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JAMB subject combination for Civil Engineering

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

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Civil 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. 4Mathematics

In plain words: Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
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 other science subject. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and one other science subject.

Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and one Science subject
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.
  • Delta State University, Abraka: Five O'level credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.

Direct Entry

'A' Level passes in Physics and Mathematics; or ND/HND upper credit at appropriate levels.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Civil Engineering students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Civil Engineering?

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 Civil Engineering mark we hold runs from 160 at AAU and EBSU to 200 at FUNAAB.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 60.53 at LAUTECH to 74.35 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 Civil Engineering cut-off mark at each of the 13 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 101 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, University of Port Harcourt, 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, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ekiti State University, Delta State University, Abraka, Rivers State University, Osun State University, Kwara State University, Niger Delta University, Covenant University, Babcock University.

Civil Engineering at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics (same three subjects plus English)
  • O'level: requires five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Civil Engineering at UI

  • O'level: as for Agricultural and Environmental Engineering: five or six credits at one or two sittings incl. English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with one or two of Biology/Agricultural Science, Further Mathematics, Technical Drawing, Economics, Geography, Metal Work and Wood Work

Civil Engineering at UNN

  • UTME subjects: 'As in Agric Engineering' — i.e. Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics
  • O'level: same as Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering: five credits incl. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at not more than two sittings

Civil Engineering at ABU

  • UTME subjects: each restates Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (same as the general rule)
  • O'level: fifth credit may be any other Science subject, including Economics, Technical Drawing, Metalwork and Woodwork

Civil Engineering at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: each restates Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (same as the general rule)
  • O'level: fifth subject from Biology, Agricultural Science, Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics

Civil Engineering at UNIJOS

  • O'level: requires a credit in Additional or Further Mathematics as the fifth subject

Civil Engineering at UNIMAID

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Physics and any of Chemistry or Biology or Agricultural Science

Civil Engineering at FUTA

  • UTME subjects: each restates Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (same as the general rule)
  • O'level: five credits at not more than two sittings incl. Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English Language and any other Science subject

Civil Engineering at FUTO

  • UTME subjects: each restates Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (same as the general rule)
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and any other science subject at not more than two sittings; at least a pass in Biology

Civil Engineering at FUNAAB

  • O'level: requires a credit in Biology

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.