old student
NOVEMBER 2016
Tuesday 01	Lectures continue
Friday 18	Registration ends for freshmen

SATURDAY 19 MATRICULATION CEREMONY

DECEMBER 2016
Thursday01	Lectures continue
Wednesday 21	Lectures end and Christmas break begins
JANUARY 2017
Tuesday 03	Christmas break ends/Students return to campus
Wednesday 04	Lectures Resume
Tuesday     17	Revision begins
Friday 20	Revision ends
Monday 23	Departmental examinations begin
Friday 27	Departmental examinations end
Monday 30	Examinations in inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses begin.
FEBRUARY 2017
Friday 10	Examinations in inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses end

                   END OF FIRST SEMESTER AND STUDENTS VACATE CAMPUS

SECOND SEMESTER 2016/2017 SESSION

MARCH

Friday 03	Students return to campus
Monday 06	Registration begins for all students Lectures begin
Tuesday07	Last day for submission of first semester results to the Department. Processing of results begins in the Department
Wednesday 08	Lectures continue
Friday 17	Registration ends Last day for submission of first semester results to the Registry (Examination).  Processing of results begins in the Registry
Monday 20	Late registration begins

13 – 18 CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

Friday 24	–        Late registration ends
Friday 31	Deadline for checking of results by the Heads of Department
APRIL 2017
Monday10	Lectures continue
Wednesday 12 – Monday 17	Easter Break
Wednesday 26	Lectures resume
MAY 2017
Monday 08	Lectures continue
JUNE 2017
Friday 02	Lectures end
Monday 05	Revision begins
Friday 09	Revision ends
Monday 12	Departmental examinations begin
Friday 16	Departmental examinations end
Monday 19	Examinations in inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses begin
Friday 30	Examinations in inter-faculty and inter-disciplinary courses end.

          END OF 2016/2017 SESSION AND STUDENTS VACATE CAMPUS

JULY 2017
Friday 21	Last date for the submission of results to the Departments and Processing of final year students results begins in the Departments
Friday 28	Last date for the submission of results to the Registry (Examinations) Processing of results begins in the Registry
AUGSUT 2017
Friday11	Deadline for checking of result by Heads of Departments.
Tuesday 15 – Friday 18	Faculty Boards meet to consider and approve final year students Results
SEPTEMBER 2017
Wednesday 06	Senate meets to consider and approve final year students’ results

SUMMARY FOR THE SESSION

First Semester:                        Lectures          13 weeks + 4 days

Revisions         4 days

Examinations 03 weeks

TOTAL:                                 =                      17 WEEKS + 1 DAY

Second Semester:                    Lectures          12 weeks + 1 day

Revisions         4 days

Examinations  03 weeks

TOTAL                                  =                      15 WEEKS + 5 DAYS

Total for the session              =                      32 weeks + 6 days


NB: If you want to get the PDF copy of the time table, comment with your email (gmail, yahoo or even school mail i.e xxxxxx.123456@unn.edu.ng) or any other email. The PDF will be forwarded to your email within minute.

Incase you did not receive, call: 09074701349 to get it.

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EXTENSION OF THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE 2016/2017 SUPPLEMENTARY ADVERTISEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

EXTENSION OF THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE 2016/2017 SUPPLEMENTARY ADVERTISEMENT OF APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

Further to our memorandum UN/SPGS/S.3/01 of September 08, 2016 on the above subject, I am directed to inform all prospective postgraduate students that the closing date for the sale of application forms for the 2016/2017 supplementary advertisement for admissions into the postgraduate programmes of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been extended to Friday, September 30, 2016.  Details of the methods of application for postgraduate admissions remain as earlier published in the Daily Sun Newspaper of 22nd April, 2016 and on the University of Nigeria website.

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2016/2017 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY COMPUTER BASED SCREENING TEST

2016/2017 POSTGRADUATE ADMISSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY COMPUTER BASED SCREENING TEST

This is to inform all concerned candidates that the 2016/2017 Postgraduate Admissions Supplementary Computer Based Screening Test of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has been scheduled to take place as follows:

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