This article is designed to help students who wish to study French under the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at Nigeria Defence Academy.
It is very important for all candidates who wish to apply for any of the courses offered in NDA to carefully confirm and see if the course they Selected is offered in the institution before registering for JAMB.
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 French; You require;
Five (5) SSCE credit passes, including French and English Language, plus one (1) other Arts subject.
Three of the five credits are accounted for. French and English Language are named, one more must be an Arts subject, and the final two carry no stated restriction.
Candidates who studied French informally rather than sitting it at WAEC or NECO will not meet this requirement, however strong their spoken ability.
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 French under the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at NDA include;
French and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences.
On the UTME form French joins the compulsory English Language, and the two remaining papers may come from either the Arts or the Social Sciences, which is a wider pool than the O Level list allows.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study French if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
Two (2) ‘A’ level passes, including French and one (1) other Arts subject.
Direct Entry tightens the second subject again. French is compulsory and the other pass must be an Arts subject, so Social Science papers accepted at UTME do not qualify on this route.
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.
French Is Non Negotiable on Every NDA Route
There is no version of this application that works without a French credit or pass. It appears in the O Level list, on the UTME form and among the A Level subjects accepted at Direct Entry.
The second subject shifts between routes, since UTME allows Social Sciences while O Level and Direct Entry both call for an Arts subject. Line up your papers accordingly and make sure your JAMB score reaches 180 for the 2026/2027 session.