\u201cTHE SPLIT PHD PROGRAMME\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is being introduced for sponsorship in the 2012\/13 Academic Year.<\/p>\nApplicants may please note that only those who meet the requirements below shall be shortlisted and invited for Electronic Aptitude Test, in the case of Undergraduate and Master\u2019s, while oral interview will be conducted for PhD (full or split) on dates to be announced later. Following the aptitude tests and interview, the best qualified candidates will be selected and awarded PTDF Scholarships. \n \nPLEASE NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0THAT UNDERGRADUATE APPLICANTS MUST BE IN THEIR 2ND YEAR IN ANY OF THE LISTED NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES, WHILE THE POSSESSION OF A VALID UNIVERSITY ADMISSION LETTER IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL PHD APPLICANTS.<\/p>\nBASIC REQUIREMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\nA.) UNDER GRADUATE (Nigeria Only)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\nPossession of 5 credits in WAEC\/SSCE\/NECO including English Language and Mathematics<\/li>\n Must have concluded the 1st year of their study in any of the PTDF upgraded Federal Universities listed above.<\/li>\n Must have scored a minimum CGPA of 3.0 on scale of 5 or 4.5 on a scale of 7 in their 1st Year.<\/li>\n Must scan and attach a copy of their admission letter<\/li>\n Students admitted into the University through Direct Entry i.e. 200 level must have either of the following:<\/li>\n – Minimum of Upper Credit at the Diploma level<\/li>\n – Minimum of 10 points in interim Joint Matriculation Board (I.J.M.B) examination.<\/li>\n – Minimum of 8 points at the Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (G.C.E).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nB.) MSc (Nigeria and Overseas)<\/strong><\/p>\n\nA minimum of Second Class Upper (2.1) in an Oil and Gas related field OR a 2.2 with oil and gas industry experience<\/li>\n National Youth Service (NYSC) certificate<\/li>\n Applicants must be computer literate<\/li>\n Possession of O\/level with Credit in English Language in WAEC\/SSCE (C6) or NECO (C4);<\/li>\n Applicants must not be above 30 years of age<\/li>\n Applicants without credit in English language as in (4) above but possess any of the following may apply<\/li>\n – Test of English language as a foreign language (TOEFL)<\/li>\n – G.R.E ( Graduate Record Examination)<\/li>\n – GMAT \u2013 for Management related courses<\/li>\n – International English Language Testing System (IELTS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nC.) PhD Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\nApplicants must be in the academics teaching oil and gas related discipline;<\/li>\n Applicants must possess minimum of 2.2 on first degree and a good second degree certificate;<\/li>\n Applicants must submit a research proposal relevant to the oil and gas industry (of not more than 5 pages) to include: Topic, introduction, objective, methodology and mode of data collection;<\/li>\n Applicants must include valid admission letter;<\/li>\n Applicants must not be over 40 years of age; and;<\/li>\n Applicants must include their masters degree project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nDOCUMENTS TO SCAN AND ATTACH TO THE APPLICATION FORM<\/strong><\/p>\nApplicants are advised to scan copies of the following documents and attach to their online application forms:<\/p>\n
\nFirst Degree Certificate or Statement of Result<\/li>\n NYSC discharge certificate<\/li>\n WAEC\/GCE\/SSCE\/NECO Results or provide PIN numbers on the application forms to enable PTDF view the results on the relevant website; and<\/li>\n Recent Passport Photograph<\/li>\n Local Government Identification Letter<\/li>\n Master\u2019s Degree Certificate (PhD Applicants only)<\/li>\n Admission Letter (Undergraduate and PhD Applicants only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n \nLIST OF APPROVED COURSES FOR SPONSORSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\nA.) MSc Program<\/strong><\/p>\nScholarships will be offered for admission into the under listed courses (for overseas MSc). Candidates are advised, to apply for admission into Universities in the UK and France that offer these courses, while applying for the Petroleum Technology Development Fund Scholarship.<\/p>\n
\nAsset Management (Engineering Asset Management)<\/li>\n Basin Evolution and Dynamics<\/li>\n Diving and Underwater Technology<\/li>\n Energy Systems Engineering<\/li>\n Environmental Engineering<\/li>\n Environmental Remote Sensing<\/li>\n Fire & Explosion Engineering<\/li>\n Health Safety and Environment<\/li>\n Marine Computational Fluid Dynamics<\/li>\n Maritime Operations<\/li>\n Occupational Health and Safety<\/li>\n Offshore and Ocean Technology<\/li>\n Offshore Engineering<\/li>\n Pipeline Engineering<\/li>\n Purchasing and Supply Chain Management<\/li>\n Refinery Design and Operations<\/li>\n Subsea Engineering<\/li>\n Thermal Power (Gas Turbine Option)<\/li>\n Welding Engineering<\/li>\n Design of Rotating Machines<\/li>\n Control Systems<\/li>\n Hydraulic Engineering (France)<\/li>\n Fluid Mechanics and Energetics (France)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nB.) PhD PRIORITY RESEARCH AREAS<\/strong><\/p>\nThe PhD research areas in addition to the afore-listed MSc program areas may also include any of the following related areas:<\/p>\n
\nEnvironmental Studies and HSE (Health, Safety and Environment).<\/li>\n Marginal Fields Development.<\/li>\n Flow Assurance and Pipeline Engineering.<\/li>\n Geology and Petroleum Geology.<\/li>\n Civil and Marine Engineering.<\/li>\n Renewable Energy.<\/li>\n Reservoir Engineering\/Production Technology.<\/li>\n Refining Technology.<\/li>\n Ship Building & Marine Technology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nPLEASE NOTE THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nRecipients of a similar scholarship need not apply<\/li>\n Applicants who already possess a master\u2019s degree should not apply for msc programme, but are qualified to apply for the phd.<\/li>\n Candidates applying for undergraduate sponsorship may seek more information (if required) from the ptdf lss coordinators in the nigerian universities listed above<\/li>\n Closing date for applications is\u00a031st October 2011.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nClick here for more information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)\u00a0is a parastatal of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources established by Decree 25 of 1973 dedicated for the purpose of development, promotion and implementation of petroleum…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[21,546],"tags":[305],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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