Applying to NUST
Postgraduate Applications
Please note that all applicants, including continuing students, must provide all the supporting documents as shown on the course directory. Your application will not be considered complete until all documents have been submitted.
If you are from an English-speaking country, these are the key requirements:
AcademicEvidence of completing a degree that meets the University Minimum Requirements
Financial
Evidence that you are aware of how much funding will be required for your course, and that you have made plans to provide that amount
Applying to NUST
- Admissions timeline
- Guide for applicants
- For international students
- For disabled students
- For mature students
- Publications
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Submission of Application
The application and supporting documentation shall be submitted to the appropriate Department for preliminary consideration. The Departmental Board will make recommendation to the Faculty Higher Degrees Committee. If the Higher Degrees Committee consider that the application has sufficient merit, it will recommend to the Academic for the approval of the Research topic and the Supervisor(s) to facilitate provisional registration. Once provisionally registered, a candidate is expected to develop a full proposal together with the approved supervisor(s) within six months and thereafter apply for full registration.
Applications are submitted on the official forms and there are no deadlines for the submission of applications. Acceptance and rejections are determined by the academic on behalf of Senate on the recommendations of the Faculty Higher Degrees Committees.
Before submission of an application form for a research degree, you must identify a supervisor with expertise in a specific area of research.
Your Home Department
All research degree candidates belong to “home” department. this is the department which will interview and accept you and which your supervisor will be ordinarily be based. In some cases, where the requisite expertise resides outside the department, a supervisor may be from outside the department or the university. It is important to contact the department where you wish to study for purposes of identifying a supervisor with whom you will discuss your research interests.
Entry Requirements
The normal entry requirements for a Master of Philosophy Degree is an appropriate Honours Degree in the First or Upper Second Division. Other qualifications may be considered by the Senate on the recommendation of the Department and Faculty Higher Degrees Committee.
For a Doctor of Philosophy Degree, the normal entrance requirement is an appropriate Masters Degree
Supporting Documents
Applications for PhD and MPhil Degree programmes must provide the following supporting documents with their application:
Proof that you meet our academic entry requirements. You will be required to provide:- Copies of all relevant diplomas, certificates and transcripts
- International applicants must provide official copies of their entire course transcripts that include explanations of the mark schemes used.
- If your supporting documents are not in English, we require an officially translated version as well as copies in the original language.
- The title of your proposed thesis
- The main aims of your research
- The methods of research
- How your research will relate to current thinking on the subject.