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JAMB subject combination for Criminology and Security Studies

Last updated 9 October 2026

Checked against JAMB's brochure on 9 October 2026. Faculty in the brochure: Social Sciences.

Good to know: Criminology has no row of its own in the JAMB brochure. It is listed under Economics, so the Economics rule is shown. Several schools that wrote their own rule use Government or History with Arts or Social Science subjects instead, without Mathematics.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Criminology and Security Studies

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Economics
  3. 3Mathematics
  4. 4One of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French, Christian Religious Studies or Islamic Studies

In plain words: Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and one of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French, Christian Religious Studies or Islamic Studies (the Economics row's rule; several schools use a Government-based Arts/Social Science mix instead, so check your school).

Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Studies /Islamic Studies.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two Arts or Social Science subjects. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two Arts or Social Science subjects.

Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) of Arts or Social Science subjects.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • Delta State University, Abraka: Five O'level credit passes including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings.

Direct Entry

Under the brochure's Economics section: two 'A' Level passes in Economics and any one of Mathematics, Statistics, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Agricultural Science, Accounting, Business Management, History and Government.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Criminology and Security Studies students

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

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 88 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Ilorin, University of Calabar, University of Jos, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Delta State University, Abraka, Osun State University, Kwara State University, Covenant University.

Criminology and Security Studies at BUK

  • UTME subjects: offer plain CRIMINOLOGY (same Economics row). BAYERO live: any two from Economics, Geography, Accounting, Commerce or Government and one from Arts, Science or Social Science

Criminology and Security Studies at OOU

  • UTME subjects: live: English Language, Government or History plus two other Social Science/Arts subjects or Mathematics
  • O'level: live: English Language, Mathematics and any three subjects from Social Sciences, Sciences and Arts (one sitting, or not more than two)

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 Criminology and Security Studies

Post-UTME at these schools