PhD in Microbiology at Landmark University (LMU)

• Microbiology

Candidates for Ph.D. admission must satisfy the following conditions:

• Candidates must have five credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and any other relevant science subjects that may be Physics, Agricultural Sciences, Further Mathematics or Food and Nutrition at ‘O’ Level at SSCE, GCE and NECO in not more than 2 sittings.
• Candidates with Bachelor’s degree from an approved university must obtain a minimum of second class lower division with a CGPA of 3.0/5.0.
• Candidates must have Academic Master’s degree in relevant areas of Microbiology that may include Medical Laboratory Science, Food Science, Medical and Basic Medical, Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Medicine, etc., with a minimum CGPA of 4.0/5.0 and thesis score not lower than 60% (B grade)
• Candidate must have academic M.Phil. degree with a minimum average score of not less than 60% (B) and CGPA of 4.0-5.0 from any recognized university.
• Candidates must demonstrate adequate intellectual capacity, maturity and effective decision making and problem solving potentials.

Areas of Specialization

Ph.D. programmes can be developed in any specialized field of Microbiology depending on needs and demand provided the university runs NUC approved undergraduate degree programmes in the area e.g.

• Medical Microbiology
• Environmental Microbiology
• Food and Industrial Microbiology
• Pharmaceutical Microbiology
• Plant Pathology

1. Visit the Admission application portal via http://admission.lmu.edu.ng/app to complete the application payment form.
2. Complete the application payment form with the necessary and accurate details.  Please note that your UTME registration number, a valid email address and GSM number will be required.
3. After completing and submitting the application payment form, a preview of the application is display. Verify its authenticity and correctness, then click on “Pay” button to make payment.
4. You will be redirected to the payment page where you are expected to make payment of N10,000 application along with a processing charge depending on the payment channel selected. Please note that you will need an ATM Card (Verve, Visa, MasterCard or E-Tranzact Card) to complete your payment.
5. After completing the payment, you will be redirected back to our admission portal and a message and sms containing your login credential and further details will be forwarded to the supplied email address and phone number respectively.
6. You are expected to return to our Admission application portal via http://admission.lmu.edu.ng/app to login with the credentials, upload your passport (which must be in JPEG format and not more than 200KB in size) and complete your application form
7.  After completing the application form, you are expected to submit and print out copies of the completed form, which contains the details supplied by you and your application form number.
8. Please note that there will be POST-UTME screening exercise, which will take place at a later date to be announced. Further information will be communicated via the email address and phone number supplied when filling the application fee form.

PLEASE NOTE: You are expected to upload the following documents and come along with the original copies and photocopies of all necessary documents at scheduled Post-UTME screening exercise

• Printed Application Form
• Copy of UTME Result Slip
• Copy of ‘O’ Level results
• 2 Passport Photographs
• Original copy of sponsorship letter from Parents/Guardian
• Letter from your religious leader
• Copy of Birth certificate
• State of origin certificate