JAMB Subject Combination for Political Science

The Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science is competitive. Knowing the prerequisites will enable you have seamless registration and also avoid unnecessary mistakes.

This page provides the following:

• Political Science O’Level Subjects and Requirements;
• Political Science Direct Entry Subject and Requirements;
• Political Science UTME Subjects Combination;
• And other useful information that will enable you to make the right choices so that you gain admission to study Political Science.

Please read the Political Science programme admission requirements below carefully. If you meet the required prerequisites you may proceed with your UTME/Direct Entry registration.

PLEASE NOTE: There are variations to the requirements listed below in some universities. In that case, it’s advisable you make references to the PDF version of JAMB Brochure.

List of Universities Offering Political Science and Requirements.

Political Science [1]

• AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE – AAU
• ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE – AAUA
• ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE – ABSU
• AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE – ABU
• AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE – ABUAD
• UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA, FCT – ABUJA
• ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY, OWO, ONDO STATE – ACHIEVERS
• ADAMAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUBI, ADAMAWA STATE – ADSU
• AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY, IKOT-AKPADEN, AKWA IBOM STATE – AKSU
• AL-QALAM UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE – AL-QALAM
• ANCHOR UNIVERSITY, AYOBO, LAGOS STATE – ANCHOR-UNI
• ARTHUR JARVIS UNIVERSITY, AKPABUYO, CROSS RIVER STATE – ARTHUR-JARVIS
• ATIBA UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE – ATIBA
• BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE – BABCOCK
• BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY, GADAU, BAUCHI STATE – BASU
• BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE – BAYERO
• BINGHAM UNIVERSITY, KARU, NASARAWA STATE – BINGHAM
• BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE – BOWEN
• BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE – BSU
• UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE – CALABAR
• CALEB UNIVERSITY, IMOTA, LAGOS STATE – CALEB
• CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – CARITAS
• CHRISLAND UNIVERSITY, OWODE, OGUN STATE – CHRISLAND
• CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY, MOWE, OGUN STATE – CHRISTOPHER
• CLIFFORD UNIVERSITY, OWERRINTTA, ABIA STATE – CLIFFORD
• COAL CITY UNIVERSITY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – COAL-CITY
• CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE – COOU
• COVENANT UNIVERSITY, CANAAN LAND, OTA, OGUN STATE – COVENANT
• DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE – DELSU
• EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY, ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE – EBSU
• EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY, KIAGBODO, DELTA STATE – EDWIN CLARK
• EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE – EKSU
• EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO, IMO STATE – EPU
• ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – ESUTECH
• EDO UNIVERSITY, IYAMHO, EDO STATE – EUI
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE – FED-DUTSE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE – FED-DUTSINMA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA, YOBE STATE – FED-GASHUA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE – FED-GUSAU
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, BIRNIN-KEBBI, KEBBI STATE – FED-KEBBI
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE – FED-LAFIA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE – FED-OYE EKITI
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE – FED-WUKARI
• FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE – FOUNTAIN
• GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, URGWUOMU- NIKE, ENUGU STATE – GOUU
• GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE – GREGORY
• GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY, TUDUN WADA, GOMBE, GOMBE STATE – GSU
• UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE – IBADAN
• UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE – ILORIN
• JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, IKEJI-ARAKEJI, OSUN STATE – JABU
• UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS, PLATEAU STATE – JOS
• KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE – KASU
• KOLADAISI UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE – KOLADAISI
• KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA, KOGI STATE – KSU
• KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, ILORIN, KWARA STATE – KWASU
• UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, LAGOS STATE – LAGOS
• LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE – LANDMARK
• IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY, LAPAI, NIGER STATE – LAPAI
• LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE – LASU
• LEGACY UNIVERSITY, OKIJA, ANAMBRA STATE – LEGACY
• MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE, RIVERS STATE – MADONNA
• UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE – MAIDUGURI
• UNIVERSITY OF MKAR, GBOKO, BENUE STATE – MKAR
• NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE – NASARAWA
• NIGERIAN ARMY UNIVERSITY, BIU, BORNO STATE – NAUB
• NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY, WILBERFORCE ISLAND, BAYELSA STATE – NDU
• NOVENA UNIVERSITY, OGUME, DELTA STATE – NOVENA
• OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE – OAU
• OBONG UNIVERSITY, OBONG, NTAK, AKWA IBOM STATE – OBONG
• ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY, IPETUMODU, OSUN STATE – ODUDUWA
• OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE – OOU
• PAUL UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE – PAUL
• PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE – PLASU
• NIGERIAN POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE – POL-ACAD
• REDEEMERS UNIVERSITY, OSUN STATE – REDEEMERS
• RENAISSANCE UNIVERSITY, OJIAGU-AGBANI, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – RENAISSANCE
• RITMAN UNIVERSITY, IKOT-EKPENE, AKWA IBOM STATE – RITMAN
• SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE – SOSU
• SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, OKUN-OWA, OGUN STATE – SOUTHWESTERN
• SPIRITAN UNIVERSITY, NNEOCHI, ABIA STATE – SPIRITAN
• SUMMIT UNIVERITY, OFFA, KWARA STATE – SUMMIT
• TANSIAN UNIVERSITY, OBA, ANAMBRA STATE – TANSIAN
• USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE – UDU
• UMARU MUSA YARADUA UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE – UMYUK
• UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA, TORU-ORUA, BAYELSA STATE – UNI-AFRICA
• HEZEKIAH UNIVERSITY, UMUDI, IMO STATE – UNIHEZ
• KINGS UNIVERSITY, ODE-OMU, OSUN STATE – UNIKINGS
• OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE – UNIOSUN
• NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE – UNIZIK
• UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE – UNN
• UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE – UYO
• WELLSPRING UNIVERSITY, IRHIHI-OGBANEKI, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – WELLSPRING
• WESLEY UNIVERSITY, ONDO, ONDO STATE – WESLEYUNI
• WESTERN DELTA UNIVERSITY, OGHARA, DELTA STATE – WESTERN-DEL
• YOBE STATE UNIVERSITY, DAMATURU, YOBE STATE – YSU

Direct Entry Requirement:

• Two (2) A Level passes including Government or History.

UTME Requirement:

• Five (5) SSC credit passes in Government or History, English Language and three (3) other subjects. A pass in Mathematics is required.

UTME Subject combination:

• Government or History plus two (2) other Social Science/Arts subjects.

Political Science [2]

• ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE, OSUN STATE – AUE
• EVANGEL UNIVERSITY, AKAEZE, EBONYI STATE – EVANGEL
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KASHERE, GOMBE STATE – FED-KASHERE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE – FED-LOKOJA
• ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE – FED-NDUFU
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OTUOKE, BAYELSA STATE – FED-OTUOKE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE – FED-WUKARI
• PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE – PLASU

Direct Entry Requirement:

• Two (2) A Level passes to include Government or History.

UTME Requirement:

• Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Government/History and any other three (3) subjects from Arts/Social Sciences with at least O Level pass in Mathematics.

UTME Subject combination:

• Government/History and two (2) other Social Sciences or Arts subjects.

NOTE: Kindly make references to JAMB Brochure for remarks/waiver for Political Science. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS JAMB BROCHURE.