The PhD Business Administration (International Agribusiness) program is designed towards providing scholarly solutions to the most intractable problems facing agribusiness practice across the world. The program is designed for highly motivated individuals who are committed towards undertaking high quality industry-led researches that will help in improving the performance, scale and productivity of the global agribusiness industry.
Structured as a need based research degree, the PhD program in Business Administration (International Agribusiness) will be focused around FIVE Key research areas:
- Farmers Livelihood and Performance Improvements: Understanding variations in farm business performance, sustainability of agricultural production, processes efficiency and improving profitability of agribusiness operations
- Circular Food Supply Chain and Economic Models for reducing wastes in the Agricultural Value Chains in Africa.
- Resilience in Crops, Livestocks, Aquaculture and Dairy Production Systems in Africa
- Technologies for Agrifood Value Chain Optimization
- Net-Zero Supply Chain for the Agrifood Industry
PhD students participate in the departmental seminar series, present their research at national and international conferences and have the opportunity of collaborating with other researchers and faculty members in other research themes within the PhD Business Administration (International Agribusiness) unit.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
FIRST SEMESTER
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | UNITS | STATUS |
| AGR 901 | Advance Agribusiness Management 1 | 3 | C |
| AGR 902 | Seminar in Emerging Global Issues in Agribusiness | 3 | C |
| BUS 902 | Management Thoughts and Philosophy | 3 | C |
| MGR 901 | Advance Research Methodology | 3 | C |
| HRM 902 | Advance Human Resource Management | 3 | E |
| MKT 901 | Advance International Marketing & Export | 3 | E |
SECOND SEMESTER
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | UNITS | STATUS |
| AGR 903 | Advance Agribusiness Management II | 3 | C |
| AGR 904 | Advance Managerial Economics | 3 | C |
| BUS 915 | Seminar in Agribusiness Environment | 3 | C |
| BUS 811 | Imperative of Globalization | 3 | E |
| HRM 812 | Advance Diversity Management | 3 | E
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THIRD SEMESTER
| COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | UNITS | STATUS |
| SEM 920 | PhD Seminar 1 | 3 | C |
FOURTH SEMESTER
| SEM 930 | PhD Seminar 2 | 3 | C |
FIFTH SEMESTER
| BUS 940 | Thesis (Pre-field) | 3 | C |
SIXTH SEMESTER
| BUS 950 | Thesis (Post-Field) | 3 | C |
| Bus 951 | Thesis (VIVA) | 3 | C |
FINAL AWARD
The Final Award on this program is PhD Business Administration (International Agribusiness) of Lead City University, Ibadan.
PROGRAM DURATION
36 Months (Six Semesters)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
- M.Sc degrees in business administration, agribusiness, agricultural economics and other relevant areas with PhD grade
- Candidates with MBA Agribusiness, MSc (MPhil grades) are considered for admission into the MPhil Business Administration (International Agribusiness) program.
APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
- Completed Postgraduate Application Form of Lead City University Ibadan
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae
- Bachelor’s Degree Certificate
- Bachelor’s Degree Transcript
- Master’s Degree Certificate
- Master’s Degree Transcript
- Senior Secondary School Certificate
- Primary School Leaving Certificate
- NYSC
- Discharge/Exemption Certificate
- Three Academic References
- Passport Photograph
- Postgraduate Application Fee of N20,000 payable to Account Name: Lead City University, Account Number: 0014074992, Access Bank
- Downloaded evidence of payment should be submitted alongside completed application forms.
MODE OF STUDY
Blended
TUTION
#400,000 per semester
INTERESTED IN ENROLLING?
Interested in enrolling for the PhD Business Administration (International Agribusiness) program of Lead City University Ibadan, complete the pre-application form below. For further program enquiry, kindly send an email to: agribusiness@lcu.edu.ng
FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:
Program Coordinator
Post Graduate Agribusiness Programs,
Lead City University, Ibadan
e-mail: agribusiness@lcu.edu.ng
Tel: 09129158989