ABUAD Peace and Conflict Studies Programmes
Afe Babalola University is currently the only conventional Nigerian University offering both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Peace and Conflict Studies. We offer B.Sc. Peace and Conflict Studies at the undergraduate and PGD and M.Sc. degrees in Conflict Peace and Strategic Studies at the postgraduate levels. We are one of the best staffed P
eace and Conflict Studies Programme in Africa. Our staffs are experts in different areas of Peace and Conflict Studies. Our goal is to be a Centre of Excellence in Peace Studies in Africa by 2021. We want to turn out high-flying graduates of Peace and Conflict Studies working in dream organisations around the world. Why YOU should choose ABUAD Peace and Conflict Studies
Trust us, we understand how the employment markets work and how best to prepare our students to maximise the opportunities it offers. Most graduates are unemployable because they lack requisite competencies that employer desire. This is because both the curriculum and teaching methods of their courses do not help them develop requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) demanded by today’s employment world. ABUAD Peace programme is designed to prevent these deficiencies in students’ training. Drawing from findings of scientific studies from across the globe, we identified KSAs that are in high demand by employers in university graduates; particularly, graduates of Peace and Conflict Studies. We, therefore, equip our students with these employer-desired KSAs. Our graduates are therefore, naturally equipped not only to survive but succeed in the highly competitive global employment market. We made a deliberate effort to strike appropriate balance between academic/intellectual competencies and specialised professional capacity. Thus we prepare our students for dream careers in International Peace and Conflict Management in conflict resolution (Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)), conflict transformation and peacebuilding, humanitarian services/responses, human rights, gender studies/advocacy, community development, governance, media (conflict sensitive reporting), peace education, law, and more. Our graduates are adequately trained and equipped to work in organisations such as the United Nations—UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank, WHO, World Food Programme,—African Union, ECOWAS, USAID, German GTI, Action Aid, Saferworld, Oxfam, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, Norwegian Refugee Council, UK DFID, British Council, Norway NORAD, NDDC, Niger Delta Ministry, all military, intelligence and security agencies and other choice organisations both home and abroad. Our 7-pronged Strategy for equipping our students for Career Success
• Curriculum and teaching method
• Excellent teaching staff
• Strategic partnerships with practitioner organisations
• Exposure to international networks of peace scholars and practitioners
• Beneficial tripartite relationship between student, staff, and parent
• Strategic professional capacity building for career success
• Alumni Network
