This article is designed to help students who wish to study Geography under the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) as it is very important for all candidates who wish to apply for any of the courses offered in to carefully confirm and see if the course they Selected is offered in the institution before registering for JAMB.
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Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), formerly known as University of Ife, is a federal government owned and operated Nigerian university. The university is in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife by the regional government of Western Nigeria, led by late chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, and was renamed Obafemi Awolowo University on 12 May 1987 in honour of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), first premier of the Western Region of Nigeria, whose brainchild the university was
Obafemi Awolowo University offers undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in fields of specialization spanning the humanities, the arts, the natural sciences, the social sciences, the medical sciences, engineering and technology.
The university has 13 faculties and two colleges the Postgraduate College and the College of Health Sciences — administered in more than 60 departments. It was previously associated with Loma Linda University in California, USA.
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Nigerian Universities Offering Geography
O’LEVEL SUBJECT COMBINATION
The O’level subject combination and requirements needed to study Geography;
You require; Five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Geography, and any three from Arts or Social Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION (WAIVER) REMARKS
(1) OAU requires credit passes in Mathematics, Geography and any one of the following subjects: Economics, Government, Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
(2) UI accepts candidates who did not offer Geography at UTME, but has ‘O’ level credits in the subject.
(3) UI requires 5/6 ‘O’ level credit passes at one or two sittings to include English Language, Geography and any three Arts or S/Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics.
(4) BSU and OAU require ‘O’ level credit pass in Mathematics.
(5) OAU accepts credit in English, Geography and any three other subjects.
(6) ABSU requires credit passes in English Language, Geography and any three of History, Government, Economics, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry & Agric Science.
(7) TSUJ and NDU require five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any two from Arts or Social Science subjects
(8) BAYERO requires Geography and at least one other Social Science subject.
(9) ILORIN require ‘O’ level credit pass in Mathematics.
UTME, but has ‘O’ level credits in the subject.
(10) UIBADAN requires 5/6 ‘O’ level credit passes at one or two sittings to include English Language, Geography and any three Arts or S/Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics.
(11) BSU and OAU require ‘O’ level credit pass in Mathematics.
(12) OAU accepts credit in English, Geography and any three other subjects.
(13) ABSU requires credit passes in English Language, Geography and any three of History, Government, Economics, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry & Agric Science.
(14) TSUJ and NDU require five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any two from Arts or Social Science subjects
(15) BAYERO requires Geography and at least one other Social Science subject.
(16) UNILAGOS requires credit passes in Geography and any two from Science or Social Science.
(17) UNIOSUN requires five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any to relevant Science, Social Science or Humanities subjects at not more than two sittings.
(18) KWASU requires credit passes in Mathematics, English, Geography and any other two science or social science subjects and one science subject preferably physics, chemistry and technical Drawing.
(19) NDA requires credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and two other subjects from Commerce, Economics, History, French, Arabic, Accounts and Government.
(20) KSU requires credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and two other relevant subjects in either Natural Sciences or Social Sciences.
(21) UNN accepts Five ‘O’ level credit passes including English Language, Geography and any three subjects and at least a pass in Mathematics.
(22) NDU requires five O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Geography and any two from Arts, Social Science or Science subjects in not more than two sittings.
(23) UNIABUJA accepts five credit Passes at SSCE (or its equivalent) in English, Mathematics, Geography and any two of Chemistry, Physics, Economics Biology/ Agricultural Science and Government.
JAMB SUBJECT COMBINATION
In UTME, please note that English Language is Compulsory for this course. Therefore, the three (3) other JAMB UTME subject combination needed to study Geography under the Faculty of Social & Management Sciences in the above Universities include;
Geography and two other Arts or Social Science subjects
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION (WAIVER) REMARKS
(1) OAU – Mathematics required
(2) UNILAGOS requires Geography and any two from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Government, and Mathematics. (Commerce and core Arts subject not accepted).
(3) UNN and OAU – Geography and any two subjects.
(4) NDU require Mathematics in the combination of UTME subjects
(5) KWASU requires Mathematics, Government and any other Arts or Social Science subject.
(6) TSUJ accepts two other subjects from Economics, Government, History, Biology and other Science subjects.
(7) UNIABUJA requires Geography and any other two of Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Physics, Agricultural science or Economics or Government.
These are the conditions you need to fulfill to gain Direct Entry admission to study Geography, if you don’t intend to use UTME.
You require; Two ‘A’ level passes in Geography and any one of Economics., Government, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION (WAIVER) REMARKS
(1) BSU requires a credit pass in Mathematics.
(2) BAYERO does not accept ‘A’ level passes below grade D and NCE below grade C and requires Geography plus any two Social Science subject.
(3) BAYERO accept ‘A’ level passes or NCE in Geography and any other Science or Social Science subject
(4) UNIMAID accepts ND/HND in relevant fields.
(5) UDU accepts NCE (merit level) in Geography and ND (at least lower credit level) in Town Planning, Surveying, environmental Management or Tropical Science plus at least 4 ‘O’ level credits including English and at least a pass in Mathematics.
(6) IBADAN requires 2 A’ level passes in Geography and any one of Economics, Government or History.
(7) KWASU accepts IJMB and two A’ level papers in relevant subjects.
(8) UNIOSUN accepts ND in Surveying, Geology, Civil Engineering or Urban and Regional Planning, and with NCE in Geography combination with at least a lower credit.
(9) UNN accepts:
(a) Two ‘A’ level passes in Geography and anyone of Economics, History, Agric Science, Geology, Lit. In English, biology, Chemistry or Physics.
(b) NCE (Merit level) in Geography and ND (at least Merit) in Town Planning, Surveying, Environmental Management or Tropical Science plus UTME requirement.
(10) TSUJ in addition to O’ level requirement:
(a) Requires Three A’ level passes which must include Geography.
(b) Accepts NCE (merit) and ND/HND (credit) in relevant fields such as Land Surveying, Cartography, Estate Management, Town Planning, Architecture and Environment Science.
(11) NDU accepts:
a. ‘A’ level passes in Geography and any one of the Social Sciences, Arts or Pure Science subjects.
b. N.C.E. with credit passes in Geography and one teaching subject in the Social Sciences, Arts or Pure Science.
c. National Diploma at Upper Credit level in Urban/Regional Planning or Environmental Science.
(12) UNILAGOS accepts;
(a) Very good passes in three (3) JUPEB/A-LEVEL subjects: Geography and any two of Economics, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Government.
(b) Two (2) Cambridge A/Level passes in Geography and one (1) of the following: Economics, Government, Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics.
(c) Candidates must also satisfy the O/Level requirement.
(13) UNIABUJA accepts two A’ level credit passes in Geography and any other Science subject. Economics or Government. ND (upper credit) in Surveying, Town planning or Environmental management.
All candidates interested in getting admitted into OAU for the 2019/2020 session, should know that to be eligible for the screening, you must have scored 200 or above in your JAMB result.
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