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JAMB subject combination for Nursing

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 Nursing

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: Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English Language. More on O'level below.

O'level requirements

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

Five (5) SSC credit passes in Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English Language.
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.
  • 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

(i) Two 'A' Level passes in Biology/Zoology, Chemistry and Physics plus three other 'O' Level credits in Mathematics, Physics and English Language; or (ii) NRN or approved equivalent plus five 'O' Level credits in English Language and four Science subjects (from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Human Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene, Health Science, Further Mathematics, General Science).

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Nursing students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Nursing?

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 Nursing mark we hold runs from 190 at AAU to 240 at ESUT.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 74.27 at LAUTECH to 77.925 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 Nursing cut-off mark at each of the 13 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 214 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, 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.

Nursing at UI

  • O'level: brochure says 'No admission through UTME', yet also lists five or six credits at one or two sittings: English Language, Biology/Health Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and one of Economics, Government, Literature in English, History, Geography or Physics; the live brochure entry (updated 2023-04-20) shows normal UTME entry with English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and credits in English Language, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

Nursing at UNN

  • O'level: credit passes at not more than two (2) sittings

Nursing at ABU

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

Nursing at UNILORIN

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Nursing at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Nursing at LASU

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

Nursing at FUTO

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology
  • O'level: five credits (English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology) in not more than two sittings

Nursing at OOU

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

Nursing at DELSU

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

Nursing at NDU

  • O'level: credit passes at not more than two (2) sittings

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.