Postgraduate students of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, (ESUT) have been encouraged not to forsake their programme.

Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies, ESUT, Prof Charles Chime gave the advice during one-day Orientation programme for the newly admitted students for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Addressing the students during the programme held at the PG Conference Room on Wednesday, Professor Chime enjoined them to be steadfast and always reach out to their HODs or lecturers when they face challenges that may threaten their programme.

The Dean who congratulated on being offered admission into the PG. warned them against playing truancy but should take their academics seriously 

 “We welcome you to ESUT School of Postgraduate Studies. And we are honoured to serve you. The respective programmes your have been admitted into is expected to give you an edge. Your various prorgrmmes ranging from Postgraduate Diploma, Master of Sciences to Doctor of Philosophy, are geared towards enriching you and making you a global individual.

“From day one you made up your mind to enrol in your programme, you will be having one challenges or the other. These challenges will come but the concern is how you will handle them. We have had cases of students who abandoned their programmes half way due to one challenge of the other. They will just leave the programme without informing everybody. Some will come back after so many years to continue from where they stopped.

“I want to advise you, please don’t abandon you programme. When you face challenges, talk to your HODs or lecturers and they will help you. They are there to guide you and ensure you did the right and will graduate on record time. It’s imperative to urge you to also own your work. Let your Dissertation or Thesis speak for you. When choosing your project topic, look out for ones that are very relevant to your field and that can contribute to discourse,” he said. 

In her speech, the Associate Dean of the SPGS, Dr Dorathy Abonyi advised the new intakes to take their programmes seriously stressing that the SPGS does not allow students to stay longer than their expected programme duration.

As at the time of this report, 582 students have been offered admission in Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Master of Science (MSc) and Doctorate degrees (Ph,D)

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