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JAMB subject combination for Marketing

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

Good to know: Two rows in the JAMB brochure differ on the fourth subject for Marketing. A Social Science subject meets both.

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

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Mathematics
  3. 3Economics
  4. 4Any one other subject

In plain words: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject (a Social Science subject is safest - some schools insist on it).

Mathematics, Economics plus one (1) other subject.
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Mathematics and three other relevant subjects (Economics is wanted by most schools). More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics and three other relevant subjects (Economics is wanted by most schools).

Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics and any three (3) relevant 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

Two 'A' Level passes chosen from Accounting, Management, Government and Geography (Social Sciences listing: two 'A' Level passes including Economics).

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Marketing students

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

Your other subjects come from a group (any one other subject). Find each one on JAMB past questions.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 106 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: 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, University of Maiduguri, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ekiti State University, Delta State University, Abraka, Rivers State University, Osun State University, Kwara State University, Niger Delta University, Covenant University, Babcock University.

Marketing at ABU

  • UTME subjects: requires Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and any Management or Social Science subject (live brochure: 'Use of English, Mathematics, Marketing/Commerce/Economics and any other two relevant subjects')
  • O'level: Five 'O' level credits including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other two (2) subjects

Marketing at UNIBEN

  • O'level: for Marketing: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other subjects at not more than two (2) sittings

Marketing at UNIZIK

  • UTME subjects: UTME SUBJECTS remark: Economics is not compulsory; but a remark placed under the O'level heading says UNIZIK requires Mathematics, Economics plus any other Arts/Social Science subject; live shows the general rule

Marketing at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Economics and any other subject from Government/History, Geography, Commerce, Literature in English, CRK/IRK, Accounting (Financial/Business), Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) from Government/History, Geography, Commerce, Literature in English, CRK/IRK, Accounting, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics

Marketing at LASU

  • UTME subjects: stricter general rule there: 'Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject' (the fourth subject must be a Social Science subject); O'level 'Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects.'; DE 'Two (2) 'A' Level passes including Economics.'
  • UTME subjects: live brochure entry: 'English Language, Mathematics, plus Two (2) other relevant Subject' (Economics not named)
  • O'level: for Marketing: English Language, Mathematics, Economics plus any three (3) of Business Method, Commerce, Book Keeping and Economics

Marketing at UNICAL

  • UTME subjects: stricter general rule there: 'Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject' (the fourth subject must be a Social Science subject); O'level 'Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects.'; DE 'Two (2) 'A' Level passes including Economics.'

Marketing at UNIJOS

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics and any other two (2) subjects from Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Business Methods, Statistics, Government or Economics (live adds Marketing to the list)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics and any three (3) subjects from Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Business Methods, Statistics, Government or Economics

Marketing at UNIMAID

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, any of Principles of Accounting/Commerce/Economics and any other Social Science subject

Marketing at DELSU

  • UTME subjects: requires Mathematics, Economics or Commerce and one other Social Science subject (live brochure: English, Mathematics, Economics or Commerce, Government or any other Social Science subject)
  • O'level: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) Social Science subjects at not more than two (2) sittings

Marketing at RSU

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