Research & Innovation

One voice for postgraduate students across Nigeria

To unite and represent postgraduate students in Nigeria; advance their academic, research, welfare and professional interests; promote ethical and excellent research; and strengthen the contribution of postgraduate scholarship to evidence-informed policy, innovation and national and African development.

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Welcome to PG-SAN

The Post-Graduate Students Association of Nigeria

PG-SAN brings together master's and doctoral students across Nigerian universities and research institutions. We speak for postgraduate students on academic, research, welfare and professional matters, and we work to connect credible research with policy, industry and national development.

Representation and advocacy for postgraduate students nationwide
Ethical supervision, research integrity and student protection
Links with institutions at home, in Africa and in the diaspora

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What we stand for

Our objectives

A selection of the 14 objectives that guide the Association.

Representation and advocacy

To represent and advance the collective academic, research, welfare and professional interests of postgraduate students across Nigeria, while…

Research excellence and capacity development

To promote research integrity, originality, methodological rigour, responsible innovation and high standards of scholarship through workshops,…

Funding and research support

To advocate increased, transparent and equitable support for postgraduate education and research, including scholarships, grants, stipends, research…

Ethical supervision and student protection

To promote respectful, fair and accountable postgraduate supervision, and advocate effective, confidential and impartial mechanisms for reporting and…

Research-to-policy engagement

To promote the translation of credible postgraduate research into practical solutions by connecting researchers with policymakers, public…

International and diaspora collaboration

To establish and strengthen mutually beneficial links among Nigerian postgraduate students, researchers and institutions at home and abroad,…

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Leadership

Adeleke Olorunwa Emmanuel

National President

Adeleke Olorunwa Emmanuel is the pioneer National President of the Post-Graduate Students Association of Nigeria and a postgraduate student at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He leads the Association's work with universities, postgraduate colleges and partners across the country.