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JAMB subject combination for Biomedical Engineering

Last updated 9 October 2026

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

Good to know: The brochure says Physics, Chemistry and Biology, but LAGOS, ILORIN, FUTO and UNIZIK ask for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Biomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Physics
  3. 3Chemistry
  4. 4Biology

In plain words: Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology (but LAGOS, ILORIN, FUTO and UNIZIK ask for Mathematics instead of Biology).

Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
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 Biology. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
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, Owerri: Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and Chemistry are mandatory, in addition to the departments' other credit passes.

Direct Entry

Two (2) 'A' Level passes in Chemistry and any one of Physics, Biology/Zoology/Botany and Mathematics.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Biomedical Engineering students

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

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 20 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Ilorin, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Kwara State University.

Biomedical Engineering at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics (no Biology)
  • O'level: requires SIX credits: English, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry

Biomedical Engineering at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry (no Biology)
  • O'level: five credits (WASCE/NECO or equivalent) incl. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English Language and Biology

Biomedical Engineering at UNIZIK

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry lists English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics (no Biology); not in the brochure remarks
  • O'level: live brochure entry: five credits incl. English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any other one subject

Biomedical Engineering at FUTO

  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry lists Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics (no Biology); not in the brochure remarks

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 Biomedical Engineering

Post-UTME at these schools