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"Dean of Faculty" means the Dean of a Faculty of the University and includes any Director or Head of
any Academy, Centre, School or Institute, who has been appointed under subsections 21(4) and (5)
of the Constitution;

“Degree” means the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University;

"Department" means any department of study of the Faculty and includes any division of studies of
the Faculty;

“examination room” means the premises for the conduct of an examination for a course or courses;

“external examiner” means a person who is not a full-time or part-time teacher of the University
appointed by Senate to examine a course for a Degree programme of study or thesis of a candidate;

”Faculty" means any Faculty of the University and includes any School, Centre, Academy or Institute
established under subsection 21(1) of the Constitution;

“Head of Department” means the Head of any Department of studies of a Faculty including the
Chairman of any division of studies of any Faculty or the Programme Co-ordinator, as the case may
be;

“internal examiner” means person who is a full-time or part-time teacher of the University appointed
by the Faculty to examine a course, a part of a course or thesis of a candidate;

“invigilator” means an invigilator and includes a chief invigilator appointed by the Vice-Chancellor from
amongst full-time teachers of the University to invigilate an examination of a Degree programme of
study;

“normal semester” means Semester I or Semester II as provided in the Semester Schedule;

"place of study" means the University including any other place approved by the University;

“programme of study" means a group of courses, training and research or a combination of such
courses, training and research that are planned and offered for purposes of fulfilling the requirements
for the award of a Degree;

“programme study by Coursework and Research” means a programme of study as defined under
paragraph 3(b);

“programme study by Research” means a programme of study as defined under paragraph 3(a);

"Registrar" means an officer of the University under subsection 13(1) of the Constitution;

"research report" means the result of research conducted by a candidate during the course of his
candidature, and includes research paper, project paper, project report and results of the said
research by whatever name;

"semester” means a period in an academic session and comprises normal semesters and special
semesters;

"Senate" means one of the University Authorities established under subsection 20(1) of the
Constitution;

"supervisor" means a person appointed by the Faculty from amongst the academic staff of the
University and includes an Emeritus Professor or an Adjunct Professor of the University, post-doctoral
researcher or research fellow to supervise a candidate in his programme of study;

"thesis" means the written product from research undertaken in respect of a Degree programme of
study;

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