Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
230 - 240
The minimum cut-off mark is 200. However, admission is highly competitive. Professional courses like Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, and Engineering require significantly higher aggregate scores to secure placement.
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).
OAU conducts an online/CBT Post-UTME screening exercise. Final admission is determined by an aggregate score combining the UTME score (50%), Post-UTME score (40%), and O'Level grades (10%).
Direct Entry candidates require a minimum of two A-Level/IJMB passes in relevant subjects, an ND/HND with Upper Credit, or an NCE with Merit/Credit. DE candidates must also register for and participate in the OAU Post-UTME screening.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at OAUis 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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