Welcome Message from The Dean
To our students, prospective students, industry partners, local, national and international collaborators, sponsors of our students, and other stakeholders, I welcome you to the Copperbelt University School of Graduate Studies. This school is responsible for training postgraduate students at master’s and doctoral levels of study, representing the pinnacle of academic study. The School of Graduate Studies is committed to a dedicated academic service to our students to ensure the provision of quality services culminating into quality and fully baked. Our students are so well trained in contemporary and leading-edge skills that they participate at the frontline of creating solutions to local, national and international problems upon graduation. The school draws its training programmes from other schools and directorates, namely, School of Built Environment, School of Business, Dag Hammarskjöld Institute for Peace and Security, School of Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Information and Communication Technology, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Mines and Mineral Sciences, and School of Natural Sciences.
As such, we offer diverse training programmes ranging from accounting and finance, business administration, economics, mineral sciences, project management, environmental engineering, science education, climate sciences, urban planning, medicine and public health. We have assembled a team of appropriately qualified and experienced lecturers to handle the diverse learning needs of both master’s and doctoral students. For our prospective doctoral students, we invite you to browse through the profiles of our research supervisors in order to gauge how your research needs align with our expertise. Our researchers are available to engage you in an initial informal conversation as you share your interim research thoughts through a concept note. We have a portfolio of international students coming from the sub-region including Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. This assemblage of students is a testament to our commitment to provide knowledge of international standard.
Once again, I welcome everyone to the School of Graduate Studies.
Dr Joseph Phiri
The School of Graduate Studies at the Copperbelt University offers postgraduate academic programmes of study at international standards to meet industrial needs. The school’s vision is to evolve and efficiently deliver postgraduate studies while engaging and conducting both basic and applied research whose output would be of great significance to industry, the government and the general society particularly in the areas of business, finance, health and medicine, environmental management, climate science, emerging technologies, and urban planning. Thus, it must be stressed that all the curricula of postgraduate programmes have been meticulously designed to suit the needs of industry and society.
Admission requirements for Master’s programmes
One must possess a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in a related field from a recognised institution. For MBA (Finance), applicants who hold professional accounting qualifications as ZICA, ACCA and CIMA are eligible, provided they hold 5 ‘O’ level Credits (Grade 12 or Form V with Mathematics and English inclusive).
Duration of Master’s Programmes
Full Time Basis
Each master’s programme is designed to run for eighteen months of which the first 12 months are devoted to course work while the last 6 months are for completing the dissertation.
Evening Basis
Each programme is designed to run for two 24 months with the first eighteen months devoted to course work while the last 6 months are for completing the dissertation.
Distance
A minimum of three (3) years is designated for each of the programmes studied under distance mode.
Admission requirements for all Doctor of Philosophy Programmes
- One must possess a relevant Master’s degree from a recognised University.
- Submit 20-30 pages of a Research Proposal on the appropriate subject of interest.
Method of Application
Candidates are requested to apply online by logging into the Copperbelt University website at www.cbu.ac.zm and clicking the Apply Now icon.
Applicants are further advised to complete and submit the form online and thereafter print the Zambia National Commercial Bank (ZANACO) student Bill Muster form. This is what will be used to make a payment of K200.00 at specific ZANACO branches. Please note that the application window for all the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes is open throughout the year.
The Deputy Registrar (Academic Affairs), Telephone: 260212 290814/17
academicoffice @cbu.ac.zm Or Assistant Registrar School of Graduate Studies
Mobile: 260975 456111/0955779989
Telephone: 26021 2290915