This is to notify the general public and all aspiring University of Nigeria (UNN) students that the Department of French admission requirements has been published.
The admission requirements include O’level Subject combinations, JAMB UTME Subject combinations, and School and Departmental Cut-Off Marks.
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The University of Nigeria was the first indigenous university in Nigeria to attain full-fledged and autonomous status. It was modeled after the American educational system. It is the first land-grant university in Africa and one of Nigeria’s five most reputed universities.
The University has 102 academic departments in 15 Faculties and offers 82 undergraduate and 211 postgraduate programs.
Entry Requirements
O’Level Subject Combination
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study French include the following:
- Five (5) SSCE credit passes, including French and English Language, plus one (1) other Arts subject.
Three of your five credits are fixed: French, English Language and one Arts subject. The remaining two can come from any subject you have passed.
JAMB UTME Subject Combination
Candidates will write the following Four (4) Subjects in JAMB.
- English Language.
- French and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences.
French carries into the UTME combination, where it sits with compulsory English Language and any two further subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences.
Direct Entry Requirement
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study French if you don’t intend to use UTME. You require;
- Two (2) ‘A’ level passes, including French and one (1) other Arts subject.
Direct Entry repeats the O level pairing, asking for two A level passes that include French and one other Arts subject.
JAMB Score
All candidates interested in getting admitted into UNN 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.
French Required at All Three Stages of UNN Entry
There is no route into this department without French. It is named in the O level credits, in the UTME combination and in the Direct Entry requirement, alongside English Language throughout.
At O level you need five SSCE credit passes covering French, English Language and one other Arts subject. Direct Entry asks for two A level passes on the same pairing, and candidates need a minimum JAMB score of 160 for the 2026/2027 session.