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JAMB subject combination for Medicine and Surgery

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 Medicine and Surgery

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.
  • Federal University of Technology, Owerri: Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and Chemistry are mandatory, in addition to the departments' other credit passes.
  • 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 in Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Zoology in addition to the UTME requirements; or a BSc (BOS etc.) in a relevant programme.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Medicine and Surgery students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Medicine and Surgery?

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 Medicine and Surgery mark we hold runs from 200 at COOU and FUTO to 260 at EKSU.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 80 at UI to 83.425 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 Medicine and Surgery cut-off mark at each of the 13 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 113 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 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, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, 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.

Medicine and Surgery at UNILAG

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

Medicine and Surgery at UI

  • O'level: require the O'Level credit passes at one (1) sitting

Medicine and Surgery at UNN

  • O'level: accepts Physics-with-Chemistry (single subject) for Physics and Chemistry; requirements at one (1) sitting

Medicine and Surgery at ABU

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

Medicine and Surgery at UNIBEN

  • O'level: require the O'Level credit passes at one (1) sitting

Medicine and Surgery at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology
  • O'level: five credits (English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology) at one sitting

Medicine and Surgery at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Medicine and Surgery at LASU

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

Medicine and Surgery at UNIMAID

  • UTME subjects: accept Mathematics in lieu of Physics

Medicine and Surgery at FUTO

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

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.