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JAMB subject combination for Economics

Last updated 9 October 2026

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

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

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, CRS or Islamic Studies.

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

  • University of Ibadan: All candidates need at least five SSC credit passes at ONE sitting, including English Language and Mathematics, except where otherwise stated.
  • 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

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 Economics students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Economics?

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 Economics mark we hold runs from 152 at AAU to 200 at FUNAAB and UNIJOS.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 54.25 at UI to 73.625 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 Economics cut-off mark at each of the 9 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 239 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 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, 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.

Economics at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: requires English, Mathematics, Economics and any one subject from Biology, Financial Accounting, Geography and Government (live brochure entry says the same)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two from Biology, Financial Accounting, Geography and Government; one sitting

Economics at UI

  • UTME subjects: brochure: Mathematics and any other two (2) subjects; live: English Language, Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, CRK/IRK
  • O'level: five credits to include Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) Arts or Social Sciences subjects; UI requires one sitting for all programmes; DE needs 'O' Level Mathematics and Economics

Economics at OAU

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Mathematics, Economics and Geography or Government (live shows the general rule)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Geography or Government and any from Civic Education/History/CRS/IS/Yoruba/Literature/Chemistry/Physics/Biology/Agricultural Science/Further Mathematics/ICT

Economics at UNN

  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects

Economics at ABU

  • UTME subjects: requires Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and any other Arts or Social Science and Management subjects
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics and Economics plus any other two Arts, Social Science and Management subjects

Economics at UNIBEN

  • UTME subjects: require Mathematics, Economics and any other subject

Economics at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires Economics, Mathematics and either Government or Geography or History; a second remark lists Geography, Commerce and Government (live brochure: Commerce, Geography or Government)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) of Commerce, Geography and Government

Economics at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: Mathematics is not compulsory (JOS's live brochure entry says 'Mathematics is compulsory')
  • UTME subjects: requires Economics, Mathematics and any of Government/History or Geography
  • O'level: requires credits in Government, History or Geography; five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Government/History/Geography and one of Commerce, CRK/IRK, Literature in English, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Agricultural Science

Economics at LASU

  • UTME subjects: also accepts Commerce or Principles of Account (live brochure: English Language, Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature-in-English, French and CRS/IS)

Economics at UNICAL

  • O'level: does not accept Commerce

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

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Cut-off marks for Economics

Post-UTME at these schools