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Faculty of Social Sciences

WELCOME TO THE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Faculty of Social Science, University of Abuja started in 1990 as a part of the Faculty pf Arts and Social Sciences. After several reorganizations, the Faculty of Social Science as it is presently constituted came into being in July 2000. The Faculty is made up of four departments which are Economics, Geography, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology. Plans are being made to start new programmes in Demography, Psychology, Mass Communication and Urban and Regional Planning. The Faculty is situated on the Mini Campus of the University which is in Gwagwalada, a satellite town of the FCT located along Lokoja-Kaduna Highway.

Currently, Professor A.A. Ujo is the Dean of the Faculty.

The following programmes are available in the Faculty:

1) Department of Economics (Established 1990)

B.Sc Economics
Post-graduate Diploma in Banking & Finance
Masters in Financial Economics
M.Sc Economics
Ph.D Economics

2) Department ofGeography (Established 1990)

B.Sc Geography
Post-graduate Diploma in Environmental Planning and Protection (PGDEPP)
Masters in Environmental Planning and Protection
Masters in Environmental Resource Planning
M.Sc Geography
M.Sc Population and Manpower Planning
Ph.D Geography
Ph.D Population & Manpower Planning
Ph.D Environmental Resource Planning

3) Department of Political Science & International Relations (Established 1990)

B.Sc Political Scinece
M.Sc Public Administration & Policy Analysis
Masters of Public Administration (MPA)
M.Sc. Political Economy & Development Studies
M.Sc. International Relations
Ph.D. Public Administration & Policy Analysis
Ph.D. Political Economy & Development Studies
Ph.D. International Relations

4) Department of Sociology (Established 1990)

B.Sc. Sociology
PGD Intercultural Communication & Conflict Resolution (PGDIC)
M.Sc. Criminology
M.Sc. Demography
M.Sc. Gender Studies
M.Sc. Urban Sociology
M.Sc. Medical Sociology
M.Sc. Sociology of Developement
Ph.D. Sociology
Ph.D. Sociolgy of Development
Ph.D. Medical Sociology
Ph.D. Gender Studies
Ph.D. Demography

Dean
Prof. Abdulhameed A. Ujo

B.Sc,M.Sc(ABU) Ph.D. Manchester