This article is designed to help students who wish to study Geography under the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA).
Confirm that Geography is still listed at UNIABUJA before you register for JAMB. Three waivers sit in this post, and each one pulls the subject list towards the sciences.
The university runs regular degree, diploma, and postgraduate programs. Its location in the Federal Capital Territory has a Centre for Distance Learning School, which provides university education to those who cannot acquire such education.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Geography;
You require; Five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Geography, and any three from Arts or Social Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics.
The general line keeps the course in the Arts and Social Sciences and asks for Mathematics only at ordinary pass level.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remark
- UNIABUJA accepts five credit Passes at SSCE (or its equivalent) in English, Mathematics, Geography, and any two of Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Biology/ Agricultural Science, and Government.
The waiver tells a different story. Mathematics becomes a credit rather than a pass, and the two remaining places come from a list dominated by science subjects.
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 Geography under the Faculty of Social & Management Sciences at UNIABUJA include;
Geography and two other Arts or Social Science subjects
The general JAMB line again stays inside the Arts and Social Sciences, with Geography fixed beside the compulsory English Language.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remark
- UNIABUJA requires Geography and any other two of Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural Science, Economics, or Government.
The second waiver opens the form to Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Agricultural Science, none of which the general line allows.
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Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Geography if you don’t intend to use UTME.
You require; Two ‘A’ level passes in Geography and any one of Economics, Government, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remark
- UNIABUJA accepts two A’ level credit passes in Geography and any other Science subject. Economics or Government. ND (upper credit) in Surveying, Town planning, or Environmental management.
The third waiver adds a diploma route, accepting an ND at upper credit in Surveying, Town Planning or Environmental Management alongside the A Level pairing.
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.
How the UNIABUJA Waivers Pull Geography Towards the Sciences
Geography and English Language are required at every stage, and the general lines frame the course as an Arts and Social Science programme.
Every waiver points the other way, raising Mathematics to a credit and bringing Chemistry, Physics and Biology into both the credits and the JAMB papers. Follow the waivers and clear 180 in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.