Library and Information Science is taught under the Faculty of Education at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU). It has the most open subject requirements of any programme on the ATBU list.
English Language and Mathematics are the only named credits, and the UTME combination accepts any three subjects at all. Candidates from any secondary school track can qualify.
Confirm that Library and Information Science appears on the current ATBU course list and that your JAMB registration records it correctly before you sit the examination.
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About Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU)
North-eastern Nigeria’s Bauchi is home to the Federal University of Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU).
The university bears Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s name, who served as the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s first prime minister. “Doctrina Mater Artium,” the university’s motto, is Latin for “Education is the mother of the practical arts.”
Admission Requirements for Library and Information Science
WAEC/NECO Subject Combination
The WAEC/NECO subject combination and requirements needed to study Library and Information Science is Five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, and three other relevant Arts/Science/Social Science subjects.
JAMB Subject Combination
In UTME, please note that the English Language is Compulsory for this course.
Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Library and Information Science at ATBU are any three subjects.
Direct Entry Requirement
You must fulfil these conditions to gain Direct Entry admission to study Library and Information Science if you do not intend to use UTME.
You require two (2) ‘A’ Level passes in the relevant subjects plus the UTME requirements and NCE merit in relevant subjects.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into ATBU for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored a minimum of 180 and above in your JAMB result.
Any Three Subjects Will Do at ATBU Library and Information Science
The O’Level requirement is five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, and three other relevant Arts, Science or Social Science subjects. Only two papers are named.
Because the three remaining credits may come from any of the three fields, the condition is effectively a general secondary school certificate with English and Mathematics secured.
The UTME combination goes further still. English Language is compulsory and the other three subjects are stated simply as any three subjects, with no field restriction at all.
Direct Entry asks for two ‘A’ Level passes in relevant subjects plus the UTME requirements, and separately recognises an NCE at merit in relevant subjects.
A JAMB score of 180 and above is the screening threshold for the 2026/2027 session at ATBU. With subject conditions this open, that score is the only real filter on this page.