Avoid the highly competitive screening baseline by targeting these safe score margins.
Safe Range
190 - 240
While the baseline UTME cut-off is 160, competitive programmes enforce higher benchmarks: Medicine (MBBS) and Law (LLB) require a minimum of 200, Engineering requires 180, and Health Sciences (Nursing/Pharmacy) require 170.
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 mandatory screening. For Health Sciences (Nursing/Pharmacy) and MBBS, candidates must pass a faculty-specific aptitude test in addition to meeting UTME benchmarks.
Holders of A-Level (min. 2 passes), ND (Lower Credit), or HND (Lower Credit) qualify for 200 or 300 level entry. HND holders with a minimum of Lower Credit can also apply for the 2-year HND-to-BSc Conversion programme in 10 participating departments.
The single biggest mistake candidates make when applying for Nursing Science at WDU 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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