Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
The general baseline cutoff is 150. However, premium programs like Medicine & Surgery, Law, and Nursing Science are highly competitive and practically require UTME aggregates well above 200 to secure admission.
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).
EDSU conducts an internal screening exercise. Inter-university transfer candidates are accepted provided they hold a minimum CGPA of 1.5, have their JAMB admission letter, forward their official transcripts, and purchase the ₦60,000 transfer form.
Direct Entry candidates require a minimum of Merit in NCE, Credit in OND/HND, a University degree, or IJMB/JUPEB/A-Level passes in relevant subjects, in addition to meeting the standard O'Level requirements.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at EDSU 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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