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JAMB subject combination for Optometry

Last updated 9 October 2026

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 Optometry

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, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • Federal University of Technology, Owerri: Credit passes in English Language, Mathematics and Chemistry are mandatory, in addition to the departments' other credit passes.

Direct Entry

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

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Optometry students

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

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 28 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: University of Benin, University of Ilorin, Bayero University Kano, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Covenant University.

Optometry at UNIBEN

  • UTME subjects: listed in the Sciences brochure OPTOMETRY row with the same UTME subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) and O'Level (English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

Optometry at UNILORIN

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

Optometry at FUTO

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

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Cut-off marks for Optometry

Post-UTME at these schools