This is to notify the general public and all aspiring students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) that the Department of Microbiology admission requirements has been published.
The requirements below cover the O’Level subject combination, the four subjects sat in JAMB UTME, the A Level route for Direct Entry candidates, and the JAMB score needed to qualify for screening into Microbiology at Maiduguri.
Microbiology sits firmly in the science stream. English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics make up the five SSCE credit passes, and Chemistry and Biology carry through into every route the department recognises.
There is a little flexibility at UTME level, where Physics or Mathematics can fill the fourth subject slot. That choice does not extend to O’Level, where all five named subjects are required as credit passes.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Microbiology include Five SSCE credit passes in the following subjects:
English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics or Mathematics
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfil to gain Direct Entry admission to study Microbiology if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ Level passes in Chemistry and any one (1) from Biology, Zoology, or Botany.
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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.
Before You Apply for Microbiology at UNIMAID
Check the five SSCE credits first. English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics are all named, so there is no substitute subject available at this stage and a missing credit has to be resolved before JAMB registration.
At UTME, sit English Language, Biology and Chemistry, then add either Physics or Mathematics as the fourth subject. A JAMB score of at least 160 makes you eligible for the screening exercise, which is the next stage of the process.
Direct Entry candidates need two A Level passes, one of which must be Chemistry. The second can be Biology, Zoology or Botany, which gives applicants from different A Level programmes a workable path into the department without sitting UTME.