This is to inform the general public that the University Of Ibadan (UI) management has published the admission requirements for her Department of Linguistics & African Languages For her admission aspirants.
The admission requirements consist of O’level Subject combinations, JAMB UTME Subject combinations, and School and Departmental Cut-Off Marks.
This is one of the more open subject lists at the university. Beyond English Language and a small Arts core, candidates may draw their remaining subjects from Arts, Social Sciences or Science at both Ordinary Level and JAMB.
The marks are less forgiving. The department sets its screening figure at 200, which is the same as the general university JAMB score, so there is no lower departmental threshold to fall back on here.
UI Department Of Linguistics & African Languages Admission Requirements
O’level Subject Combinations
Candidates who wish to study Linguistics & African Languages at the University Of Ibadan (UI) must possess Five ‘O’ level subjects at one sitting or 6 ‘O’ level subjects in two sittings, including the English Language, two Arts subjects, and any other subjects from Arts, Social Sciences or Science.
Only three places are specified: English Language and two Arts subjects. The last two slots are open to any discipline, which makes this requirement reachable for candidates from a science background as well.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
English Language, Literature In English, and the other two from Arts, Social Sciences, or Science.
Literature in English is named here although it is not named in the Ordinary Level list. Candidates who intend to apply should treat it as the one compulsory Arts paper in JAMB.
UI JAMB Cut-Off Mark
Generally, For any candidate to be admitted into the University Of Ibadan (UI) for any course at all, 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.
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UI Department Of Linguistics & African Languages Departmental Cut-Off Mark
The UI Department of Linguistics & African Languages Departmental Cut Off Mark is 200. That is to say that, Candidates who seek admission to the University Of Ibadan (UI) Department of Linguistics & African Languages must score 200 and above in the school UTME Screening exercise.
The two figures are equal but they are earned separately. One is a JAMB score and the other comes from the screening exercise the school conducts, so a candidate must reach 200 twice over.
Where UI Linguistics and African Languages Draws Its Line
The subject requirements leave plenty of room. English Language plus two Arts subjects is the only fixed part at Ordinary Level, and English Language plus Literature in English is the fixed part in JAMB.
The cut off marks are where candidates are separated. Both the university score and the departmental screening score sit at 200, with no margin between them.
Candidates whose Arts background is thin should still check this course, since two of the four Ordinary Level slots beyond English may be filled from Social Sciences or Science subjects.