Admission of the 1st Batch of MSc and 8th Batch of PhD Students of the Centre

In December 2024, following the advertisement for MSc and PhD admissions for the 2024/2025 academic year, and after a rigorous screening process, the Africa Centre of Excellence in Oilfield Chemicals Research (ACE-CEFOR), University of Port Harcourt, admitted 43 new post graduate students for the new academic session. 16 new students were admitted in the 1^st batch of the Centre’s fully domiciled MSc programmes in Oilfield Chemistry; Oilfield Biology; Offshore Oilfield Science & Blue Economy; and Process Engineering. Also admitted were 27 new PhD students for the 8^th  batch of ACE-CEFOR PhD students, in the various PhD programmes of the centre including the new PhD programmes in Oilfield Chemistry; Oilfield Biology; Offshore Oilfield Science & Blue Economy; and Process Engineering.

Recall that alongside the old PhD programmes of the Centre, 8 new programmes had also been advertised for the new session. The new programmes are;

1. PhD in Oilfield Chemistry

2. PhD in Oilfield Biology

3. PhD in Offshore Oilfield Science & Blue Economy

4. PhD in Process Engineering

5. MSc in Oilfield Chemistry

6. MSc in Oilfield Biology

7. MSc in Offshore Oilfield Science & Blue Economy

8. MSc in Process Engineering

These 8 programmes, fully domiciled at ACE-CEFOR, are designed to address emerging trends and needs in science and engineering, attracting a diverse cohort of students. Lectures for the new students, will commence in January 2025.

Academic and research activities continued for the Centre’s students in the month of December 2024.