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Unilag Announces Supplementary Admission into School of Foundation Studies for 2023/2024 Academic Session

Examination subjects are: Mathematics, English Language (20 questions each) and 3 other relevant subjects according to the candidate’s choice of subject combination (15 questions each), making a total of 85 questions, to be answered in one (1) hour.

Supplementary Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates into the School of Foundation Studies, University of Lagos for the 2023/2024 Academic Session. Highly successful candidates after an approved examination administered by the Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB), are eligible for consideration for Direct Entry admission into the 200 Level of the Degree Programmes of the University through JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board).

The School of Foundation Studies will provide an intensive one-year programme teaching subjects in line with JUPEB syllabus for admission according to the following subject combination groupings:

S/N SUBJECT COMBINATION DESIGNATION

1. CRS/IRS – Music – Visual Arts SFS01

2. CRS/IRS – French – Literature in English SFS02

3. CRS/IRS – Igbo/Yoruba – Literature in English SFS03

4. CRS/IRS – History – Literature in English SFS04

5. CRS/IRS – Music – Literature in English SFS05

6. Economics – History – Literature in English SFS06

7. CRS/IRS – Igbo/Yoruba – Visual Arts SFS07

8. CRS/IRS – History – Visual Arts SFS08

9. CRS/IRS – Government – Visual Arts SFS09

10. CRS/IRS – Government – Music SFS10

11. CRS/IRS – Government – Igbo/Yoruba SFS11

12. CRS/IRS – Economics – Government SFS12

13. CRS/IRS – French – Government SFS13

14. Literature – Government – French SFS14

15. CRS/IRS – Government – Literature in English SFS15

16. Literature In English – Music – Visual Arts SFS16

17. French – Igbo/Yoruba – Literature in English SFS17

18. Government – Music – Visual Arts SFS18

19. Economics – Government – Literature in English SFS19

20. Business Studies – Economics – Mathematics SFS20

21. Government – Music – Literature in English SFS21

22. Accounting – Business Studies – Economics SFS22

23. Accounting – Economics – Geography SFS23

24. Accounting – Economics – Government SFS24

25. Business Studies – Economics – Government SFS25

26. Business Studies – Economics – Geography SFS26

27. Economics – Geography – Government SFS27

28. Biology – Chemistry – Physics SFS28

29. Biology – Mathematics – Physics SFS29

30. Biology – Economics – Government SFS30

31. Biology – Chemistry – Mathematics SFS31

32. Biology – Chemistry – Economics SFS32

33. Chemistry – Physics – Mathematics SFS33

34. Chemistry – Economics – Mathematics SFS34

35. Economics – Mathematics – Physics SFS35

36. Mathematics – Physics – Visual Arts SFS36

37. Mathematics – Economics – Geography SFS37

38. Mathematics – Geography – Physics SFS38

39. Mathematics – Economics – Government SFS39

Admission Requirements

A minimum of FIVE credits (English Language, Mathematics and three relevant subjects) obtained at one sitting at the SSCE/WASSCE, GCE/O/L, NECO with results obtained before registration.

Procedure for completing the School of Foundation Studies e-application form:

Visit the School of Foundation Studies application site on applications.unilag.edu.ng.
On the prospective student’s menu, click on the School of Foundation Studies.
Go through the information on subject combinations relevant to your proposed choice of course of study for Direct Entry admission. Please note that changes have been made on the previous combinations.
Complete the Pre-Application Form to obtain a payment reference number (PRN) using the correct applicant’s names as obtained in the birth certificate and other relevant documents.
Make payment at any Commercial bank in Nigeria with the payment reference number (PRN)
Cost of Application Form excluding Bank Charges) is N25, 000.00 (non-refundable).
Return to the applications site on applications.unilag.edu.ng.
Log in with PRN as username and applicant’s surname in lowercase as password.
Complete the application form and print two copies for yourself.
Examination pass will be available online a week before the examination date. Print a copy for yourself.

N.B: Please read the information on the subject combination relevant to your course of study before completing the application forms online

The Application opens on Friday, October 06, 2023 and closes on Friday, October 13, 2023.

