This article is designed to help students who wish to study Dentistry and Dental Surgery under the Faculty of Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Health Sciences at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
Confirm that Dentistry and Dental Surgery is still listed at OAU before you register for JAMB. Direct Entry here asks for three A Level passes, and a waiver opens a graduate route alongside them.
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), formerly known as the University of Ife, is a federal government-owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
The university was founded in 1961. They were renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honor of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), the first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was.
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 Dentistry And Dental Surgery; You require;
Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics.
All five credits are named, so nothing on this list is optional. Mathematics is the only one that never reappears on the JAMB form or at Direct Entry.
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 Dentistry And Dental Surgery include the following;
- Chemistry
- Biology, and one (1) other Science subject
The JAMB combination fixes Chemistry and Biology beside the compulsory English Language and leaves the fourth paper open to any science subject.
That openness does not reduce the credit requirement, since Physics and Mathematics are still checked on your result.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Dentistry And Dental Surgery if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Three (3) ‘A’ level passes to include Chemistry, Biology/Zoology, and Physics.
Direct Entry is heavier than most courses at three passes, and all three subjects are named. Zoology is accepted in place of Biology.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks:
- OAU accepts B.Sc. with a minimum of second-class Honours in the relevant program (Sciences).
The waiver adds a graduate route. A science degree at second class honours or better is accepted, which sets a class of degree condition rather than a subject one.
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.
Three A Level Passes or a Science Degree at OAU Dentistry
Chemistry and Biology appear on every list, with Physics, Mathematics and English Language completing the five named credits. No substitution is offered at O Level.
Direct Entry needs three A Level passes, or a science degree at second class honours under the waiver. Either way, OAU asks for 200 or above in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.