chemashie: Unilag postgraduate form is on, d form goes for 20k. The school fees should be around 150k. Am a current pg student in chemistry dept(MSc Physical Chem).

Jaymarius: Pls,i need advice.i had my b.sc in pure and applied chemistry,nd i wiish to av my masters in food analysis or quality control.pls which institution offers any of these?

MarcAnthon: Why don't you all take two months off whatever you do (that's if you even need that much time), write GRE, do great, apply to schools in the US and if you actually had 2:1 or better coming off undergrad and your GRE scores are tight, you can get full funding for masters in the US, or about 70% funding at least. Seek info about this and expand your horizons. Undergrad abroad may be for the rich but masters? No. I'm yet to see a masters student in the US who is paying for his/her studies. It's either you are on a scholarship or you are a Teaching or Research Assistant. You get your school fees paid and they give you money for upkeep every month end.
Masters in the UK requires money. About 20K pounds, cos all they want to do is collect your money. But in the US they really are interested in building you up and most of the schools are rich and have massive endowment funds.
Y'all don't limit yourselves. While a masters in the US is not the end of the world, it definitely will give you a good head start. So think about it, and seek more info. GRE is also doable if you know what you're doing.

paleo: @businesstools.pls are u sure dat uniben form is presently out cos i really doubt that thou..bin followin their site still no info yet..pls house,when is UNIBADAN form comin out...bin waitin 4 their form lyk 4eva..unilorin's form is presently out thou and its 25k.more info on unilorin.edu.ng...heard unilag is also out thou but i av not confirmed dat myself...

maasoap: UI forms is #10k and will be out in September. The school fee is #93k. God bless.

saintugo: Gudday house,presently i knw of 2skols sellin deir masters form nw,but hv full details abt Uniben,d application starts on d 5th of dis month 2end on d 30th,u hv 2log into deir site,register and print out an e transact payment slip wit which u pay at d bank,forms cost 11,500naira,d link is: uniben-kofa.waeup.org/applicants

MarcAnthon: Why don't you all take two months off whatever you do (that's if you even need that much time), write GRE, do great, apply to schools in the US and if you actually had 2:1 or better coming off undergrad and your GRE scores are tight, you can get full funding for masters in the US, or about 70% funding at least. Seek info about this and expand your horizons. Undergrad abroad may be for the rich but masters? No. I'm yet to see a masters student in the US who is paying for his/her studies. It's either you are on a scholarship or you are a Teaching or Research Assistant. You get your school fees paid and they give you money for upkeep every month end.
Masters in the UK requires money. About 20K pounds, cos all they want to do is collect your money. But in the US they really are interested in building you up and most of the schools are rich and have massive endowment funds.
Y'all don't limit yourselves. While a masters in the US is not the end of the world, it definitely will give you a good head start. So think about it, and seek more info. GRE is also doable if you know what you're doing.

Sijo01:

Uniben form is out n sales wil stp on 30th May 12:

paleo: thanks for the information sister..please,do you have idea on how long the programme will last in uniben and probably the fee..do you think it could be a year or @ max,18 months.wil b doin my masters under faculty of Arts,department of Religions..am not ready to spend 2 years on my masters programme..unilorin would have been better wen it comes to time duration of masters degree.but i stil would prefare either unibadan or uniben..

Synthase:
have you considered an M.sc Analytical chemistry? Food analysis and quality control is part of d course work and you won't be limited to food analysis and quality control.

paleo: @businesstools.pls are u sure dat uniben form is presently out cos i really doubt that thou..bin followin their site still no info yet..pls house,when is UNIBADAN form comin out...bin waitin 4 their form lyk 4eva..unilorin's form is presently out thou and its 25k.more info on unilorin.edu.ng...heard unilag is also out thou but i av not confirmed dat myself...

MarcAnthon: Why don't you all take two months off whatever you do (that's if you even need that much time), write GRE, do great, apply to schools in the US and if you actually had 2:1 or better coming off undergrad and your GRE scores are tight, you can get full funding for masters in the US, or about 70% funding at least. Seek info about this and expand your horizons. Undergrad abroad may be for the rich but masters? No. I'm yet to see a masters student in the US who is paying for his/her studies. It's either you are on a scholarship or you are a Teaching or Research Assistant. You get your school fees paid and they give you money for upkeep every month end.
Masters in the UK requires money. About 20K pounds, cos all they want to do is collect your money. But in the US they really are interested in building you up and most of the schools are rich and have massive endowment funds.
Y'all don't limit yourselves. While a masters in the US is not the end of the world, it definitely will give you a good head start. So think about it, and seek more info. GRE is also doable if you know what you're doing.

tanimola22:

This will be a long one, a very long thing indeed. Why not start from ICAN or ACCA or CIBN and then move ahead from there? You will need a more rigorous background to handle Economics at Master's degree level. I am afraid, your background is in a field that has nix to do with Economics. Food science has zero direct correlation with your prospective course(s). Nonetheless all hope is not lost sha. You can still do something. Keep reading.

Banking and Finance as a course sounds nice, but you will still need to demonstrate an understanding of Accounting and other related courses. A very good way to gain experience in all these commercial courses, excluding Economics which is not even a commercial course, is to start ICAN or ACCA.

If you like, you may do a PgDip for almost a year and then switch to any of the above courses. If someone like you wants a Master's degree in Economics, then you must do a PgDip in Economics. This is a naija rule. To the best of my knowledge, someone with your background has no shortcut route other than to go the long way. I mean, you are switching fields. You can't just do that overnight, you can't just move into a new field that others spent many years learning about. You can only do this if your background is extremely very related to the new field you intending switching to, unless you want to attend any of those less reputable naija schools. I unfortunately do not know anything about such schools. My submission is entirely based on the decent schools in naija.

So, in summary: ICAN or ACCA or even CIBN helps you get a solid professional knowledge. PgDip builds your foundation for a successful Master's degree in a field that is entirely unrelated to your undergrad course. PgDip takes at most one year to complete. It is advisable for you to do it in the same field you hope to do your Master's degree.

All the best.


Beleive u me @ tanimola22 I appreciate the exaustive xplanaition. Cant be more grateful! And sorry am commenting now. This is cos am just logging in since morning. Pls I still want to ask, how abt doing the PGD/ACCA/ICAN/CIBN and pursuing MBA on-line as someone suggested here? And pls can you give me the full meaning of ACCA and CIBN as am aware that of ICAN. Tanx!
T22.

MarcAnthon: Why don't you all take two months off whatever you do (that's if you even need that much time), write GRE, do great, apply to schools in the US and if you actually had 2:1 or better coming off undergrad and your GRE scores are tight, you can get full funding for masters in the US, or about 70% funding at least. Seek info about this and expand your horizons. Undergrad abroad may be for the rich but masters? No. I'm yet to see a masters student in the US who is paying for his/her studies. It's either you are on a scholarship or you are a Teaching or Research Assistant. You get your school fees paid and they give you money for upkeep every month end.
Masters in the UK requires money. About 20K pounds, cos all they want to do is collect your money. But in the US they really are interested in building you up and most of the schools are rich and have massive endowment funds.
Y'all don't limit yourselves. While a masters in the US is not the end of the world, it definitely will give you a good head start. So think about it, and seek more info. GRE is also doable if you know what you're doing.