The entrance examination shall hold on Saturday, 14, October 2023 at the Distance Learning Institute (DLI) in the University of Lagos.

Mode of Examination: Computer-Based Testing.

· All Questions are Multiple Choice

· Examination subjects are: Mathematics, English Language (20 questions each) and 3 other relevant subjects according to the candidate’s choice of subject combination (15 questions each), making a total of 85 questions, to be answered in one (1) hour. Please note that candidates with Mathematics as one of the three subject combinations would need to choose Further Mathematics as a subject in the entrance examination combination.

University of Lagos 2023/2024 UTME Merit Cut-off Marks

The 2023/2024 UTME merit cut-off marks for University Lagos, Unilag.

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Online Registration Procedure for 2023/2024 Direct Entry Candidates

The University of Lagos online registration for Direct Entry (DE) admission into ALL COURSES/PROGRAMMES for the 2023/2024 Academic Year will commence on Monday, September 11 to Friday, September 22, 2023.

Eligible candidates should visit the University of Lagos website www.unilag.edu.ng and follow the steps stated below:

Click on Admissions.
Click on Start Fresh Application.
Click on Direct Entry (DE) Application.
Login with JAMB registration number as username and surname in lowercase as password.
Generate and print payment advice.
Proceed to any commercial bank to make payment or pay online.
Return to the Application portal on the University website.
Click on Continue Application to complete the screening form.
Upload your O’Level and A’Level results (First Degree, HND, OND, SDA, JUPEB, Cambridge A’Level, NCE, NFLV DIP, MUSON DIP, ABRSM, Trinity College London, Baccalaureate, DELF/DALF).
Click on Preview to verify the correctness of data supplied.
Click on Submit.
Print Direct Entry e-registration slip.
Proceed to the Admissions Office (located on the 1st Floor, Room 174, Senate House, UNILAG) and submit your printed Direct Entry e-registration slip and credentials.
Registration Fee – N2000

PLEASE NOTE THAT:

Candidates who made University of Lagos their first choice in the 2023/2024 Direct Entry (DE) JAMB application are eligible to register. Also, candidates must possess five (5) credit passes at one sitting in relevant O’level subjects including English Language and Mathematics.

Candidates, who will not be sixteen (16) years of age by 31st October, 2023 are not eligible and need not apply.

Candidates should ensure that personal details (such as Name, Date of Birth, State of Origin, LGA, etc.) are consistent in all their documents/results.

Candidates who do not participate in the online registration will not be considered for admission.

Former students of the University whose admissions were withdrawn on the basis of poor academic performance or absence status could re-apply on condition that the new admission shall be for a new programme/course different from the former programme/course.

Any student expelled from the University cannot be offered fresh admission.

The University has zero tolerance for drug abuse. The University shall withdraw the admission of newly admitted students who test positive for drug use whenever the University conducts the test, either before or after registration.

Screening Exercise for Unilag School of Foundation Studies for 2023/24 Session

The Screening Exercise which will hold at 8:00 a.m., September 7, 2023 at the Jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka Campus.

The Screening Exercise which will hold at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at the Jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall, (formerly Multipurpose Hall), University of Lagos, Akoka Campus.

Below are the directives for you to follow:

1. Visit foundation.unilag.edu.ng, click on Student Page and login to the Student Portal:

User name: Application number (e.g. M23323999)

Password: Surname in lower case.

2. Update the Biodata Form and Upload your Passport Photograph

Ensure names are correct and in proper order: Surname, First Name, Other Name

Names should conform to details on Birth Certificate, NIN, and “O” Level Statement of Result.

Upload a passport photograph with a white background.

3. Check the conditions guiding the School of Foundation Studies programme as contained in the Acceptance Letter.

If conditions are agreeable, proceed with other items listed.

4. Generate Pay advice for Acceptance Fee of twenty-five thousand Naira only (N25,000.00) on the University payment platform and make payment accordingly.

5. Revisit your Portal with details of payment, i.e. RRR number, which would enable the print-out of your Provisional Admission Letter and acceptance letter.

6. Come physically for screening on Thursday, 7th September, 2023 at the Jelili Adebisi Omotola Hall (formerly Multi-Purpose Hall) from 8.00a.m.

