Latest Update: The Central Admissions Committee at its third meeting held on 19th August, 2019 has approved the cut-off points for the nine (9) new programmes. The list of the approved programme and the cut-off marks are indicated here. Interested candidates who wish to apply for the prigrammes can proceedto do so if they meet the requirements.
The Central Admissions Committee of Yobe State University (YSU), Damaturu, has released the cut-off mark and the following information as a guide to both parents and their wards/prospective candidates applying for admission in to the University in the 2019/2020 academic session.
Before an applicant can be considered for admission in to YSU, he/she:
A- Must have registered for the UTME and chose YSU as his/her first choice;
B- Must have passed the UTME, by acquiring the minimum JAMB and/or the institutional cut-off marks or higher for the programmes applied; The followings are the prescribed cut-off marks for the respective programmes approved by the University Management in consultation with JAMB:
| SN | Faculty/Programmes | Programme Cut-off Marks |
| 1 | College of Medical Sciences (MBBS) | 200 |
| 2 | Faculty of Law (Bachelor of Laws) | 190 |
| 3 | B.Sc Biology | 170 |
| 4 | B.Sc Computer Science | 170 |
| 5 | All other Programmes | 160 |
CUT-OFF POINTS FOR THE NEWLY INTRODUCED COURSES
The Central Admissions Committee at its third meeting held on 19th August, 2019 has approved the cut-off points for the nine (9) new programmes as indicated below:
1. College of Medical Science:
| S/N | PROGRAMME | CUT-OFF POINT |
| 1. | Physiotherapy | 190 |
| 2. | Human Anatomy | 180 |
| 3. | Human Physiology | 180 |
| 4. | Medical Biochemistry | 180 |
2. Faculty of Science:
| S/N | PROGRAMME | CUT-OFF POINT |
| 1. | Geology | 180 |
| 2. | Microbiology | 180 |
3. Faculty Of Arts and Education:
| S/N | PROGRAMME | CUT-OFF POINT |
| 1. | Linguistics Arabic | 160 |
| 2. | Linguistics English | 160 |
| 3. | Linguistics Hausa | 160 |
1. In view this, I am directed to advise all candidates who possess the requirements and are interested in these courses to immediately:
i. Visit the JAMB portal to change to the new Programmes of their choice;
ii. Visit the University portal for post UTME/DE online registration; and
iii. Proceed to their respective departments for departmental screening.
2. By a copy of this letter, the Coordinator, ICT, is directed to upload the new courses on the University portal for candidates to access, please .
C- Must have gotten the correct UTME subject combinations for the programme applied for:
The table below should serve as a guide in ascertaining the relevant UTME subject combinations for all the programmes.
| COURSES | UTME SUBJECT COMBINATION | ‘O’ LEVEL REQUIREMENT |
| ARTS AND EDUCATION | ||
| ARABIC | ARABIC AND TWO (2) SUBJECTS FROM ARTS AND/OR SOCIAL SCIENCES. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARABIC, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECTS. |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE | LITERATURE IN ENGLISH, ONE OTHER ARTS SUBJECT AND ANOTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH LITRETURE,AND TWO (2) OTHER ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| HAUSA | HAUSA, LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND ANY OF ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY AND ARABIC. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND HAUSA. |
| HISTORY | HISTORY AND ANY OTHER TWO (2) SUBJECTS FROM ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE HISTORY, MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE. |
| ISLAMIC STUDIES | ISLAMIC STUDIES PLUS TWO (2) OTHER ARTS SUBJECTS. | FIVE(5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ISLAMIC STUDIES OR ARABIC AND THREE(3) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECTS |
| EDUCATION ARABIC | ARABIC AND ANY TWO (2) RELEVANT ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS,ARABIC AND TWO (2) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECTS. |
| EDUCATION BIOLOGY | BIOLOGY AND TWO (2) OTHER SUBJECTS FROM CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. | FIVE(5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND ONE (1) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECT. |
| EDUCATION BUSINESS | MATHEMATICS PLUS ANY TWO (2) SUBJECTS CHOSEN FROM ECONOMICS, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, AND THREE (3) OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| EDUCATION CHEMISTRY | CHEMISTRY AND TWO (2) OTHER SUBJECTS CHOSEN FROM PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND TWO OF PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. |
| EDUCATION ECONOMICS | ECONOMICS, MATHEMATICS AND ONE (1) OTHER SUBJECT FROM GEOGRAPHY/PHYSICS, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT AND LITERATURE IN ENGLISH. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICS. |
| EDUCATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE | LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND ONE (1) ARTS AND ANY OTHER SUBJECT. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH LITRETURE, MATHEMATICS AND TWO(2) OTHER ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY | GEOGRAPHY PLUS TWO (2) OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES/ARTS SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY AND MATHEMATICS. |
| EDUCATION HAUSA | HAUSA, ONE (1) ARTS AND ONE (1) SUBJECT FROM ECONOMICS, FRENCH, GEOGRAPHY/PHYSICS, GOVERNMENT, HISTORY, ISLAMIC STUDIES, LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND HAUSA. |
| EDUCATION ISLAMIC STUDIES | ISLAMIC STUDIES/ARABIC AND TWO (2) OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE OR ARTS SUBJECTS. | FIVE(5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ISLAMIC STUDIES, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECTS |
