This study investigated supervision and workload as determinants of postgraduate theses quality in Ondo State Universities. The study specifically examined the level of postgraduate theses quality; the relationship between supervision and postgraduate theses quality and the relationship between workload of academic staff and postgraduate theses quality in Ondo State universities. A cross-sectional design type was adopted in this study. The population of this study consisted of theses of all postgraduate students and academic staff who supervised all the postgraduate theses in Ondo State universities in Kogi and Kwara States. The sample for the study consisted of 150 postgraduate theses and 150 academic staff from 2 public universities in Ondo State. The 150 lecturers were those who have completed the supervision of at least one postgraduate student. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two self-designed research instruments tagged “Supervision and Workload Questionnaire (SWQ)” and “Postgraduate Theses Quality Checklist (PTQC)” were used to collect data for the study. The face and content validity of the instruments were ascertained by experts of Tests and Measurement before distributing it to the respondents. In order to ascertain reliability of the instrument, data collected were tested using Cronbach’s alpha which yielded reliability co-efficient value of 0.81 for S  WQ while 0.84 was obtained for PTQC. The data generated through the instrument were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the level of postgraduate theses quality in Ondo State universities was moderate while around 40 percent of theses assessed were of low quality. It was also revealed that supervision and workload were related to postgraduate theses quality. It was recommended among others that theses supervision should be classified as part of the academic staff workload; this will help in reducing the other workload of academic staff.

Keywords: Supervision, Workload, Quality, Postgraduate Theses,

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