This article is designed to help students who wish to study Civil Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Technology at Nigeria Defence Academy.
Confirm that Civil Engineering is still listed at the Nigeria Defence Academy before you register for JAMB. Three science subjects carry this application from the O Level credits through to the UTME form, and only the Direct Entry route changes that pattern.
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna is one of the first of two Military Universities in Nigeria. Nigerian Army University, established in 2018 in Biu, Borno State, is the other military university that does not offer military training.
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O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Civil Engineering; You require;
Five SSCE credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language, and one Science subject
Four of the five credits are named. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English Language are compulsory, and the fifth place is open only to another science subject rather than to any paper you happen to have passed.
In practice that fifth credit comes from Biology, Agricultural Science, Further Mathematics or Technical Drawing, depending on what was available at your school.
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 Civil Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Technology at NDA include;
Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
The UTME combination repeats three of the O Level subjects exactly. English Language is compulsory on top of them, so the four papers you register are decided for you with no alternative set available.
Because the lists overlap so closely, a candidate who meets the O Level requirement has usually already covered the UTME subjects as well.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Civil Engineering if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- ‘A’ level passes in Physics and Mathematics.
- ND/HND (Upper credit) at appropriate levels.
Direct Entry drops Chemistry from the list. The A Level route names only Physics and Mathematics, which is a narrower pair than the O Level credits demand.
The diploma route sets a grade bar instead of a subject one. An ND or HND is accepted only at upper credit, so a lower credit diploma will not qualify here.
Jamb Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into NDA for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 180 or above in your JAMB result.
Why NDA Civil Engineering Drops Chemistry at Direct Entry
Physics and Mathematics are the two subjects that appear at every stage of this application, in the O Level credits, on the UTME form and in the A Level passes accepted for Direct Entry.
Chemistry is required for the first two but not the third, and the diploma route replaces subjects with a grade condition at upper credit. Work out which route applies to you, then make sure your JAMB score reaches 180 for the 2026/2027 session.