Public Administration sits under the Faculty of Social & Management Sciences at Lagos State University. Confirm this course is still offered at LASU before registering for JAMB, since faculty listings can be adjusted between sessions.
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About Lagos State University
Lagos State University (LASU) was established in 1983 by the enabling law of Lagos State to advance learning and establish academic excellence. It is located in Ojo, Lagos State.
LASU caters to a population of over 35,000 full-time students across Diploma, Undergraduate, and Postgraduate levels, including an MBA programme, and is the only state university in the former British colony.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Public Administration are five SSCE credit passes, including English Language, Mathematics, Economics, and two other relevant subjects.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remarks
LASU’s Faculty of Social & Management Sciences sets related subject rules across its programmes:
- Accounting requires two other relevant subjects from any of Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice, and Secretarial Duties.
- Public Administration requires ‘O’ Level credits to include English Language, Mathematics, Government, Economics, and any one of Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice, and Secretariat Studies.
- Business Administration requires five ‘O’ level credit passes, including English Language and Mathematics, plus any three of Economics, Accounting, Commerce, Government, and Geography.
- Insurance requires five ‘O’ level credit passes, including English Language, Mathematics, and Economics, plus any two of Accounting, Business Methods, Commerce, Government, Geography, and Statistics.
- Marketing requires five ‘O’ level credit passes, including English Language, Mathematics, and Economics, plus any three of Business Methods, Commerce, and Book Keeping.
JAMB Subject Combination
In UTME, English Language is compulsory for this course. The three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combinations needed to study Public Administration under the Faculty of Social & Management Sciences are Mathematics, Economics, and any other Social Science subject.
Direct Entry Requirement
Candidates who don’t intend to use UTME can fulfill these conditions to gain Direct Entry admission to study Public Administration. You require two ‘A’ level passes, including Economics.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into LASU 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.
Reading Across LASU’s Related Programmes for Public Administration
If your O’Level result does not exactly match the Public Administration line above, check the Accounting, Business Administration, Insurance, and Marketing rows too, since LASU’s waiver list covers several related programmes together.
Confirm these requirements against LASU’s current admission brochure before registering, since the 160 JAMB benchmark can shift between sessions.