DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES

The undergraduate programme in Geology & Mining at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University is designed primarily to provide students with the basic requirements needed by a professional geologist in any of the fields in which geologists and mining engineers are required in a rapidly developing country like Nigeria. With this objective, the student is taught to some depth the more conventional and applied aspects of geology such as Hydrogeology, Applied Geophysics, Applied Geochemistry, Engineering Geology, Mining Geology, Mineral Processing, Petroleum Geology, etc. This will facilitate further specialization in any of the professional fields in which the student may choose to work in later years, largely in mining and oil companies, water supply agencies, construction companies. international organizations (UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNESCO. lEA. etc), public service (Federal and State Ministries responsible for Solid Minerals Development, Petroleum, Water Resources, Agriculture, Works and Housing) geological survey agencies at home and abroad, steel raw materials exploration agencies, space research and development agencies, metallurgical development organizations, self-sustained ownership of mineral buying centres, self-employment as artisanal and small- scale mining operators, consultancy, and in teaching and other research institution.

VISION

The Vision ofthe programme is aligned to the Vision of the University to be a world-class citadel oflearning driven by people, research and technology.

MISSION

The Mission of the prograrmne is to produce highly trained graduates sought after for high-level jobs in the public and private sctors and who can equally be self-employed and self-sustained to become employers of labor based on the acquisition of high-level entrepreneurial skills during the training programme.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Candidates for admission into the B.Sc degree programme in Geology must satisfy the universities minimum entry requirement which stipulates 5 credits in GCE 0 Level, NECO or WAEC and these must include Biology, Chemistry and Physics in addition to credit passes in Mathematics and English Language.