Comprehensive guides for Nigerian university aspirants: JAMB UTME registration, subject combinations, cut-off marks, Post-UTME screening, course selection, and university tuition profiles.
Arts students in Nigeria — those with O’Level credits in English, Literature-in-English, Government, CRS or IRS, History, and other Arts subjects — can study law, languages, history, theatre, media, religion, philosophy, and related humanities courses, plus several Social Science courses where they meet the subject requirements. The list below groups the main options by field, … Read more
Most JAMB registration mistakes are not made by careless candidates. They are made by candidates in a hurry, at a crowded centre, trusting someone else with their details. This article lists the mistakes that actually cost candidates admission, in the order they happen — so you can check yourself against each one before you leave … Read more
No fee figure is asserted anywhere in this article, deliberately — so this guide cannot and does not rank state universities by price. What it can do honestly is explain the structure: state universities’ charges are set with state approval, so they vary more by state than federal charges do, and within that variation the … Read more
No fee figure is asserted anywhere in this article, deliberately — so this guide cannot and does not rank federal universities by price. What it can do honestly is explain the structure: federal universities are the lowest-charge tier in Nigeria, as federally funded institutions, and within that tier the full-session cost (school charges + living … Read more
Yes — conditionally. JAMB allows awaiting-result candidates to register, write UTME, and be considered for admission, but no admission is finalised until your actual O’Level result is uploaded and verified. The honest answer is: you can be admitted with awaiting result, but you cannot stay admitted on awaiting result alone. The distinction matters, because candidates … Read more
Yes — but not through JAMB’s pre-admission change-of-course window, and not automatically. After admission, changing your course is an intra-university transfer: an internal process run by your institution, requiring a minimum CGPA, a vacancy in the new department, approvals from both departments and faculties, and Senate approval — and, at most institutions, you cannot start … Read more
Yes — through inter-university transfer, but it is a narrow route, not a general right. You must have completed at least one academic session (typically to 200-level standing), meet the receiving university’s CGPA threshold for your programme, continue in the same or a closely related course, obtain clearance from your current university, be admitted by … Read more
There is no official ranking of political science programmes in Nigeria — but the strongest choices are consistently the universities with established political science departments, full NUC accreditation, strong faculty (including research-active staff), and competitive departmental cut-offs. The institutions below are those most consistently mentioned for political science, grouped by departmental strength, not ranked in … Read more
There is no official ranking of pharmacy programmes in Nigeria — but the strongest choices are consistently the universities with established pharmacy faculties, full NUC accreditation, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) recognition for the programme, and adequate laboratories. The institutions below are those most consistently mentioned for pharmacy, grouped by faculty strength, not ranked in … Read more
There is no official ranking of nursing programmes in Nigeria — but the strongest choices are consistently the universities with established university teaching hospitals for clinical training, full NUC accreditation, and Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) recognition for the B.NSc programme. The institutions below are those most consistently mentioned for nursing, grouped by … Read more