Admission Requirements for every institute in Nigeria ought to be taken seriously by all prospective students of their various institutes. On reading further, you’ll get to see the comprehensive details on Sokoto State University(SSU) Admission Requirements as this page has been made comprehensible for all SSU Aspirants.
The following categories below, will find this post very helpful;
1. Candidates who have selected SSU as their preferred choice of institution during their UTME registration.
- Direct Entry candidates either from SSU 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 SSU 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 Sokoto State University 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 SSU, SSU 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.
SSU 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 SSU and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
SSU 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 SSU 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 SSU admission requirements for O’Level subjects. We start with O’Level subjects because they are the most important. Without a complete O’Level result, Sokoto State University will never admit you no matter your JAMB score or certificates.
Secondly we will be looking at SSU admission requirements for UTME scores.
SSU Minimum Required JAMB Cut Off Marks For Admission
As part of the admission requirements to gain admission into SSU , 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.
Sokoto State University JAMB Score
As part of SSU admission requirements for fresh students, any candidate apply or seeking admission into this institution must score at least 160 and above. SSU 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 Sokoto State University’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 SSU based on the faculty they fall under.
SSU Subject Combination for All Courses (O’Level & UTME Subjects)
The list below contains the individual courses and their respective subject combinations for courses offered in SSU. Please note that some of the courses below may not be offered in SSU however, it would be very beneficial for candidates seeking admission into any higher tertiary institution in Nigeria as this would give you first hand information as regards the correct subject combination which is also requirement in the process of gaining admission into SSU or any higher institution as approved by JAMB.
Accountancy:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
Business Administration:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
Public Administration:
Use of English, Government, Economics and any other subject
Banking and Finance:
Use of English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject
Economics:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature
in English, French and CRK/IRK.
Demography and Social Statistics:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics/ Geography and any other subject.
Geography:
Use of English, Geography and two other Arts or Social Science subjects
Library Science:
Use of English and Any three Arts or Social Science subjects
Mass Communication:
Use of English and any three from Arts or Social Science subjects.
Sociology:
Use of English, Three Social Science or Arts subjects.
Political Science:
Use of English, Government or History plus two other Social Science/Arts subjects.
Philosophy:
Use of English, Government and any other two subjects
Psychology:
Use of English, Any three subjects from Arts or Social Science
Religious Studies:
Use of English Language, CRK/IRS and any two other subjects.
Social Works:
Use of English Language, Mathematics, Economics/Geography and any other subject
Sociology and Anthropology:
Use of English, Three Social Science or Arts Subjects
Industrial Relations:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant subject
Human Resources Management:
Use of English, Economics, Government and any other relevant subjects.
International Relations:
Use of English, Economics, Literature-in-English and Geography/Government/History.
Business Management:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject.
Cooperative and Rural Development:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other subject.
Tourism:
English, Mathematics, Economics and any other subject.
Marketing:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant Subject.
Insurance:
English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject.
SSU 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
Veterinary Medicine:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
SSU UTME Requirements For All Art Courses
French:
English, French and any other two subjects from Arts and Social Sciences.
English Language:
Use of English, Lit.-in-English, one other Arts subject and another Arts or Social Science subject.
Hausa:
English, Hausa, Lit in English and any of Economics, Government, History and Arabic.
History and International Studies:
Use of English, History/Government and any other two subjects from Arts & Social Science.
Islamic Studies:
English, Islamic Religious Studies plus two other Arts subjects.
Igbo:
English, Igbo and two subjects from Arts and social Sciences.
Mass Communication:
Use of English, Any three Arts and Social Science subjects.
Music:
Use of English, Music, one other Arts subject plus any other subject.
Philosophy:
Use of English, Any three subjects.
Christian Religious Studies:
Use of English, Two Arts subjects including Christian Religious Knowledge and any other
subject.
Fine and Applied Arts:
Use of English Language, Fine Art and two other Arts subjects or Social Science subject
Theatre Arts:
Use of English, Lit. in English and two other relevant subjects.
Linguistics:
Use of English, Two relevant Arts subjects and any other subject.
English and International Studies:
Use of English, Literature in English, Government or History or any other Arts subjects.
Religious Studies:
English, CRK/IRS and any two other subjects.
Yoruba:
Use of English, Yoruba and two other subjects in Arts or Social Sciences.
Anthropology:
Use of English, Any three of History, CRK/IRK, Geography, Economics, Literature in English and
French.
Law:
English, Literature, Economics and any other Art Subject.
For now, this is all we can provide on SSU admission requirements for all fresh students irrespective of the course registered for.
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