{"id":11320,"date":"2022-06-30T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/out-postgraduate-entry-requirements\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T13:41:10","slug":"out-postgraduate-entry-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/out-postgraduate-entry-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"OUT Postgraduate Entry Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mycustomscroll_contentwrapper\">\n<p><strong>POSTGRADUATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Master Dergree<\/strong><br \/>Minimum Qualifications for a Master\u2019s Degree<br \/>i. For admission to the Master\u2019s Degree of the Open University of Tanzania a candidate shall either hold an honours degree of the Open University of Tanzania or a qualification from an approved institution of higher learning, deemed to be equivalent to an honours degree of the Open University of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>ii. Candidates who hold unclassified degrees should have a credit or, a distinction in the subject of the intended Master\u2019s Degree. Candidates with a Pass Degree will also be considered for admission if:-<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u00a0Their undergraduate performance in the proposed subject of study was a B grade average or above<br \/>and<br \/>\u2022 \u00a0They have satisfied the relevant Faculty\/Institute that they have exhibited academic potential through extensive field work, subsequent research experience and\/or additional training.<\/p>\n<p>iii. Candidates for Masters Degree by thesis should in addition to the above have extensive or rich experience in research in the area of study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Ph.D.)<\/strong><br \/>Entry Qualifications for Ph.D. Studies<\/p>\n<p>i. A candidate for admission to the Ph.D. degree programme of the Open University of Tanzania shall hold a relevant Master\u2019s Degree of the Open University of Tanzania or relevant Master\u2019s Degree of equivalent standing from another approved University<\/p>\n<p>ii. Candidates with only the first degree but with First Class or Upper Second Honours or holders of a distinction or a credit in the relevant subject in the case of unclassified degree may also be considered for Ph.D. registration after initially registering for the Master\u2019s Degree and doing at least one full year\u2019s postgraduate training, if they have been authorized by Senate on recommendation of the relevant Faculty\/Institute Board to upgrade their registration to Ph.D. candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POSTGRADUATE Master DergreeMinimum Qualifications for a Master\u2019s Degreei. For admission to the Master\u2019s Degree of the Open University of Tanzania a candidate shall either hold an honours degree of the Open University&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}