This is to notify the general public and all aspiring University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) students that the Department of Political Science admission requirements have been published.
Political Science at UNIMAID is built around a single either/or choice that repeats on all three routes. Below are the O Level credits, the UTME combination, the Direct Entry condition and the score the university asks for.
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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.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Political Science include Five SSCE credit passes in the following subjects:
Government or History, English Language, and three (3) other subjects. A pass in Mathematics is required.
Note how the Mathematics condition is written. It is a pass rather than a credit, and it is stated separately from the five credit passes, so it is an extra condition rather than one of the five.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language
- Government or History plus two (2) other Social Science/Arts subjects.
The same either/or appears on the JAMB form. English Language is compulsory, one of Government or History takes the second slot, and the last two are drawn from the Social Sciences or the Arts.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Political Science if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
Two (2) ‘A’ Level passes, including Government or History.
Direct Entry repeats the pattern once more. Only one of the two passes is pinned down, and it must be Government or History, which leaves the second pass open to any subject.
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 minimum of 160 or above score in your JAMB result.
Two Subjects, and You Only Need One of Them
Government and History are offered as alternatives at every stage, and a candidate never needs both. One of them has to be among your five O Level credits, one of them goes on the JAMB form, and one of them must be a Direct Entry pass.
The condition most often missed is the Mathematics pass, which sits outside the five credits and is easy to read past. Secure that, pick whichever of Government or History you are stronger in, and clear the 160 UNIMAID asks for in the 2026/2027 session.