Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
The baseline is usually 140/150 for most programs. However, highly competitive programs like Medicine (250-260), Law (240-250), Nursing (220-230), and Mass Communication (180-200) require much higher JAMB aggregates.
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).
EKSU does NOT conduct a written Post-UTME examination. Admission screening is strictly online and is based on a computed aggregate of the candidate's JAMB score and O'Level results.
Direct Entry candidates must possess ND/HND with a minimum of Lower Credit (Upper Credit for Engineering), NCE with Merit in relevant subjects, or JUPEB (minimum of 7 points). EKSU does NOT accept IJMB.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at EKSU 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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