Admission requirements for the Department of Optometry at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) have been published, covering the O’Level credits, the JAMB UTME papers, the Direct Entry route and the JAMB score.
Optometry names all five O’Level credits with no alternatives, and three of them, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, carry straight through to the UTME papers.
The screening threshold is 160, which makes the credits rather than the score the harder part of this application.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Optometry include the following:
- Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB
- English Language
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Optometry if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- ‘A’ level passes in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Zoology.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 160 or above in your JAMB result.
About the Federal University of Technology, Owerri
The Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) is a technology-intensive university in Imo state, south-east Nigeria. It was founded in 1980 in Owerri, the state capital.
FUTO, Nigeria’s the Premier Federal University of Technology, was established to advance the course of cutting-edge technical education in Nigeria.
The University has earned a well-deserved reputation for producing top talents in diverse areas of Science and Technology over the years.
Zoology as the Direct Entry Alternative at FUTO Optometry
The O’Level requirement is five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, every one of them named.
The JAMB papers are English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, so Mathematics is the only credit not tested again at UTME.
Direct Entry asks for A level passes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Zoology. That Zoology allowance is the single substitution permitted anywhere on the page.
A JAMB score of 160 or above makes you eligible for screening in the 2026/2027 session.
Since nothing in the O’Level list can be swapped out, verifying all five credits is the first and most useful step before you register.