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JAMB subject combination for International Relations

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

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

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Economics
  3. 3Literature in English
  4. 4One of Geography, Government or History

In plain words: Use of English, Economics, Literature in English and one of Geography, Government or History.

Economics, Literature in English and Geography/Government/History.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Government or History and three other relevant subjects (the general rule does not name Mathematics; many schools add it). More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Government or History and three other relevant subjects (the general rule does not name Mathematics; many schools add it).

Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Government or History and three (3) relevant 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.

Direct Entry

Two 'A' Level passes in Social Science subjects from Government/History, Economics, Sociology and Business Management.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for International Relations students

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

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 77 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Benin, Bayero University Kano, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ekiti State University, Covenant University.

International Relations at UI

  • O'level: University of Ibadan general rule: five credits at one sitting including English Language and Mathematics unless otherwise stated

International Relations at OAU

  • O'level: five credits including English Language, Government and Mathematics and any other two relevant subjects; remark: two others from History/Economics/Geography/Literature in English

International Relations at ABU

  • UTME subjects: Use of English, Government/History, Economics and any other subject, preferably French or Arabic (ABU is listed under INTERNATIONAL STUDIES in this row)
  • O'level: five credits including English Language and Mathematics, Government or History, Economics, preferably French, Arabic, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo

International Relations at BUK

  • UTME subjects: Government or History plus two (2) other Social Science subjects (printed 'BEYARO'); live data shows the general rule

International Relations at Covenant University

  • O'level: live: five credits including English, Mathematics, Civic Education, Government or History and two of CRS, Literature-in-English, Accounting, Business Studies, Commerce, Economics, Geography (this text is in the live UTME-subjects field)

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.