FUTA Postgraduate Engineering Programmes and Entry Requirements

FUTA postgraduate Engineering
Browse the postgraduate engineering programmes available at Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) School of Postgraduate Studies. 

The taught postgraduate engineering programmes listed on this page is limited to the Master of Engineering and Post Graduate Diploma engineering, including their entry requirements and duration of study for each programme.

Postgraduate Engineering Programmes

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PGD: Civil and Environmental Engineering

MEng: Civil and Environmental Engineering with options in:
  • Geotechnical engineering
  • Structural Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Water Resources and Environmental Engineering and
  • Transportation Engineering

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering


  • Power Systems Engineering
  • Control Engineering and 
  • Communication Engineering

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering

PGD: Agricultural and Environmental Engineering

MEng: Agricultural and Environmental Engineering with option in:
  • Farm Power and Machinery
  • Alternative Energy
  • Farm Structure and Environmental Control 
  • Processing and Storage Engineering and
  • Soil and Water Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

PGD: Mechanical Engineering

MEng: Mechanical Engineering with options in:
  • Production Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Thermofluids
  • Energy System
  • Automation Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering/Operation Research
  • Building Services Engineering

Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering

PGD: Metallurgical and Material Engineering

MEng: Metallurgical and Material Engineering with options in:
  • Material Engineering
  • Production and Mechanical Engineering and 
  • Physical Metallurgy/Corrosion Engineering

Department of Mining Engineering
PGD: Mining Engineering


MEng: Mining Engineering with options in:
  • Mine Management and Mineral Economic
  • Surface Mining
  • Underground Mining
  • Mine Safety and Environment
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Mineral Processing and 
  • Mine Surveying and Photogrammetry

Entry Requirements

Postgraduate Diploma

To be eligible for admission to study for a Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Engineering programme at FUTA, an applicant must have: 
  • A first degree (BSc, BTech, BEng) in the relevant engineering disciplines. 
  • Higher National Diploma (HND) in relevant engineering programmes with at least Lower Credit level

Master of Engineering (M. Eng) 

To be considered for admission to study for Master of Engineering at FUTA an applicant must  have:
  • A Bachelors degree (BSc, BTech, BEng) in relevant engineering programmes with at least Second Class Lower Division of The Federal University of Technology, Akure. 
  • A Bachelors degree from other recognized Universities, in relevant engineering discipline. 
  • Higher National Diploma in at least Lower Credit level in relevant engineering programmes from recognised higher institution of learning.
  • HND holder candidates must also have a  Postgraduate Diploma at Upper Credit level in the relevant engineering discipline.

Duration of Each of the Programmes 

Postgraduate Diploma Programmes (PGD) will last for a duration of between eighteen (18) to twenty-four (24) months for full time students, while students that are studying for

Masters Degree Engineering (MEng) Programmes shall also be required to spend between eighteen (18) and twenty-four (24) months.

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