This article is designed to help students who wish to study Medicine and Surgery under the Faculty of Medical, Pharmaceuticals, and Health Sciences at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA).
Confirm that Medicine and Surgery is still listed at UNIABUJA before you register for JAMB. The waiver here states plainly that Direct Entry adds to the UTME conditions rather than replacing them.
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 through the regular university system and those interested in acquiring new knowledge and specialized skills.
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Medicine and Surgery; You require;
Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
All five credits are named. Mathematics is the only one that does not carry over to the JAMB combination, so it is checked purely on your result.
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 Medicine and Surgery under the Faculty of Medical, Pharmaceutical & Health Sciences at UNIABUJA include;
Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
The four JAMB papers are fixed at English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. No alternative combination exists for this course.
Direct Entry Requirements
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Medicine and Surgery if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- ‘A’ Level passes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology or Zoology in addition to the UTME requirements.
- BSC, BOS, etc in the relevant program.
Two Direct Entry routes are offered. A Level passes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Zoology, or a first degree in a relevant programme.
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Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks
- UNIABUJA requires DE candidates to fulfill the UTME requirements.
The waiver removes any doubt about that first route. Direct Entry candidates still have to satisfy the five O Level credits and the JAMB subject combination.
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.
Direct Entry Adds to the UTME Conditions at UNIABUJA Medicine and Surgery
Physics, Chemistry and Biology run through every list, with English Language and Mathematics completing the five named credits. Nothing here can be substituted.
The waiver is the line to read twice, since it confirms that a Direct Entry application carries the full UTME requirements with it. Check all five credits, then clear 180 in JAMB for the 2026/2027 session.