Aiming for Medicine, Law, Nursing or Engineering?

Wanting to study Medicine, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, Engineering or Computer Science is a great ambition. These courses are competitive, so you need two things: serious preparation and a smart plan.

Aim high — and prepare like it

Competitive courses usually have high cut-offs because many strong candidates apply. Plan your preparation early, give every subject attention, and practise under exam conditions often. Start with your 90/60/30-day plan.

Check you qualify before anything else

Make sure your JAMB subjects and O'level credits match the course exactly. Many candidates with good scores lose admission because of a missing subject or a result in the wrong number of sittings. Check the subject combination for your course and confirm on JAMB IBASS.

Pick your school strategically

The same course can be much harder to get into at one university than another. Look at how each school calculates its aggregate and what it publishes about cut-offs on its official website.

Have a respectful plan B

A plan B isn't giving up on your dream. Courses with the same JAMB subjects can keep doors open — for example, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Biochemistry share the same subjects. Each course page on this site lists these related courses.

Remember why you chose it

These careers are long journeys. The discipline you build preparing for JAMB is the same discipline you'll need in a demanding degree. Every hour of focused study now is practice for the professional you want to become.