This article is designed to help students who wish to study Architecture under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment, and Technology at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
Confirm that Architecture is still listed at OAU before you register for JAMB. The O Level list is unusually long, taking in building trades that most departments never mention.
Obafemi Awolowo University offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in specialization spanning the humanities, the arts, the natural sciences, the social sciences, the medical sciences, engineering, and technology.
The university has 13 faculties and two colleges the Postgraduate College and the College of Health Sciences, administered in more than 60 departments. It was previously associated with Loma Linda University in California, USA.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Architecture; You require;
Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Fine Art, Geography or Wood Work, Biology, Economics, Technical Drawing, and Further Mathematics.
The list continues with Introduction to Building Construction, Bricklaying and Block laying, Concreting, Wall, Floors and Ceiling Finishing, Joinery, Carpentry, Decorative Painting, Lining, Sign and Design.
It closes with Wall Hanging, Colour Mixing and Matching, Glazing, Ceramics, Graphics Design, Graphic Printing and Basic Electricity.
Five credits are needed from that pool. English Language, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry head it, and the trade subjects that follow give technical college candidates a genuine route in.
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 Architecture under the Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Technology at OAU include;
Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology, and Economics.
The JAMB form is far shorter. Physics and Mathematics are fixed beside the compulsory English Language, and the fourth paper comes from Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology or Economics.
None of the building trades can be registered in JAMB, so they help with the credits only.
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Architecture if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ level passes chosen from Mathematics or Physics and Chemistry, Geography or Fine Arts.
- ND/HND upper credits in relevant field.
Direct Entry pairs Mathematics or Physics with Chemistry, Geography or Fine Arts, and accepts an ND or HND at upper credit in a relevant field as the alternative.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into OAU for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 200 or above in your JAMB result.
The Trade Subjects on the OAU Architecture Credit List
Mathematics and Physics appear at every stage, with English Language and Chemistry heading the credit list. Those four carry most of the application.
Everything after them, from Bricklaying through to Graphic Printing, counts towards the five credits only and has no place on the JAMB form. Note too that OAU requires 200 or above in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.