Skolra home
Download
Get the app

JAMB subject combination for Pharmacy

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 Pharmacy

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.
  • 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

Three 'A' Level passes in Chemistry, Biology/Zoology and Physics or Mathematics, plus the UTME requirements.

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Pharmacy students

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

What JAMB score do you need for Pharmacy?

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 Pharmacy mark we hold runs from 200 at COOU to 240 at EKSU.
  • Aggregate worked out by the school: the mark runs from 70.375 at UI to 78.325 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 Pharmacy cut-off mark at each of the 10 universities.

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 69 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, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ekiti State University, Delta State University, Abraka, Niger Delta University, Covenant University.

Pharmacy at UNILAG

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

Pharmacy at UI

  • O'level: same as Medicine and Surgery: five credits at one sitting (live brochure entry: 'at a single sitting')

Pharmacy at UNN

  • O'level: the five credits at not more than two (2) sittings

Pharmacy at ABU

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

Pharmacy at UNILORIN

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

Pharmacy at UNIPORT

  • UTME subjects: requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Pharmacy at LASU

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

Pharmacy at UNIUYO

  • O'level: the five credits at not more than two (2) sittings

Pharmacy at OOU

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

Pharmacy at DELSU

  • O'level: five credits incl. English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology at not more than one (1) 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.

Get it on Google PlayDownload for WindowsDownload for Mac

Cut-off marks for Pharmacy

Post-UTME at these schools