Pharmacy is taught under the Faculty of Medical, Pharmaceutical & Health Sciences at Kaduna State University (KASU). The O’Level requirement names all five credits, leaving nothing open.
Zoology is accepted in place of Biology at Direct Entry, and Mathematics may stand in for Physics there. Those are the only substitutions anywhere on this page.
Confirm that Pharmacy appears on the current KASU course list and that your JAMB registration records it correctly before you sit the examination. A course entered in error cannot be assessed against these conditions.
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About KASU
The Kaduna State University (KASU) is located in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
It was established in 2004 as part of a motivated effort on the part of the Federal government to create more universities to meet the educational needs of the nation.
Admission Requirements for Pharmacy
WAEC/NECO Subject Combination
The WAEC/NECO subject combination and requirements needed to study Pharmacy is Five (5) SSCE credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
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 Pharmacy at KASU include Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Pharmacy if you do not intend to use UTME.
You require two (2) ‘A’ Level/NCE passes in Chemistry, Biology/Zoology, and Physics or Mathematics.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into KASU 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.
Substitutions Appear Only at Direct Entry for KASU Pharmacy
The O’Level requirement is five SSCE credits in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Every slot is named, so a missing credit cannot be replaced.
The UTME combination keeps English Language compulsory and fills the remaining three places with Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Mathematics drops out here but is still needed at credit level.
Direct Entry is where flexibility appears. Two ‘A’ Level or NCE passes are required in Chemistry, Biology or Zoology, and Physics or Mathematics.
Chemistry is the one subject with no alternative at any stage. A candidate without it has no route into this department.
A JAMB score of 180 and above is the screening threshold for the 2026/2027 session at KASU. Pharmacy is consistently oversubscribed, so that figure marks eligibility rather than competitiveness.