Below are documents to be presented by each applicant:

Offer of Admission Letter

Duly signed Acceptance Letter & proof of payment

Certificate of Birth

Testimonial from Secondary School attended

“O” Level Result

Reference Letter from a Clergy/Imam/Lawyer/Senior Public Servant.

7. Return to your student portal to generate payment advice and pay school fees.

8. Resume Lectures on Monday, September 18, 2023.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: On Wednesday, September 6, 2023, beginning from 12:01 a.m., applicants can visit foundation.unilag.edu.ng to print Admission Letter and Make Payment of Acceptance Fees.

Dates for 2023/2024 Unilag SPGS Qualifying Examination

Deadline for Sales of Application Forms into Postgraduate programmes for 2023/2024 session is extended till 5th September 2023.

The Qualifying (ONLINE) Entrance Examination is scheduled for Tuesday, 12th to Thursday, 14th September, 2023.

Deadline for Sales of Application Forms into Postgraduate programmes for 2023/2024 session is extended till 5th September 2023.

The Qualifying (ONLINE) Entrance Examination is scheduled for Tuesday, 12th to Thursday, 14th September, 2023.

Candidates are advised to visit the University of Lagos, School of Postgraduate Studies website (spgs.unilag.edu.ng) from 5th to 10th September 2023 for information on their assigned dates and time for the Qualifying Examination and any additional information.

Programmes available for application are:

Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Programmes.
Masters Degree Programmes (LL.M, M.A., M.Ed., M.Sc., etc.).
Professional Masters Degree Programmes (EMBA, LLS, MAG, MARPM, MBA, MBF, MCM, M.Crim, MDF, MDM, MDR, MDSS, MEM, MESM, MFM, MGIS, MHDM, MILD, MILR, MLA, MMAM, MMP, MPA, MPE, MPH, MPIA, MPM, MRM, MRPP, MSEM, MSIS, MTL, MTPM, MTTFL, MUD, MULTP, etc.).
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programmes.

There is flexibility in the mode of study with Full-Time, Part-Time and Hybrid options.

Post UTME Notice – College of Nursing Sciences, National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Lagos

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the College of Nursing Sciences, National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Lagos, for 4 years Full time National Diploma (ND) – Higher National Diploma (HND) Non Terminal Programme in Nursing.

NOTICE OF ADMISSION 2023/2024 ACADEMIC SESSION

Candidates with a minimum score of 150 at the JAMB UTME are eligible to apply for Post UTME screening Exercise.

THE SCREENING EXERCISE IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD AS FOLLOWS:

DATE: Monday, 25th September, 2023

VENUE: FECOT Lecture Theatre , National Orthopaedic Compound, Igbobi – Lagos.

TIME: 9:00 am prompt.

Each candidate is expected to make a payment of Two Thousand Naira

(2,000.00) only as POST-UTME SCREENING FEE into the College account via remita platform.

IN ADDITION, CANDIDATES SHOULD COME ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Two (2) recent passport photographs on a white background
Original SSCE/NECO Certificate or Print out of result from WAEC/ NECO
UTME printout and result slip
Change of Course/Institution Slip (If applicable)
Certificate of State of Origin
Certificate of Birth/Affidavit

How to upload or update your O-level result on JAMB CAPS portal – 2023

Following are steps to take to upload your O-level results on JAMB CAPS.

First, verify the status of your O-level upload by the following steps:

This guide shows you how to upload O’level results on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) portal for Direct Entry and UTME admissions.

It is required that UTME candidates upload their O-level results (WASSCE and NECO) on JAMB CAPS portal for their admission process to be successful through the system.

O-level results can be uploaded to the JAMB portal at two periods:

During the JAMB registration process
After JAMB exams

During the registration for UTME, students who have their WASSCE or NECO results can upload them to the JAMB platform.

Other students sitting for the WASSCE/NECO/NABTEB examinations would be required to upload their scores when the respective O-level results are released.

Following are steps to take to upload your O-level results on JAMB CAPS.

First, verify the status of your O-level upload by the following steps:

Log in to your JAMB profile (https://portal.jamb.gov.ng/efacility_/)
Click on ‘Check Admission Status,
Click on ‘Access my CAPS’
Click on ‘My O-level result to confirm if your O-level is uploaded.

