Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
68% - 73% (Aggregate)
While 170 is the absolute baseline to apply, LAUTECH enforces strict programmatic cut-offs: Medicine & Surgery strictly requires 280; Nursing requires 260; Medical Laboratory Science requires 240; Computer Science requires 230; Architecture, Civil, Electronic/Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering require 220; Cyber Security and Biochemistry require 210.
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).
LAUTECH evaluates UTME candidates via an automated online document screening rather than a physical CBT exam. Admission aggregates are calculated strictly using a formula: 80% of the UTME score and 20% derived from the candidate's 5 core O'Level grades. Candidates must pay a ₦2,000 registration fee plus a ₦3,000 portal access fee (Total: ₦5,000), and must upload a clear JPEG passport (white background, under 20KB). Admission offered on CAPS must be accepted within 3 weeks or it will be forfeited.
Direct Entry candidates must hold a minimum of a Second Class Lower degree, Upper Credit in ND, Registered Nursing (RN) certificate, Merit in NCE, Lower Credit in HND, or JUPEB. DE candidates must forward academic transcripts one week prior to screening and must physically attend the Oral and Written Interviews at the Ogbomoso campus.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at LAUTECH 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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