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JAMB subject combination for History and International Studies

Checked against JAMB's brochure on 9 October 2026. Faculty in the brochure: Arts/Humanities.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for History and International Studies

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2History or Government
  3. 3–4Two other subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences

In plain words: Use of English, History or Government, and any two other Arts or Social Science subjects.

History/Government and any other two (2) subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits including English Language, Geography, and Government or History (Geography is waived at BOWEN, AJAYI, PAAU, DELSU, UYO, PLASU, UNIOSUN and JOS; see notes). More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits including English Language, Geography, and Government or History (Geography is waived at BOWEN, AJAYI, PAAU, DELSU, UYO, PLASU, UNIOSUN and JOS; see notes).

Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Geography, Government/History.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • Federal University of Technology, Owerri: Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and Chemistry are mandatory, in addition to the departments' other credit passes.
  • 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, or NCE (upper credit), in History/Government and any other related subject.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for History and International Studies students

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

Your other subjects come from a group (other subjects from the arts and social sciences). Find each one on JAMB past questions.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 59 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Ilorin, Lagos State University, University of Calabar, University of Jos, University of Uyo, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Ekiti State University, Delta State University, Abraka, Osun State University, Babcock University.

History and International Studies at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires History or Government and any two (2) Arts/Social Science subjects
  • O'level: five credits including History or Government, English Language and three other Arts or Social Science subjects; credits in both English Language and Mathematics are compulsory

History and International Studies at LASU

  • UTME subjects: live records give the full general rule (English Language, History/Government and any other two Arts/Social Science subjects)
  • O'level: five credits at not more than two sittings including English Language and History or Government

History and International Studies at UNIJOS

  • O'level: credit in Geography is not compulsory

History and International Studies at UNIUYO

  • O'level: credit in Geography is not compulsory; accept any three other Arts or Social Science subjects
  • O'level: credits in History or Government, English Language and any two of Literature in English, Economics, Geography and French

History and International Studies at DELSU

  • UTME subjects: accepts History or Government and two (2) other from Arts and Social Science subjects
  • O'level: credit in Geography is not compulsory; accept any three other Arts or Social Science subjects

History and International Studies at RSU

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Literature in English, Government and Christian Religious Knowledge
  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics and any three other Social Science subjects

History and International Studies at UNIOSUN

  • O'level: credit in Geography is not compulsory

History and International Studies at KWASU

  • O'level: five credits in English Language, History/Government plus any other three Arts or Social Science subjects

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.

Cut-off marks for History and International Studies

Post-UTME at these schools