This is to notify the general public and all aspiring University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) students that the Department of Statistics admission requirements has been published.
Statistics at UNIMAID publishes a different subject list at each stage, and the lists get shorter as you move down the page. Below are the five O Level credits, the UTME combination, the two Direct Entry routes and the score required for screening.
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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 Statistics include Five SSCE credit passes in the following subjects:
English Language, Mathematics, and at least three (3) subjects from Physics, Statistics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Economics, and Geography.
English Language and Mathematics are fixed, and three more credits come from a list of six. That list is the widest on the page, and Statistics itself is one of the subjects a candidate may count towards it.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language
- Mathematics and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry, and Economics.
The list has now halved. Mathematics stays compulsory beside English Language, but only Physics, Chemistry and Economics survive from the six offered at O Level, so two of those three must go on the form.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Statistics if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
Two (2) ‘A’ level passes to include Mathematics or Statistics. NCE credit in relevant subjects.
Statistics returns at Direct Entry as an alternative to Mathematics, so only one of the two is needed among the passes. An NCE at credit in relevant subjects is listed as a separate route in.
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.
Geography and Further Mathematics Stop at O Level
Follow each subject down the page and two of them simply disappear. Further Mathematics and Geography are accepted among the O Level credits, but neither is on the UTME combination and neither is named at Direct Entry.
Mathematics is the subject that never drops out, and Physics, Chemistry and Economics are the three worth holding because they count at both O Level and UTME. Hold the five credits, enter Mathematics and two of those three, and clear the 160 UNIMAID asks for in the 2026/2027 session.