THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA

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1 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS AND POSTGRADUATE STUDIES P.O. Box Fax: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: / ext.2101 Fax: , APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 1. Applicants are required to submit TWO COPIES of this application form. 2. SECTION A is for the applicant who is required to fill in the space provided or tick the appropriate box. 3. Certified copies of both certificates and their associated transcripts must be attached to and submitted with the completed form. Any application not accompanied by the required documents will not be processed nor acknowledged. 4. All applications must be accompanied by evidence (an OUT receipt or a Bank Pay-In Slip) showing that an application fee of 30,000 Tanzanian Shillings (for Tanzanian citizens) or 30 United States Dollars (for international applicants) has been paid to the Research and Consultancy Account No or Forex Current Account no both kept at the NBC Corporate Branch, in Dar Es Salaam, for Tanzanian citizen and international applicants, respectively. 5. For employed applicants, the employer or prospective sponsor is required to fill SECTION B of this application form. 6. The two copies of the filled application form and the indicated attachments should be returned directly to: Director of Research, Publications and Postgraduate Studies The Open University of Tanzania P. O. Box Dar-es-Salaam TANZANIA 1. Surname (Block Letters) Other Names Present Address... 1

2 Date of Birth.... Country of Birth.... Nationality Citizenship Telephone No Sex: Male Female 7. Marital Status: Single Married 8. Present Employer: Employed as: Financial Sponsor Postgraduate Programme Applied for (Please tick the appropriate row and column) Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Faculty of Education M.A. (Economics) M.Sc. (Economics) M.A. (Geography) M.A. (History) M.A. (Kiswahili) M.A. (Linguistics) M.A. (Philosophy and Religious Studies) M.A. (Political Science and Public Administration) M.A. (Social Work) M.A. (Sociology) M.A. (Tourism) PGDE M.Ed. M.Ed. (ODL) M.Ed. (APPS) M.Ed. (LT) Ph.D PGDL LLM LLM (ICJ) M. CED LLM (IT & T) PhD PhD Faculty of Law Faculty of Science, Technology and Environmental Studies 2

3 PGDBS MBA Faculty of Business Management MBA (Transport and Logistics Management) MHRM M.Sc. (Biology) M.Sc. (Botany) M.Sc. (Chemistry) M.Sc. (Environmental Studies) M.Sc. (Human Nutrition) M. (Project Management) M.Sc. (Mathematics) PhD M.Sc. (Physics) M. Sc. (Zoology) MES Ph. D 12. Indicate preferred mode of study: Course work and Dissertation Thesis (If you selected 'Thesis', skip item no.13 below) 13. Indicate the preferred mode of course work study: Evening Distance Executive 14. Educational Background and other professional qualifications (start with the most recent award) Title of Award Specialization Name of Institution Date Obtained Award Classification Duration (Years) 3

4 15 Professional and/or Employment Experience Name of Organization Duration of Employment Title or Position held Job Description 16. If you intend to do a Masters or Ph. D degree by thesis you will be required to submit a research proposal based on the guidelines given in part C. In addition, you may provide name(s) and contacts of potential supervisors who have agreed to supervise your research if you are admitted into the applied programme. Potential supervisors: (i) Name... Address... Telephone(s) no.(s)... address(s)... (ii) Name... Address... Telephone(s) no.(s)... address(s) Name two persons who are prepared to be your referees as a potential postgraduate student in your respective field of study. (i) Name Address Telephone(s) no.(s) address(s)

5 (ii) Name Address Telephone(s) no.(s)... address(s)... Signature of applicant:.. Date:... (To be filled even if the employer is not sponsoring the applicant) 1 Has the applicant been confirmed in his/her employment? YES/NO* 2 How long has the applicant been in service? 3 If the applicant gains admission, will you release him/her for studies? YES/NO* 4 If the applicant gains admission, will you support him/her financially? YES/NO* 5 Any other remarks: Signature of employer/sponsor:..date SECTION C: GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF A TENTATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR REGISTRATION TO A MASTERS DEGREE BY THESIS OR TO Ph. D DEGREE NOTE: These guidelines are only for those applying for a degree program done purely by thesis (research) without any course work. 1.0 The applicant should give a clear title of the research topic which will be the basis for deciding on the Faculty in which the research will be conducted and guiding the faculty on the search for supervisor(s) A Brief Statement of the Research Problem Under this heading the applicant should outline the research problem, giving the background to it, and its significance. 5

6 2.2 Brief Literature Review The applicant should also give a brief review presenting the principal literature on the problem area, and stating what has been done on the research problem. The applicant should list the preliminary references cited in the text of the statement or research topic (tentative research proposal). Following conventional methods, e.g., arranging authors names in alphabetical order, giving details on the year of publication, journal volume, pages, etc. 2.3 Research Objectives The applicant should show the principal objectives of the intended research, outline what gaps of knowledge will be filled through the research, and what advances will be made when the research plan is executed. Provisional hypotheses should be presented, if already formulated. 2.4 Research Methodology and Design The applicant should briefly indicate the instruments to be used and methods to be adopted in carrying out research. 6