PhD in Medical Parasitology

Admission Criteria

Admission requirements for PhD in Medical Parasitology

Intake capacity

The projected number of PhD candidate enrolment for the first three years of 2019/20, 2020/21, and 2021/22 will be 3, 3, and 4, respectively

Category A

A minimum of CGPA 3 and Completion of MSc in:
- Medical Parasitology Category B
A minimum of CGPA 3 and Completion of MSc in:
- Medical Microbiology
- Medical Entomology
- Immunology
- Tropical & Infectious Diseases Category C
A minimum of CGPA 3 and Completion of MSc in:
- Clinical Chemistry
- Hematology
- Molecular Biology
- Medical Biotechnology
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Applied parasitology
The applicant must meet all of the admission requirements of the University of
Applicants should fulfill the following documents during application
- Application letter
- Motivation letter
- Research synopsis
- Two letters of recommendation from senior and experienced academician
- An official letter for sponsorship
- Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions of higher learning
- Secured funding source (if any)
- Curriculum vitae with lists of published papers

Course Breakdown

Schedule	Semester	Course Title	Course number	Credit hours
Year I	I	Philosophy of Sciences	COMH 8101	1
		Advances in Medical Parasitology	PARA 8201	4
		Advances in vector biology	PARA 8301	2
		Host parasite interaction	PARA 8401	2
		Seminar I	PARA 8501	1
	II	Advances in Diagnostic Medical Parasitology	PARA 8602	2
		Advanced Bioinformatics	PARA 8702	2
		Advanced Biostatistics	COMH 8802	2
		Seminar II	PARA 8902	1
		Elective I	PARA XXXX	2
		Elective II	PARA XXXX	2
Year II-IV		Doctoral Dissertation	PARA 9101	12

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
PARA 8112	Emerging and remerging zoonosis diseases	2
PARA 8212	Public Health Parasite Epidemiology	2

PARA 8312	Advanced genomics and disease control	2
PARA 8412	Drug and vaccine development for Parasites	2
	Subtotal	8

NB.

Upon admission based on the candidate background the supervisor will recommend bridge courses to be audited
Candidates from other than ‘Category A’ are expected to take Advanced Medical protozoology, and Advanced Medical Helminthology courses as a pre-requisite.

A four year schedule for PhD weeks and student evaluation


PHD Week I	PHD Week II	PHD Week III	PHD Week IV
Nov	January	March	June
Research concept note presentation & review; term paper presentation & evaluation
Year I Evaluation
PHD Week I	PHD Week II	PHD Week III	PHD Week IV
Nov	January	March	June
(Proposal presentation & review; Seminar presentation & review; research progress report and evaluation
Year II Evaluation
PHD Week I	PHD Week II	PHD Week III	PHD Week IV
Nov	January	March	June
Research progress report presentation & evaluation; preliminary result publication preparation & presentation
Year III Evaluation
PHD Week I	PHD Week II	PHD Week III	PHD Week IV

Nov	January	March	June
Presentation on research findings; dissertation write up and communication
Year IV Evaluation		Public defense and ceremony

Course Code	Course Title	Credit Hours
PARA 9101	Doctoral Dissertation	12

Graduation Requirement

A candidate should score a minimum CGPA of 00 with a minimum of “B” Grade for each course, and
Should publish at least one article in peer reviewed journal
The dissertation will be defended upon the approval of Department Graduate Committee (DGC)
The dissertation will be evaluated by external and internal examiners
A successful defense of his/her Dissertation

Degree nomenclature

The degree nomenclature in English will be “Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Parasitology” while

the Amharic nomenclature will be “የፍልስፍና ዶክትሬት ዲግሪ በሕክምና ፓራሳይቶሎጅ”