This article is designed to help students who wish to study Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Technology at Nigeria Defence Academy.
Mechanical Engineering leaves a UTME candidate almost nothing to decide, because the page names every subject it wants at both O Level and UTME. Confirm the course is offered at NDA before you register 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 Mechanical Engineering are as follows:
Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language, and any other Science subject.
All five credits are accounted for. Four are named and the fifth has to be another Science subject, so a candidate outside the science stream cannot satisfy this line at all.
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 Mechanical Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Technology at NDA include;
Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
The UTME form is settled in advance. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry join the compulsory English Language, which repeats the core of the O Level requirement exactly.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Mechanical Engineering if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ level passes from Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics.
- ND upper credit, NCE technical, and HND in Mechanical Engineering.
Direct Entry is where the page finally widens. The first line draws two passes from the same three sciences, and the second names technical qualifications instead: an ND at upper credit, an NCE technical, and an HND in Mechanical Engineering.
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.
No Choices at All Until Direct Entry
Everything before the Direct Entry section is fixed. The five O Level credits are specified down to the last place, and the four UTME papers are the same core sciences, so there is no subject decision left for a candidate to make.
Direct Entry changes that by recognising polytechnic and technical college qualifications alongside A Level passes, which is the only route in for someone who did not take the standard science combination. UTME candidates need 180 or above for the 2026/2027 session.