Here’s exactly how to calculate your aggregate score for Taraba State University (TASU), with a correctly worked example.
TASU is a state-owned, NUC-accredited university in Taraba State.
How TASU Calculates Its Aggregate Score
TASU’s admission ranking is described as a composite score built from your JAMB performance and your O’Level grades, weighted roughly 50:50, rather than a simple JAMB-plus-Post-UTME split used by many other schools:
- Your JAMB score (out of 400) is divided by 8, contributing up to 50 points.
- Your five core O’Level subjects are converted into points based on your grades, contributing the other half of the aggregate.
TASU hasn’t published an exact, independently verifiable grade-to-points scale for the O’Level component, so rather than inventing specific numbers for it, the safest approach is this: calculate your JAMB/8 contribution with confidence, and treat your O’Level grades as carrying equal weight to that JAMB score. The stronger your O’Level results in the five subjects relevant to your course, the stronger your overall aggregate, regardless of how any single grading table is set up.
For example, a candidate with a JAMB score of 240 would get 240 ÷ 8 = 30 points from that half of the formula alone, before their O’Level grades are factored in to make up the rest.
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TASU Departmental Cut-off Marks
TASU doesn’t publish one uniform cut-off for every course. In general, Engineering courses sit at the higher end, Law, Medicine and Surgery, and Pharmacy are the most competitive of all, Basic Medical Sciences fall in the upper-middle range, and Arts, Agriculture, and Education courses tend to be more accessible. Confirm the exact figures for your specific course on TASU’s official admissions portal for the 2026/2027 session rather than relying on numbers that may be stale or borrowed from another institution’s page.
If your course or departmental cut-off mark isn’t something you can confirm yourself, comment in the comment box below this post, and we will reply to you.
Final Thoughts
Because TASU weighs your O’Level results as heavily as your JAMB score, don’t neglect either half, a strong JAMB score with weak O’Level grades won’t carry you as far here as it might at a school running a JAMB/Post-UTME split. Confirm the current cut-off for your course on TASU’s official admissions page for 2026/2027.