The study was a survey of personal characteristics and research skills acquisition among graduate students of curriculum and instructional technology in public universities. Three objectives, research questions and null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design adopted for this study was ex post facto. This design is adopted because, at the time of data collection, the independent (causal) variable had already happened. The study population consists of 2,174 postgraduate students who graduated between the 2022-2024 academic years from universities. The stratified and simple random sampling techniques were adopted in the study. The sample size was determined using Taro Yamane's formula, which gives the minimum sample size. The researchers decided to double the number to obtain 674 subjects. Representing this value as a percentage, which gave 31% of the estimated population. A Draft instrument constructed by the researchers, titled Personal Characteristics and Research Skills Acquisition questionnaires (PCRSAQ), was expert validated by three specialists. To ascertain the reliability of the instrument, a trial test was carried out with 60 respondents who were not part of the sample institutions. The reliability was established using Cronbach alpha reliability of internal consistency, with values ranging between 0.67 to 0.85. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (population t-test, independent t-test, and One-way Analysis of Variance. The findings revealed that: The level of research skills by graduate students is not significantly different from the expected; student sex and marital status significantly influence research skills acquisition by graduate students. It was recommended, among others, that graduate students should be made to participate in more research-oriented activities.