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JAMB subject combination for Public Health

Last updated 9 October 2026

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

Good to know: Public Health has no row of its own in the JAMB brochure. It is listed under Nursing, so the Nursing rule applies.

UTME subjects and WAEC (O'level) requirements for Public Health

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 Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and English Language.
JAMB's brochure, word for word

Rules for every course at these schools

  • Federal University of Technology, Akure: All programmes need at least a credit pass in English Language and Mathematics.

Direct Entry

(i) Two 'A' Level passes in Biology/Zoology, Chemistry and Physics plus 'O' Level credits in Mathematics, Physics and English Language; or (ii) NRN (registered nurse) or approved equivalent plus five 'O' Level credits in English Language and four science subjects (the general Direct Entry rule in the brochure's Nursing section).

From the Direct Entry column of JAMB's brochure.

JAMB past questions for Public Health students

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

How big schools differ

JAMB's live brochure lists 141 degree-awarding institutions for this course.

Offered at big schools including: Federal University of Technology, Akure, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Rivers State University, Kwara State University, Covenant University.

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 Public Health