Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
190 - 240
The baseline cutoff mark is 160 for most engineering, sciences, arts, and management programs. However, highly competitive programs like Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) and Nursing Science require a much higher minimum score.
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 university conducts a strictly online Post-UTME screening. Candidates log into the portal using their JAMB Registration Number as BOTH their Username and Password. After a ₦2,000 Remita payment, candidates must upload scanned copies of their JAMB Result/Acknowledgement Slip, O'Level result(s), Birth Certificate/Declaration of Age, and Local Government Indigene Letter. Direct Entry candidates must also upload their A'Level/ND/HND/NCE results. All uploaded documents must be in PDF format and sized between 200kb and 300kb. Finally, O'Level results must also be uploaded to the JAMB CAPS portal.
Direct Entry candidates must choose MAU Yola as their first choice. They must possess at least a Lower Credit in their 'A' Levels, National Diploma (ND), or HND programs in related and relevant fields. NCE with a Merit grade or IJMB/JUPEB are also accepted.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at MAU Yola 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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