Students in Nigeria face many challenges in pursuit of academic success. Admission into tertiary institution as been identified as one of the core challenges confronting many students as it gets even tougher as the each year progresses. It’s all due to the fact that many students are simply ignorant of the instructions(admission requirements) as ordered by the institute.
This post is most beneficial for the following categories:
1. Candidates who have selected ATBU as their preferred choice of institution during their UTME registration
- Direct Entry candidates either from ATBU pre-degree programmes like JUPEB, or any of their diploma programmes or from other institution.
DE candidates from polytechnics and other with ND and HND certificates.
Transfer students from other universities.
The post will give you an in-depth knowledge of ATBU admission requirements as a fresh entry student especially in the following areas:
a) WAEC and NECO (O’Level) requirements for UTME and Direct Entry candidates.
b) Minimum JAMB score any candidate apply for admission into ATBU must obtain in order for him or her to participate in their post UTME screening exercise.
c) Other requirements not listed on the school’s website.
Firstly we will be taking you through on the general entry admission requirements before going into specifics for example, admission requirements for Medicine and Surgery in ATBU, ATBU admission requirements for Nursing and so on as this would further clarify candidates on whether or not to select the course in question plus it would help them ascertain their eligibility status for the University and the course.
ATBU Admission Requirements For UTME Candidates.
- WAEC & NECO (‘O’ Level) Requirements: Candidate must obtain a minimum of Credit pass which must include English Language and Mathematics plus any other 3 subjects as it relates to your choice of course. You might want to ask how you are expected to know the subjects that relate to your preferred choice of course.
- Never mind because that has been taken care of. To find out the subject that relate to your course, all you need to do is to search for the correct subject combination for the course. Here is a link that contains the list of all subjects and their approved subject combinations for admission into ATBU and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
ATBU Admission Requirements For DE Candidates (Diploma, ND and HND)
- WAEC & NECO (‘O’ Level) Requirements: DE (Direct Entry) candidates are not so different from UTME, all that is needed is that candidate must obtain a minimum of Credit pass which must include English Language and Mathematics plus any other 3 subjects as it relates to your choice of course just like the UTME requirements or must possess GCE A/L as this would be an added advantage.
- DE Candidate seeking admission into ATBU must have a minimum of Upper Credit in their ND or HND. Lower credit candidates should forget it because they will not be admitted. In addition, candidates with Distinction have better chances than the others.
- Often times DE candidates are also required to participate in the post UTME especially when coming from another institution like the polytechnics or colleges of education.
Are you a DE candidate in need of the right subject combination for your course? You can verify from the link above.
NOTE: Combination of results are allowed by the university but the year written on both must not be 2 years apart.
The above are ATBU admission requirements for O’Level subjects. We start with O’Level subjects because they are the most important. Without a complete O’Level result Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi will never admit you no matter your JAMB score or certificates.
Secondly we will be looking at ATBU admission requirements for UTME scores.
ATBU Minimum Required JAMB Cut Off Marks For Admission
As part of the admission requirements to gain admission into ATBU, aside meeting their O’Level admission requirements, you must score up to their UTME minimum JAMB score which will be revealed below for those who do not know this.
ATBU JAMB Score
As part of ATBU admission requirements for fresh students, any candidate apply or seeking admission into this institution must score at least 180 and above. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi is one of the few universities in Nigeria that refused to drop their cut off point as demanded by JAMB.
Other schools to that refused to drop their cut off mark are the University of Benin (UNIBEN), University of Lagos (UNILAG), University of Ibadan (UI) and UNN. So any candidate seeking admission into any of the above must score at least 200 and above to be eligible to participate in their post UTME screening examination exercise.
Now having discussed about ATBU’s general entry admission requirements for fresh students seeking admission into the institution via UTME and DE mode, the next will be the admission requirements for all courses offered in ATBU based on the faculty they fall under.
ATBU Admission Requirements for All Courses
The list below contains the individual courses and their respective O’Level and JAMB UTME admission requirements. It would be very beneficial for candidates seeking admission into Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
Faculty of Agriculture & Agricultural Technology
- Animal Production
- Crop Production
- Agricultural Economics and Extension
Faculty of Engineering & Engineering Technology
- Agriculture & Bio-Resource Engineering
- Automobile Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer & Communication
- Electrical/Electronics Engineering
- Mechanical/Production Engineering
- Mechatronics and Systems Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
Faculty of Environmental Technology
- Architecture
- Building
- Environmental Management Technology
- Estate Management and Valuation
- Industrial Design
- Survey & Geo-Informatics
- Quantity Survey
- Urban & Regional Planning
Faculty of Management Science
- Department Banking & Finance Technology
- Department Management and Information Technology
- General Studies
- Accounting
- Business Management
- Technopreneurship
Faculty of Technology Education
- Education Foundation
- Science Education
- Vocational & Technology Education
Faculty of Science
- Mathematical Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Physics
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology
- Ecology
ATBU UTME Requirements For All Science Courses
As for O’level requirements as seen above, mathematics is a compulsory requirements except for courses like Law, International relations, Psychology, Political Science and Sociology. It is different for UTE subjects because even Accounting and other management courses do not need to write mathematics in their UTME but English is compulsory since it is our mother tongue.
Food, Science and Technology:
Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics / Physics and Agric Science
Pharmacy:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry:
Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and any of Physics/Biology/Agricultural Science.
Fisheries:
Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science subject.
Geology:
Use of English and any three Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography.
Geography:
Use of English, Geography and any two of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Agricultural Science.
Medicine and Surgery:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Agricultural Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Computer Science:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography
Biochemistry:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Biological Sciences:
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.
Physics/Industrial physics:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology.
Mathematics:
Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Biology and Agricultural Science.
Chemistry:
Use of English, Chemistry and two of Physics, Biology and Mathematics.
Nursing:
Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
Surveying and Geoinformatics:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Statistics:
Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics,
Building:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Microbiology:
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics.
Veterinary Science:
English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Forestry:
Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.
Civil Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Chemical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Computer Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Electrical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Estate Management:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject
Anatomy:
English, Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry or Physics.
Dentistry:
Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and one Science subject.
Medical Laboratory Science:
English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Medical Rehabilitation:
Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Physiology:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Electronic Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Marine Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Mechanical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Petroleum and Gas Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Systems Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Structural Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Production and Industrial Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Architecture:
English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Quantity Surveying:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Urban and Regional Planning:
English, Mathematics, Geography and one of Economics, Physics, Chemistry.
Physiotherapy:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Radiography:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
For now, this is all we can provide on ATBU admission requirements for all fresh students irrespective of the course registered for.
If you have any questions as regards ATBU admission requirement whether as a UTME candidate or DE candidate or applicant, you can always reach out to us via our comment section below and we shall respond accordingly.
