Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
180 - 240
The baseline JAMB cutoff is 150. However, competitive professional courses like Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Physiotherapy strictly require LCU to be selected as the first choice institution.
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).
The UG application process is fully online. Candidates create an account, upload documents (UTME, O'Level, birth cert, NIN slip), pay the ₦2,000 fee, and receive feedback within 24 working hours. PG applicants apply via email (pgcollege@lcu.edu.ng) with transcripts and a ₦25,000 form fee.
Direct Entry candidates into 200L require IB, IJMB, or JUPEB with at least 3 'A' Level passes for professional courses (2 for others). Alternatively, a complete 100L transcript with a CGPA of 3.5 for professional courses (1.8 for others) is required.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at LCU 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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