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JAMB subject combination for Medical Laboratory Science

Checked against JAMB's brochure on 9 October 2026. Faculty in the brochure: Medical/Pharmaceutical/Health Sciences.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Medical Laboratory Science

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

  1. 1Use of English
  2. 2Physics
  3. 3Chemistry
  4. 4Biology

In plain words: Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Physics, Chemistry and Biology
JAMB's brochure, word for word. Use of English is added for every course.

WAEC or NECO (O'level): Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

Five credits: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
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.
  • Federal University of Technology, Akure: All programmes need at least a credit pass in English Language and Mathematics.
  • 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

'A' Level passes to include Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Zoology.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Medical Laboratory Science students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Medical Laboratory Science?

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 Medical Laboratory Science mark we hold runs from 200 at BUK, COOU, EBSU and ESUT to 220 at BSU, EKSU and UNIJOS.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 67.73 at LAUTECH to 75.075 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 Medical Laboratory Science cut-off mark at each of the 12 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 186 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, 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, Bayero University Kano, University of Maiduguri, University of Abuja, Federal University of Technology, Akure, 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.

Medical Laboratory Science at UNILAG

  • UTME subjects: requires English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Medical Laboratory Science at UI

  • O'level: five credits (English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology) at one (1) sitting

Medical Laboratory Science at ABU

  • UTME subjects: requires Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Medical Laboratory Science at LASU

  • O'level: five credits incl. English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in not more than two sittings

Medical Laboratory Science at OOU

  • O'level: five credits incl. English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in not more than two sittings

Medical Laboratory Science at DELSU

  • O'level: five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry at one sitting

Medical Laboratory Science at RSU

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Medical Laboratory Science at Babcock University

  • UTME subjects: accepts any three (3) of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics (live brochure entry: 'Any three 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.