History
Beginning May 1995, the dream to create the School of Graduate Studies was shared by the different composition of membership of the University Council and Management as well as the Academic members of Staff. The School of Graduate Studies began as a Department of Postgraduate Studies under the School of Business, when the Master of Business Administration Programme was launched in May 1995. With unflinching support and commitment from the University Council and Management, serious Strategic Policies and Plans were put in place to shape and direct the destiny of the School.
As part of the University Strategic Plan, in the year 2007, June 28th, the University Council endorsed the establishment of the School of Graduate Studies. This was implemented to ensure that all Postgraduate Studies are effectively coordinated under the leadership of the Dean of School of Graduate Studies. To this effect, the Graduate School’s structure was a very unique one. Postgraduate Co-coordinators for all the Schools, i.e., School of Business, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, School of Mines and Mineral, School of Natural Resources, School of Engineering and School of Medicine were appointed, whilst Postgraduate Studies Development Committees were appointed by the Deans of the various schools to oversee to the Postgraduate Development programme in their Schools.
Before the establishment of the School, only three (3) Postgraduate Programmes were being run by the School of Business and the Built Environment. The programmes were MBA General, MBA Finance and M.Sc. Project Management. Since its establishment in June 2007 (i.e., in a period of 8 years), the programmes run under the auspices of the School have increased beyond expectation.
Current
With the creation of the Dag Hammarskjold Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies in the University, the School launched the Master of Arts programmes in Peace and conflict Studies in May 2011. The programmes are now fully established with five specialized areas of studies as specified above .Similarly, in 2014, The School of Engineering is a new school to join the illustrious performance of the Graduate School by contributing to its excellent programmes portfolio with the successful launch of its one year Integrated taught Maters in Engineering Degree with Honours (MEng) that is combined with the Bachelor Degree with Honours.
The taught integrated Masters in Engineering Degree with Honours (MEng) will be launched in the School of Engineering from 2015-2016 academic year.