Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
200 - 240
The official baseline JAMB UTME cut-off mark for IMSU is 170. However, candidates targeting highly competitive professional courses must score significantly higher: Medicine and Surgery (230), Nursing Science (220), Medical Laboratory Science (220), Mechanical Engineering (220), and Law (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).
IMSU conducts a physical Post-UTME Aptitude Test. Candidates must generate an invoice using their JAMB Registration Number, pay the ₦2,000 fee (IMSU Microfinance Bank is highly recommended), and wait 24 hours before returning to the portal to complete the form. They must print and present the acknowledgement slip at the physical screening venue.
Direct Entry (DE) candidates must possess a minimum of OND/HND/First Degree, 'A' Level (HSC/GCE), or their equivalents in relevant disciplines. Law DE candidates must have a 2- or 3-year Diploma or a Second Class Degree. Candidates must ensure that their qualifying results are verified and uploaded to JAMB CAPS.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at IMSU 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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