Admission requirements for the Department of Education and Chemistry at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) are published below, covering the O’Level credits, the four JAMB UTME papers, the Direct Entry route and the JAMB score needed for screening.
This is a teaching degree with Chemistry as its teaching subject, and the requirements reflect that. Chemistry is named at every stage, at O’Level, in the JAMB combination and in the Direct Entry condition.
Confirm the course is listed under UNIABUJA on the current JAMB brochure before you register. School and departmental cut-off marks are applied after screening, so the score below simply opens the door.
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Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Education & Chemistry include the following:
- Five (5) SSCE credits in Mathematics, Chemistry, and English Language and two (2) in Physics, Biology, and Agricultural Science.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB
- English Language
- Chemistry and two (2) other subjects are chosen from Physics, Biology, and Mathematics.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Education and Chemistry if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ Level/NCE passes, including Chemistry and one (1) other Science subject.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into UNIABUJA for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 180 or above in your JAMB result.
About the University of Abuja
The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA), a dual-mode institution with the authority to administer conventional and distance learning academic programs, was founded on January 1st, 1988.
At its inception, it was the first university in the country to take on such a dual mandate. The Vision of the University is to develop an institution of higher learning that combines academic excellence with the pursuit of the unity of Nigeria.
Counting the Five Credits for UNIABUJA Education and Chemistry
The O’Level line reads as three plus two. Mathematics, Chemistry and English Language are compulsory, and the remaining two credits are chosen from Physics, Biology and Agricultural Science, which adds up to the five required.
The UTME combination follows the same shape. English Language and Chemistry are fixed, and the other two papers come from Physics, Biology and Mathematics.
Note that Mathematics moves between the two lists. It is compulsory at O’Level but optional at UTME, so a candidate may hold the Mathematics credit without sitting it as a JAMB paper.
Direct Entry asks for two A level or NCE passes including Chemistry and one other Science subject. On every route the JAMB score must reach 180 for you to be eligible for UNIABUJA screening.