Chemical Pathology has no JAMB code. It sits inside the MBBS curriculum at Nigerian medical schools, becoming a specialty only after an MSc in Chemical Pathology or NPMCN-accredited residency.
What is Chemical Pathology About?
Chemical Pathology is a Faculty of Medicine department, studying how biochemical processes connect to disease through bodily fluid tests.
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Where Chemical Pathology Is Taught in Nigeria
Admission into any accredited MBBS programme exposes you to Chemical Pathology coursework. The schools below teach it, some with postgraduate training.
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN)
UNN (1960, Nsukka, Enugu State) runs a standalone Chemical Pathology department for teaching and postgraduate work.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU)
OAU (1962, Ile-Ife, Osun State) teaches Chemical Pathology as a compulsory MBBS unit.
University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)
UNIPORT (1975, Choba, Rivers State) has its own Chemical Pathology department.
Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUSOK)
UDUSOK (1975, Sokoto State) houses Chemical Pathology inside its College of Health Sciences.
University of Calabar (UNICAL)
UNICAL (1975, Calabar, Cross River State) teaches it via the College of Medical Sciences.
University of Uyo (UNIUYO)
UNIUYO (1991, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State) covers Chemical Pathology inside its MBBS programme.
Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU)
DELSU (1992, Abraka and Oleh, Delta State) includes it in its medical programme.
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)
ABU (1962, Zaria, Kaduna State) teaches it through the College of Medical Sciences.
University of Ibadan (UI)
UI, Nigeria’s oldest university (1948), offers it undergraduate, plus an MSc in its Postgraduate College.
University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED)
UNIMED (2015, Ondo State government) has a dedicated Chemical Pathology department.
University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)
UNILORIN (1975, Ilorin, Kwara State) teaches it via the College of Health Sciences.
University of Lagos (UNILAG)
UNILAG (1962) teaches it undergraduate and postgraduate through its College of Medicine.
University of Benin (UNIBEN)
UNIBEN (1970, Benin City, Edo State) delivers it through the College of Medical Sciences.
Babcock University (BU)
Babcock University (1999, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State) includes it in its MBBS programme.
Gombe State University (GSU)
GSU (2004, Gombe State) runs a dedicated Clinical/Chemical Pathology department.
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)
LAUTECH (Ogbomoso, Oyo State) covers it via the College of Health Sciences.
Rivers State University (RSU)
RSU (Port Harcourt, Rivers State) runs it via the College of Medicine.
Lagos State University (LASU)
LASU (1983, Ojo, Lagos State) teaches MBBS students via the College of Medicine.
Where Specialization Actually Begins
Every school here gets you to the same point: Chemical Pathology taught inside MBBS training. None hands you the specialist title alone.
That comes only after an MSc or NPMCN-accredited residency, built on whichever of these 18 schools got you through medical school.