English Language at the University Of Ibadan (UI) requires Literature in English alongside the English Language paper itself, and it sets a departmental screening mark forty points above the university figure.
The O’Level line is unusual in allowing science subjects among the optional credits. A candidate with a mixed results profile is not shut out of an Arts department here.
The sections below cover the O’Level subjects, the four JAMB papers, the university wide cut-off and the departmental cut-off that actually governs this programme.
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UI Department Of English Language Admission Requirements
O’level Subject Combinations
Candidates who wish to study English Language at the University Of Ibadan (UI) must possess Five ‘O’ level subjects in one sitting or 6 ‘O’ level subjects in two sittings, including the English Language, two Arts subjects including Literature-in-English and any other two or three subjects from Arts, Social Sciences or Science.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
English Language and two Arts subjects, including Literature in English and any other from Arts or Social Sciences.
UI JAMB Cut-Off Mark
Generally, For any candidate to be admitted into the University Of Ibadan (UI) for any course, the candidate must score 200 and above in jamb. That is to say that the University Of Ibadan (UI) JAMB Cut-Off mark is 200.
UI Department Of English Language Departmental Cut-Off Mark
The UI Department of English Language Departmental Cut Off Mark is 240. That is to say that, Candidates who seek admission to the University Of Ibadan (UI) Department of English Language must score 240 and above in the school UTME Screening exercise.
UI English Language Sets Its Own Mark at 240
The O’Level requirement is five subjects in one sitting or six across two sittings, including English Language and two Arts subjects, one of which must be Literature in English.
The remaining two or three credits may come from the Arts, Social Sciences or Sciences. That last allowance is what makes this requirement broader than it first appears.
The JAMB registration is four subjects: English Language and two Arts subjects including Literature in English, plus any other from the Arts or Social Sciences.
The general JAMB cut-off for any course at the University Of Ibadan is 200. The English Language departmental cut-off in the school UTME screening exercise is 240.
That gap is where this application is won or lost. Satisfying the subject conditions and clearing 200 only keeps a candidate in contention; the department works to its own higher figure.