After verification, if you are unable to upload your result by yourself, visit any nearby accredited JAMB CBT centre or JAMB office to upload your O-level result.

Admission cannot be processed for candidates whose O’level status in CAPS indicates ‘Awaiting Result’.

Solution to Unilag Post UTME Mock Test 1

Q7. Funke deposited N5000 in the bank at the rate of 10% simple interest. After some time the total amount was one and half times the principal. For how many years was the money left in the bank?

Video Solution to LagTutor Unilag Post UTME Mock Test

LAGTUTOR ONLINE TEST DEMO 1

This test comes in three sections: (i) English Language; (ii) Mathematics; and (iii) General Knowledge. Answer the questions by clicking on the appropriate radio button. When you are done make sure you click the submit button at the bottom of this page. You can correct any option you have chosen by simply clicking another button.

(i) ENGLISH LANGUAGE

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

Q1. Everyone must be _________ bed by 9.00 p.m.

(A). over (B). inside (C). on (D). in

Q2. Tunde was told not to allow pleasure to interfere _________ his duty.

(A). on (B). over (C). with (D). about

Q3. He sent a card to his parents to congratulate them _______ their diamond wedding anniversary.

(A). over (B). on (C). in (D). about

(ii) MATHEMATICS

Q4. Solve the following inequality (x + 3)(x – 4) > 0

(A). x > -3 (B). -3 =< x =< 4 (C). -3 < x < 4 (D). x < -3 or x > 4

Q5. A metal disc 12cm in diameter and 5cm thick is melted down and cast into a cylindrical bar of diameter 5cm. How long is the bar?

(A). 28.8cm (B). 2.5cm (C). 40cm (D). 50cm

Q6. A number is selected at random between 10 and 20 both numbers inclusive. Find the probability that the number is prime.

(A). 3/11 (B). 4/11 (C). 5/11 (D). 6/11

Q7. Funke deposited N5000 in the bank at the rate of 10% simple interest. After some time the total amount was one and half times the principal. For how many years was the money left in the bank?

(A). 10 years (B). 15 years (C). 5 years (D). 3 years

(ii) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Q8. Which country hosted the Fifa World Cup in 2010?

(A). South Africa (B). Germany (C). Brazil (D). Spain

Q9. In which period did Nigeria fight a Civil War?

(A). August 5, 1983 – December 2, 1983 (B). June 12, 1993 – August 10, 1993

(C). January 1958 – October 1, 1960 (D). July 6, 1967 – January 11, 1970

Q10. Who is the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria?

(A). Chukwuma Soludo (B). Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

(C). Lamido Sanusi (D). Godwin Emefiele

How to calculate total aggregate score for Unilag undergraduate admission

University of Lagos calculates aggregate scores of applicants by weighting 20% to O-Level results, 50% to the UTME score, and 30% to the post UTME score.

In this system of scoring: A1 = 4.0 points; B2 = 3.6 points; B3 = 3.2 points; C4 = 2.8 points; C5 = 2.4 points; C6 = 2.0 points. Grades must be obtained at ONE SITTING.

Following are the steps you should take to calculate your aggregate score:

Divide your UTME score by 8.
Use the system of scores above to calculate your O-level aggregate score using only your 5 required subjects for the course you applied.
Get your Post UTME score.
Add the component scores from steps 1 – 3 above and the score you get is your total aggregate score.

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Dominican University, Ibadan – Notice of Post-UTME Screening

The screening exercise commenced on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Subsequently, it shall be conducted every Wednesday till the end of the admissions period.

The Dominican University Ibadan has commenced Post UTME Screening for admission into degree programmes of the university ahead of the 2023/2024 Academic Session.

Candidates who chose the Dominican University Ibadan as their preferred institution in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and other candidates who wish to change their institution of choice to the Dominican University Ibadan are welcome to register for Post UTME Screening.

The screening exercise commenced on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Subsequently, it shall be conducted every Wednesday till the end of the admissions period.

The cut-off mark for the university is 140.

Interested candidates are required to register for the Post UTME Screening exercise via the university website (www.dui.edu.ng).