Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
The baseline JAMB UTME cut-off mark is 150 for foundational Arts, Science, and Management courses. However, highly competitive programmes strictly enforce higher thresholds: Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) requires 210, Nursing Science (B.N.Sc.) requires 205, Law requires 200, and Medical Laboratory Science requires 150 (but demands high Post-UTME performance).
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).
KOMU conducts an online Post-UTME screening exercise. Candidates must ensure their O'Level results are uploaded to JAMB CAPS, as the screening is strictly based on verified JAMB scores and uploaded WAEC/GCE/NECO/NABTEB results.
Direct Entry candidates must possess a minimum of an ND/HND, NCE, or acceptable passes in JUPEB/IJMB or A-Levels in relevant subjects.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at KOMU 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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