The University of Nigeria Nsukka is a federal university in Enugu State, Nigeria. Known as UNN, it was founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe (Governor General of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966) in 1955 and formally opened in 1960.

UNN operates 102 academic departments across 15 faculties and offers 82 undergraduate programmes and 211 postgraduate programmes. It does so across four campuses: Nsukka; Enugu campus (UNEC); University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), in Ituku-Ozalla and the University of Nigeria Aba campus (UNAC). There is also a UNN Business School.

The Nsukka campus houses the faculties of agriculture, arts, biological sciences, education, engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and veterinary medicine.

The former Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology (UNEC), Enugu, comprises of the faculties of business administration, environmental studies, law and medical sciences.

The teaching hospital (UNTH) hosts the faculty of dentistry and health sciences and technology. Finally, the Aba campus (UNAC) is the site of the Institute of Nigerian Languages.

Research activity is undertaken across institutes for African studies, education, developmental studies, postgraduate studies and herbal medicine and drugs research and development. There are also centres established to look at climate change, space science and energy research.

UNN also has the Roar Nigeria Hub within its main site. The Hub is a private sector initiative from two of the university’s engineering students. Its aim is to encourage entrepreneurial activity among students and faculty, investing in viable student-led ideas, and to help link academia, the public and industry.

Admission Process Into UNN

Getting admission into UNN does not only depend on a high JAMB and Post UTME score. There is certain UNN admission information that you must have at your fingertips.

UNN Admission Requirements

Here are the UNN admission requirements;

1. UNN O’level Requirements 

Every department in UNN has its O’level requirements. They are the subjects you must have credits for in your O’level result.

O’level is your WAEC, NECO, GCE and NABTEB result.

UNN requires that you have at least five (5) credit units in relevant subjects.

For example, if you want to study Medical Laboratory Science at UNN. You must have credits in the following subjects;

Mathematics

English Language

Chemistry

Physics

Biology

Not possessing these results would lead to your disqualification.

O’level Result Combination

In UNN, you can combine two sitting results. It is also possible to combine WAEC and NECO. But some departments like Medicine and Surgery accept only one sitting.

2. UNN JAMB Requirements

The requirements for JAMB are straightforward like that of O’level. But the problem is that due to a lack of information, students register for the wrong JAMB subjects.

It will result in you not getting admission for the course you want to study. Every department has its required JAMB combination

3. JAMB Score

JAMB score accounts for about 60% of your UNN aggregate score. The higher your JAMB score, the higher your chances of gaining admission.

The University of Nigeria JAMB cut off mark is usually between 180 – and 200. It means you must have this score before applying for the UNN Post UTME exam.

4. UNN Post UTME Screening Examination

The nature of UNN Post UTME is CBT based on your JAMB subject combination.

It is like the JAMB exam. This time you will answer 60 questions within an hour. That is 15 questions for each of your JAMB subject combinations.

For example, if you wrote English Language, Literature, Economics and CRS in your JAMB. Questions from these subjects are what you will see in your UNN Post UTME screening exam.

Your JAMB and Post UTME score makes up your aggregate score. The higher your score, the higher your chances of getting admissionBreakdown of

UNN Admission Process

UNN follows the National Universities Commission (NUC) admission quota, which is:

Merit – 45%

Catchment – 35%

Educationally Less Developed States (ELS) – 20%

As an aspirant, you have two ways to gain admission into UNN. They are;

Merit & Catchment

Merit & Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS)