This is to notify the general public and all aspiring students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that the Department of Dentistry & Dental Surgery admission requirements has been published.
The sections below cover the O’Level credit passes for Dentistry and Dental Surgery, the Maiduguri waiver on required science subjects, the four subjects sat in JAMB UTME, and the JAMB score needed for screening.
Dentistry is a clinical science course and the conditions reflect that. Physics, Chemistry and Biology appear in the O’Level credits and again in the waiver, with Mathematics and English Language completing the five required passes.
Read the UTME line carefully before registering. Chemistry and Biology are named, and the fourth slot takes one further science subject, which in practice means Physics or Mathematics for most candidates applying here.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Dentistry & Dental Surgery include the following:
Five (5) SSCE credit passes in English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
Special Consideration (Waiver) Remark
UNIMAID requires Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
This waiver singles out the three sciences the department treats as non-negotiable. It sits alongside the five credit passes above rather than replacing them, so English Language and Mathematics are still required.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language
- Chemistry
- Biology and one (1) other Science subject
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JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into UNIMAID for the 2026/2027 session should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have a score of a minimum of 160 or above in your JAMB result.
About the University of Maiduguri
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher education institution in Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital city in northeast Nigeria.
The federal government of Nigeria established the university in 1975 with the goal of it becoming one of the country’s primary higher-education institutions.
With a large student and staff population, the University of Maiduguri admits students from all over Nigeria, regardless of race, culture, or religion.
Getting Ready for UNIMAID Dentistry and Dental Surgery
The O’Level requirement leaves no free slots. All five credit passes are named: English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. A candidate short of any one of them has nothing to substitute in and should plan a resit.
In UTME, English Language is compulsory, Chemistry and Biology are fixed, and the fourth subject is one other science. A JAMB score of at least 160 makes the application eligible for the screening exercise that follows.
This page does not list a Direct Entry route for Dentistry at Maiduguri. Candidates holding A Levels or a first degree should contact the Faculty of Dentistry directly, and all applicants should check the departmental cut-off mark for the session.