ESUT BUSINESS SCHOOL
Certificate Programmes

Professional short courses and certificate programmes designed for executives, managers, administrators and future leaders.

Available Short / Certificate Courses

Explore our professionally designed certificate programmes.

Certificate in Public Debt Management & Development

Course Contents

  • Nature and History of Public Debt
  • Legal and Institutional Framework for the Debt Management Office
  • Organizational and Operational Framework of a Debt Management Office

  • Sources and Instruments of Public Borrowing: Domestic
  • Sources and Instruments of Public Borrowing: External
  • Debt Data Recording, Documentation, Reporting and Transparency
  • Elements of Portfolio Analysis and Basic Debt Sustainability Analysis
Modes of Delivery
  • MODE ONE: Online Lectures - mainly for individual participants

    Duration
    14 weekends x 2 hours per weekend

  • MODE TWO: In-person, physical-venue lectures - mainly for institutional sponsored participants

    Duration
    One week

    Date of Commencement:
    The programme will take off on 5th October, 2026

Advanced Certificate in Public Debt Management & Development

Course Contents

  • Nature and Use of Medium-Term Debt Strategy (MTDS)
  • Public Debt Management in Federal System: Sub-National Debt Management
  • Debt Crisis in Inadequate Industrilized Countries and Debt Relief Initiatives

  • Public Debt in a Depressed Economy; Evaluation of Development Impact of Debt
  • Politics of International Economic Order: The Challenges of Dependency
  • The Special Challenges of External Borrowing
Modes of Delivery
  • MODE ONE: Online Lectures - mainly for individual participants

    Duration
    13 weekends x 2 hours per weekend

  • MODE TWO: In-person, physical-venue lectures - mainly for institutional sponsored participants

    Duration
    One week

    Date of Commencement:
    The programme will take off on 5th October, 2026

Certificate Course in Project Management

OVERVIEW

Modern day Projects require a lot of professionalism because of rampant and disturbing cases of project failure. Project Management Professional programme is designed to build the required professional expertise and leadership necessary for successful execution of various small, medium or large scale projects of an organisation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
  • become robust Management Professionals for effective project delivery
  • understand project planning tools
  • carry out project feasibility and risk analyses
  • examine project management by objectives
  • utilize DUCAP methodology in project management
  • apply value management principles
  • understand principles of value for money
COURSE CONTENT
  • Project Planning Tools
  • Project Process
  • Work Scheduling
  • Project Feasibility and Risk Analyses
  • Management by Objectives
  • DUCAP Methodology
  • Value Management
  • Value for Money
ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS
Participants likely to benefit include:
  • M.Ds, CEOs, Operations Managers, Supervisors
  • Public and Private Sector Organisations
  • Construction Companies/Major Event Managers
  • Federal and State Ministries of Works
  • Bankers
  • Oil and Gas Companies
DURATION
Four days of intensive lectures, workshop, demonstration and field trip.
  • First Cohort: 6th October, 2026
  • Second Cohort: 8th March, 2027
FEE
One million, two hundred thousand Naira (N1,200,000.00)

Certificate Course in Environmental Management (Waste Treatment and Disposal Methods)

OVERVIEW

Waste is inevitable as many human activities result in different types of waste, including emissions from vehicles, argricultural practices, power plants, households and industries etc. Waste negatively impacts on human health and economic efficiency.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
  • describe suources and problems of wastes
  • measure waste constituents
  • enumerate different forms of waste disposal techniques
  • examine the need for waste treatment
  • explain at least two concepts in waste management
  • analyse waste recycling techniques
  • indentify remediation contents and process
  • analyse natural remediation process (NRP)
  • create wastes tp wealth
COURSE CONTENT
  • Conceptualisation of waste
  • Sources, types, classifications and problems of waste
  • Measurement of waste constituents, gas flare and oil spill
  • Forms of waste disposal techniques and treatment
  • Waste management issues in oil and gas
  • Waste management plan and minimising environmental impacts
  • Municipal waste treatment, disposal methods in remediation of contaminated sites
  • Remediation contents and process
  • Waste recycling techniques
  • Converting waste to wealth
  • International environmental standards and NESREA
ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS
Participants likely to benefit include MDs, CEOs, Permanent Secretaries, Directors, DGs, Staffof:
  • Federal and State Ministries of Environment
  • Mining and Agricultural Companies
  • Oil Companies
  • Oil Servicing Industries
  • Consultants in Environmental Management
  • Corporate Bodies
  • The interested members of the public
DURATION
Four days of intensive lectures, workshop, demonstration and field trip.
  • First Cohort: 6th October, 2026
  • Second Cohort: 8th March, 2027
FEE
One million Naira (N1,000,000.00)

Certificate Course in Environmental Management [Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)]

OVERVIEW

Environmenal Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate course will be useful to organisations and individuals seeking to gain knowledge in environmental issues in order to carry out proper impact assessment and to attain a great level of professional and technical expertise in EIA

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
  • Define basic principles of EIA
  • Analise environmental elements for EIA
  • Apply legal and administrative framwork for EIA
  • Utilize Nigerian EIA process
  • Analyze, monitoring and Impact auditing on exixting firms
  • Conduct a practical EIA
COURSE CONTENT
  • Meaning, need and principles of EIA
  • Environmental elements for EIA, air, water, noise, biological, cultural & socileconomic environments
  • Legal and administrative framework for EIA
  • The Nigerian EIA process. EIA processes, EIA methodologies, Mitigation and Impact Management
  • Monitoring and Impact auditing
  • case study
ANTICIPATED PARTICIPANTS
Participants likely to benefit include:
  • Environmental Managers
  • CEOs of Oil Companies
  • Ministries, Permanent Secretaries, Directors
  • Public and private companies
  • Other interested members of the public
DURATION
Four days of intensive lectures, workshop, demonstration and field trip.
  • First Cohort: 6th October, 2026
  • Second Cohort: 8th March, 2027
FEE
One million, five hundred thousand Naira (N1,500,000.00)

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