This article is designed to help students who wish to study Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
Confirm that Chemistry is still listed at OAU before you register for JAMB. A short waiver removes the Biology condition from the credit list, which is the one real relaxation on offer.
Obafemi Awolowo University offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs 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.
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O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Chemistry; You require;
Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
Read on its own, this line names all five credits and leaves no choice. The waiver immediately below it changes that.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks:
- OAU accepts any other subject in lieu of Biology.
The waiver frees one place, allowing any other subject in place of Biology. English Language, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry remain compulsory.
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 Chemistry under the Faculty of Sciences at OAU include;
Chemistry and two of Physics, Biology, and Mathematics.
On the JAMB form Chemistry is fixed beside the compulsory English Language, and two papers come from Physics, Biology and Mathematics.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Chemistry if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ level passes in Chemistry and any one (1) in Physics, Mathematics, or Biology.
- ND/NCE with good grades in relevant ‘O’ level subjects
Direct Entry narrows to Chemistry plus one of Physics, Mathematics or Biology, with an ND or NCE at good grades offered as the alternative route.
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 Waiver That Frees a Credit at OAU Chemistry
Chemistry is required on every route, with English Language, Mathematics and Physics compulsory among the credits. Those four decide the application.
The waiver lets any subject stand in for Biology at O Level, which is worth knowing if your fifth credit sits outside the sciences. OAU also asks for 200 or above in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.