Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
170 - 240
The baseline JAMB UTME cut-off mark to purchase the screening form is 140. However, PAAU utilizes a weighted aggregate system (70% JAMB, 30% O'Level) for final admission. Competitive courses demand high aggregates: Law (66.5), Medicine/Surgery (65.5), and Nursing (62.0).
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 screening is 100% online. Candidates must pay the ₦2,000 fee via the university e-portal and ensure their O'Level results are uploaded to the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
Direct Entry candidates must possess a minimum of a Lower Credit at the National Diploma (ND) level, a Merit in NCE, or equivalent 'A' Level qualifications.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at PAAU 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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