Professor (Medical Microbiology and Parasitology)
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Federal University of Lafia is recruiting a Professor in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology within the Faculty of Basic Clinical Science. The role is a full-time academic position based in Lafia, Nasarawa State, with a closing date of 28 October 2026.
- Senior academic role requiring existing Professor status
- Requires 20 publications, including 16 in print and 4 in foreign indexed journals
- Evidence of supervising 3 Masters and 1 PhD to completion required
- Full-time position in the Faculty of Basic Clinical Science
- Application deadline is 28 October 2026
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Professor (Medical Microbiology and Parasitology) at Federal University of Lafia (FULafia)
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Job Title: Professor (Medical Microbiology and Parasitology)
Job Type: Full-time
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Federal University of Lafia was established in February 2011 with the mandate to increase access and quality of university
in Nigeria. The University is in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. It currently has a College of Medicine, a Centre for Continuing
and Professional Development, two Schools (School of Basic and Remedial Studies and School of Postgraduate Studies), eight (8) Faculties with fifty (50) undergraduate and forty-six (46) postgraduate programmes.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Location: Lafia, Nasarawa
Faculty: Basic Clinical Science
Requirements
- The candidate who must already be a Professor, must have had twenty (20) publications, of which sixteen (16) in print out of which four (4) must be in at least three (3) different and regularly published foreign index journals.
- Evidence of supervision to completion of three (3) Masters and one (1) PhD Degrees.
- Conditions of Service
- The conditions of service are as obtainable in Nigerian Universities and as approved by Federal University of Lafia Governing Council.
- Application Closing Date
- 28th October, 2026.
- How to Apply
- Interested and qualified candidates should:
- Click here to apply online
- Note:
- Candidates should also request their referees to send reports on them to:
- registrar@fulafia.edu.ng
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