Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
190 - 240
The baseline cutoff mark is 160 for Arts, Education, Management, and general Sciences. However, there are strict higher cut-offs: Communication/Media Studies, Architecture, Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology require 180; Medical Laboratory Science and Radiography require 200; while Medicine & Surgery (MBBS), Pharmacy, and Law require a minimum of 220.
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Five (5) O'Level Credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology at not more than two sittings (Note: Highly competitive federal departments frequently enforce a single-sitting rule).
BSUM conducts a mandatory Online Admission Screening Exercise. Candidates upload their O'Level and UTME results for grading via the university portal. Ensure your O'Level results are also correctly uploaded to JAMB CAPS, as failure to do so will result in automatic disqualification.
Direct Entry candidates must choose BSUM as their first choice and possess an OND/HND with a minimum of Upper Credit, an NCE with Merit, or at least two A-Level/IJMB passes in relevant subjects.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at BSUM is assuming that hitting the university's baseline general cut-off mark ensures eligibility for the screening process. Nursing operates inside highly restrictive capacity caps mandated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN). If you score below the hard departmental minimum, your portal choice will face immediate drop filters regardless of aggregate score metrics.
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