The University of Calabar has published the admission requirements for its Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, covering the O’level credits, the UTME subject combination, the direct entry route and the JAMB score the university applies.
Human Nutrition and Dietetics is treated as a full science programme here. Five named O’level credits are required, with nothing optional, and the UTME combination repeats four of the same subjects.
Mathematics is the exception. It belongs to the O’level list but not the UTME one, where Chemistry, Biology and Physics fill the science places alongside English Language.
Direct entry adds A level passes to those conditions rather than replacing them, as the section below sets out.
The admission requirements include O’level Subject combinations, JAMB UTME Subject combinations, and School and Departmental Cut-Off Marks.
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Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Human Nutrition and Dietetics include the following: Five (5) SSCE credit passes in the following subjects:
- English Language
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Mathematics
All five are compulsory. A candidate missing a credit in any one of them does not meet the condition, whatever the strength of the other four.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB
- English Language
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Physics
These four are fixed with no alternatives. Candidates who expect Mathematics to appear here because it is required at O’level will have registered the wrong combination.
Direct Entry Requirement For Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Below is the Direct Entry Requirement for Human Nutrition and Dietetics:
- Two (2) ‘A’ level passes in Chemistry, Biology, and Physics plus the UTME requirement.
The phrase plus the UTME requirement matters. This route builds on the conditions above rather than offering a way around them.
JAMB Score
For any candidate to be admitted to any Department in the University of Calabar, the Candidate must score 150 and above in JAMB.
The mark applies university wide. It establishes eligibility rather than securing a place, and selection between qualified applicants follows afterwards.
About the University of Calabar
The University of Calabar is a federal university in Cross River State, Nigeria’s south-south region. In 1975, the university was established.
The university has a very large student and staff population and a diverse student body. All applicants to the university are accepted, regardless of their cultural or religious background. Additionally, there is no restriction on applicants’ ages.
Planning a UNICAL Human Nutrition and Dietetics Application
Begin with your result sheet. English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics all have to be credits, and that is the condition most applications fall at.
Then register the four UTME papers exactly as listed, leaving Mathematics out, and aim above the 150 JAMB mark rather than at it.
Entry conditions at UNICAL are reviewed between admission cycles, so confirm the current subject lists and score with the department before you commit.