Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
The general baseline JAMB UTME cut-off mark is 150 for foundational Arts, Sciences, and Management courses. However, highly competitive programmes enforce strict Merit thresholds: Medicine & Surgery requires 250, Nursing Science requires 230, Medical Laboratory Science, Physiotherapy, and Radiography require 220, and Computer Science requires 180.
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).
BOSU conducts a rigorous online Post-UTME screening exercise based on verified JAMB scores and O'Level results uploaded on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
Direct Entry candidates must possess a relevant National Diploma (Minimum of Lower Credit), NCE (Minimum of Merit), or a B.Sc. degree in a related discipline (minimum of Second Class Lower). Registered Nurses/Midwives (RN/RM) can apply for Direct Entry into Nursing Science.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at BOSU 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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