The Department of Science Laboratory at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has published its entry requirements, covering the O’level credits, the UTME subject combination, the direct entry route and the JAMB score needed to reach screening.
Science Laboratory Technology is offered at several Nigerian universities, and the JAMB brochure attaches special consideration remarks to some of them. Those remarks appear below exactly as published, so read them with care.
The waiver notes cover UNIBEN and UNIPORT specifically. They do not replace the FUTO conditions in this article. If you are applying to FUTO, the main lists govern your application and the waivers are background.
They are still worth reading, because candidates often apply to more than one university for this course and the subject expectations differ between them.
The admission requirements include O’level Subject combinations, JAMB UTME Subject combinations, and School and Departmental Cut-Off Marks.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Science Laboratory include Five SSCE credits in the following subjects:
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Physics
All five subjects are named, with nothing optional. That is the FUTO position, and it is stricter than the UNIBEN waiver quoted immediately below, which applies only to UNIBEN applicants.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
(i) UNIBEN for Science Laboratory Technology requires five O’ level credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry and any two of Biology, Physics, Agricultural Science and Geography, depending on the option chosen by the candidate. Candidates opting for Physic/Electronics, Petrochemical Geology and Physiology/Pharmacology Techniques must have credit in Physics.
JAMB Subject Combination
In UTME, please note that English Language is Compulsory for this course. Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Science Laboratory Technology under the Faculty of Sciences in the above Universities include;
Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics
English Language plus those three makes four papers in total. The only choice sits in the last slot, between Physics and Mathematics, and both are accepted equally.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
(i) UNIPORT for Science Laboratory Technology
A. Requires Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for Geology and Mining Technology, Physics with Production Technology, Industrial and Petrochemical Technology and Physics with Electronic Technology options.
B. Requires Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Mathematics for Biochemistry and Chemistry Technology, Biomedical Technology and Microbiology technology options.
Note that this remark is tied to UNIPORT and to the particular options named within it. A FUTO applicant follows the combination given above rather than either of these two variants.
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Science Laboratory Technology if you don’t intend to use UTME.
You require;
Two ‘A’ level passes in Chemistry, and anyone from Biology, Zoology or Botany.
Chemistry is compulsory on this route, paired with one pass from Biology, Zoology or Botany. The waiver notes below show how differently two other universities treat the same route.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
(i) UNIPORT – No Direct Entry Admission.
(ii) UNIBEN for Science Laboratory Technology, in addition to UTME requirements, may accept at least two advanced level passes in the General Certificate of Education (G.C.E.) or Higher School Certificate (HSC) or its recognized equivalents at not more than two sittings. The subjects should be the Sciences.
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.
This score is the FUTO screening threshold. Other universities offering the course set their own marks, so do not carry this figure across to an application elsewhere.
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 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.
Which Rules Govern a FUTO Science Laboratory Application
For FUTO the answer is the main lists: five O’level credits in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics, four UTME papers, and a JAMB score of 160 or above.
The UNIBEN and UNIPORT remarks above belong to those institutions. Use them when comparing universities for this course, not when checking whether you qualify at FUTO.
Requirements and waiver notes are revised from one admission cycle to the next, so confirm the current entries for your chosen institution before you register.