| EDUCATION MATHEMATICS | MATHEMATICS AND ANY TWO (2) OF THE FOLLOWING SCIENCE SUBJECTS: PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY. | FIVE(5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS PLUS ONE (1) OTHER SCIENCE SUBJECT. |
| EDUCATION PHYSICS | PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS OR CHEMISTRY PLUS ONE (1) OTHER SUBJECT. | FIVE(5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE, PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | ||
| MBBS | BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OR MATHEMATICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. |
| SCIENCE | ||
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE | BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OR MATHEMATICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND ONE (1) OTHER SCIENCE SUBJECT. |
| CHEMISTRY | CHEMISTRY AND TWO (2) OF PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND ONE (1) OF BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, AGRIC SCIENCE, ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS PLUS TWO (2) OTHER SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| MATHEMATICS | MATHEMATICS AND ANY TWO (2) OF PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ECONOMICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, AND PHYSICS OR CHEMISTRY |
| PHYSICS | PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY OR BIOLOGY. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE, PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS AND ANY OTHER SCIENCE SUBJECT FROM FURTHER MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGY OR AGRICULTURAL SCIECE. |
| STATISTICS | MATHEMATICS AND ANY TWO (2) OF PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND ECONOMICS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND AT LEAST THREE (3) SUBJECTS FROM PHYSICS, STATISTICS, CHEMISTRY, FURTHER MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS AND GEOGRAPHY. |
| SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES | ||
| ACCOUNTANCY | MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS AND ANY OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECT. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS AND TWO (2) OTHER RELEVANT SUBJECTS. |
| ECONOMICS | ECONOMICS, MATHEMATICS, AND ANY OF GOVERNMENT, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, LITERATURE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND ISLAMIC STUDIES/ CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STUDIES. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ECONOMICS, MATHEMATICS AND ANY TWO (2) OF ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. |
| GEOGRAPHY | GEOGRAPHY AND TWO (2) OTHER ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, GEOGRAPHY AND ANY THREE (3) FROM ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS WITH AT LEAST A PASS IN MATHEMATICS. |
| POLITICAL SCIENCE | GOVERNMENT OR HISTORY PLUS TWO (2) OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE/ARTS SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN GOVERNMENT OR HISTORY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER SUBJECTS. |
| PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | THREE (3) ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN GOVERNMENT OR HISTORY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER SUBJECTS. |
| SOCIOLOGY | THREE (3) SOCIAL SCIENCE OR ARTS SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN GOVERNMENT OR HISTORY, ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND TWO (2) OTHER SUBJECTS. |
| LAW | ||
| CIVIL LAW | ANY THREE (3) ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE IN ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS |
| SHARIA | ANY THREE (3) ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS INCLUDING ARABIC OR ISLAMIC STUDIES. | FIVE (5) O’LEVEL CREDIT PASSES IN ARTS OR SOCIAL SCIENCES TO INCLUDE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS AND ISLAMIC STUDIES OR ARABIC. |
NOTE THAT: Admission into universities is strictly regulated by JAMB, via the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). Therefore, even if a candidate has acquired the requisite cut-off marks, the University management would be constrained to admit the applicant, where the UTME subject combinations do not match his/her programme of choice, as the admission cannot, eventually, be approved by JAMB.
D- Direct entry applicant must have gotten the minimum ‘A’ Level qualification/grade relevant to his/her chosen programme;
E- Must have a minimum of five (5) relevant passes at credit level, including English and Mathematics in the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE), the National Examination Council (NECO), National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB), and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) in not more than two (2) sittings;
F- Must have attended the University’s Post-UTME screening exercise within the prescribed deadline; and
G- Must have uploaded his/her ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level result(s), as the case may be, on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) platform, at least,prior to the PostUTME screening
DISCLAIMER:Notwithstanding meeting the above requirements, the University, guided by its internal policy for screening and ascertaining the merit of all applications, reserves the right to admit candidates into the institution based on the availability of admission spacesin the programme of candidates’ choices, as well as admissions quota assigned on the basis of states and local governments of origin.
