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JAMB subject combination for Architecture

Last updated 9 October 2026

Checked against JAMB's brochure on 9 October 2026. Faculty in the brochure: Engineering/Environmental/Technology.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Architecture

You write four subjects in the UTME. Use of English is compulsory for every course.

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Physics
  3. 3Mathematics
  4. 4One of Chemistry, Geography, Fine Art, Biology or Economics

In plain words: Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and one of Chemistry, Geography, Fine Art, Biology or Economics.

Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one of Fine Art, Geography, Wood Work, Biology, Economics, Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics or a listed building/craft trade subject. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one of Fine Art, Geography, Wood Work, Biology, Economics, Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics or a listed building/craft trade subject.

Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any of Fine Art, Geography or Wood Work, Biology, Economics, Technical Drawing, Further. Mathematics., Introduction to Building Construction, Bricklaying/Block laying, Concreting, Wall, Floors and Ceiling Finishing, Joinery, Carpentary, Decorative Painting, Lining, Sign and Design, Wall Hanging, Colour Mixing/Matching and Glazing, Ceramics, Graphics Design, Graphic Printing, Basic Electricity.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • University of Ibadan: All candidates need at least five SSC credit passes at ONE sitting, including English Language and Mathematics, except where otherwise stated.
  • Federal University of Technology, Akure: All programmes need at least a credit pass in English Language and Mathematics.
  • Federal University of Technology, Owerri: Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and Chemistry are mandatory, in addition to the departments' other credit passes.
  • University of Abuja: Credit passes in English Language and Mathematics are required for all programmes; an ordinary pass in Mathematics may be accepted for Law and all Arts programmes.

Direct Entry

Two (2) 'A' Level passes chosen from Mathematics or Physics and Chemistry, Geography or Fine Arts; or ND/HND upper credits in a relevant field.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Architecture students

Practise the UTME subjects for Architecture. Each page has ten questions with answers and explanations; the rest are in the app.

What JAMB score do you need for Architecture?

The answer depends on the school, and on what its list measures. From the schools' own 2026/2027 lists:

  • UTME score (out of 400): the Architecture mark we hold runs from 150 at BSU to 200 at UNIJOS.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 50 at UI to 72.9 at UNILAG. Each school works out its aggregate in its own way, so compare a school only with itself.

JAMB's lowest mark for any university is 150, and a course can ask for more than the school's general mark. See the Architecture cut-off mark at each of the 11 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 98 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Benin, University of Ilorin, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Lagos State University, University of Calabar, University of Jos, University of Uyo, Bayero University Kano, University of Maiduguri, University of Abuja, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Rivers State University, Osun State University, Kwara State University, Niger Delta University, Covenant University, Babcock University.

Architecture at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any one of Chemistry, Geography, Economics, Biology, Fine Arts
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Fine Arts or Technical Drawing and any one of Economics, Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Painting and Decoration/Building Construction

Architecture at UI

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry lists English Language, Physics, Mathematics and Geography or Economics

Architecture at OAU

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics and one subject from Chemistry, Economics, Geography and Technical Drawing
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and two other subjects from Fine Arts or Technical Drawing, Economics, Geography, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science

Architecture at UNN

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics and one other subject
  • O'level: credits in Mathematics, English Language, Physics and any two of Technical Drawing, Building Construction, Woodwork, Fine Art, Geography and Economics

Architecture at ABU

  • UTME subjects: brochure: Physics and Mathematics plus any one of Geography, Fine Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, and Technical Drawing; live brochure entry: 'Use of English Language, Mathematics, Physics, and any other restricted to Geography or Chemistry'
  • O'level: Physics and Mathematics plus any one of Geography, Fine Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, and Technical Drawing

Architecture at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics and any one of Fine Arts, Technical Drawing, Geography, and Building Construction (live brochure entry repeats the general rule)
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Technical Drawing/Fine Art and one of Geography, Building Construction, Land Surveying, Further Mathematics

Architecture at LASU

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry lists English Language, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Fine Arts and Economics

Architecture at UNIJOS

  • O'level: five credits incl. English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Technical Drawing or Arts/Applied Arts and one of History, Economics, Geography and Chemistry

Architecture at BUK

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics, any one of Chemistry, Geography, Technical Drawing (live brochure entry: any of Chemistry, Geography, Biology or Fine Art)
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Fine Art, Geography, Economics and/or Building Construction

Architecture at FUTA

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics and any one of Chemistry, Geography or Technical Drawing
  • O'level: five credits at a maximum of two sittings: English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two from Economics, Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Fine Art and Geography

Other schools have their own rules too. Requirements differ between schools and can change each year. Before you register, check your chosen school's entry in the official JAMB brochure on ibass.jamb.gov.ng (Brochure, then View by institution) and the school's own admission notice.

From JAMB's brochure, checked 9 October 2026. How we check these figures

Practise these subjects

Past questions with answers and full JAMB mock exams for your UTME subjects, in the Skolra app.

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Cut-off marks for Architecture

Post-UTME at these schools