Kwara State University (KWASU), located in Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria, is a state-owned university established in 2009. Known for its innovative approach to education and entrepreneurship, KWASU offers a wide range of academic programs across various colleges.
Choosing the right course of study and understanding the specific requirements for admission are essential steps for prospective students.
This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the courses offered at KWASU, along with the necessary JAMB subject combinations and O’level requirements for a successful application.
Courses
- Accounting
- Actuarial Science
- Aeronautic and Astronautic Engineering
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural Engineering
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
- Arabic Education
- Arabic Studies
- Banking & Finance
- Biochemistry
- Biology Education
- Business & Entrepreneurship Studies
- Business Administration
- Business Education
- Chemistry
- Chemistry Education
- Christian Studies
- Christian Studies Education
- Civil Engineering
- Common & Islamic Law
- Common Law
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Computer Science Education
- Criminology and Security Studies
- Cyber Security
- Development Studies
- Early Childhood & Primary Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Economics
- Education & Science
- Educational Management
- Electrical /Electronics Engineering
- English & Literary Studies
- English Education
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Health Science
- Environmental Management & Toxicology
- Estate Management
- Fine & Applied Arts
- Fisheries
- Food Engineering
- Food Science & Technology
- French
- French Education
- Geography
- Geography
- Geology & Mineral Science
- Health Information Management
- History & International Relations
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Human Anatomy
- Human Kinetics
- Industrial Chemistry
- Islamic Studies
- Islamic Studies Education
- Languages & Linguistics
- Library & Information Science
- Linguistics
- Marketing
- Mass Communication
- Material & Metallurgical Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mathematics Education
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Laboratory Science
- Medicine and Surgery
- Microbiology
- Mining Engineering
- Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
- Performing Arts
- Physics
- Physics Education
- Physiology
- Plant Biology
- Political Science
- Political Science & Public Administration
- Public Health
- Public Health Science
- Sociology
- Sociology
- Special Education
- Statistics
- Taxation
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Yoruba
- Yoruba Education
- Zoology
Subject Combination
| Course | JAMB Subject | O’level Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Actuarial Science | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one (1) other subject. | English Language, Mathematics and Economics plus any other two (2) relevant subjects. |
| Agricultural Education | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects from Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Physics, Economics, Geography and Mathematics. | Biology/ Agricultural Science, chemistry, economics, physics, English language and mathematics. |
| Agricultural Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any from Introduction to Agricultural Science, Materials and Workshop Process and Machining |
| Agriculture | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and any one of Physics or Mathematics. | English Language, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any one of Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Economics. |
| Aquaculture & Fisheries Management | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science subject. | English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/ Agricultural Science, at least a pass in Physics. The Credit pass in Agric. Science must be backed up by at least a pass in Biology. |
| Arabic Education | Use of English, Arabic and any two (2) relevant Arts/Social Science subjects. | Arabic, English, taken at the WASSCE, NECO, GCE O Level or their equivalent at not more than 2 sittings for UTME candidates. |
| Arabic Studies | Use of English, Arabic and two (2) subjects from Arts and/or Social Sciences. | English Language, Arabic and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| Banking & Finance | Use of English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Biochemistry | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. |
| Biology Education | Use of English, Biology and two (2) other subjects from Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. |
| Business & Entrepreneurship Studies | Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics, one Science subject and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. |
| Business Administration | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Business Education | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one (1) of Literature in English, History, Government, Geography, Chemistry and Physics. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other subjects in the Social Sciences or Arts. |
| Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry and two (2) of Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Chemistry Education | Use of English, Chemistry and two (2) other subjects chosen from Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. |
| Christian Studies | Use of English, Two (2) Arts subjects including CRS and any other subject. | English Language, CRS and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| Christian Studies Education | Use of English, Two (2) Arts subject including Religious studies and one (1) other subject. | Two (2) passes in relevant subject areas at advanced level with SC/GCE ‘O’ Level credit passes in five other subjects at not more than two (2) sittings |
| Civil Engineering | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and one Science subject |
| Common & Islamic Law | Use of English, 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 and Islamic Studies or Arabic. |
| Common Law | Use of English, Literature in English and any two (2) other Arts/or Social Science subjects. | English Language, Literature – in – English and any other three (3) Arts/Social Science subjects |
| Computer Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and English Language. |
| Computer Science | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one (1) of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics plus two (2) other Science subjects. |
| Computer Science Education | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one of Biology, Chemistry and Geography. | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. |
| Criminology and Security Studies | Use of English, Government or History plus two other Social Science / Arts subjects or Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics and any other 3 subjects from, Social Sciences, Sciences and Art. |
| Early Childhood & Primary Education | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Early Childhood Education | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Economics | Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Studies/Islamic Studies. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two (2) of Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Education & Science | Use of English, Three (3) relevant Science or NBC subjects | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language, Mathematics and two (2) other Science subjects. |
| Educational Management | Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and one (1) other Social Science/Arts subject. | General certificate of Education or its equivalent with at least five credits in two sittings including credit in English and Mathematics. |
| Electrical /Electronics Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English Language and any other Science subject. |
| English & Literary Studies | Use of English, Literature in English, one other Arts subject and another Arts or Social Science subject. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Literature in English and English Language. |
| English Education | Use of English, Literature in English and one (1) Art and any other subject. | Five credits at the senior secondary school certificate including English language and literature or Merit in 5 relevant subject at the Teachers Grade II Certificate. |
| English Language | Use of English, Literature in English, one other Arts subject and another Arts or Social Science subject. | Literature in English, English Language and three other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Entrepreneurship | Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics, one Science subject and one other Social Science or Commercial subject. |
| Environmental Health Science | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | English Language, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Environmental Management & Toxicology | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics/ Physics | English Language, Chemistry, Biology Science, Physics and Mathematics. |
| Fine & Applied Arts | Use of English, Fine Arts and two (2) other Arts subjects or Social Science subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Fine Arts. |
| Fisheries | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science subject. | Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Mathematics and English Language plus any other Science subject. |
| Food Engineering | Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. | English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and either Agricultural Science or Biology. |
| Food Science & Technology | Use of English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics or Biology. | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and any other Science subject. |
| French | Use of English, French and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including French and English Language plus one other Arts subject. |
| French Education | Use of English, French plus two (2) other Arts subjects. | French and should possess a minimum of credit pass in 5 subjects, including French, English, taken at the WASSCE, NECO, GCE O Level or their equivalent at not more than 2 sittings for UTME candidates. |
| Geography | Use of English, Geography and two (2) other Arts or Social Science subjects | English Language, Geography, and any three (3) from Arts or Social Science subjects with at least a pass in Mathematics. |
| Geology & Mineral Science | Use of English, Any three (3) of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography. | English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and any other subject. |
| History & International Relations | Use of English, History/Government and any other two (2) subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Geography, Government/History. |
| Hospitality & Tourism | Use of English, Geography and any two (2) other Arts or Social Science subjects. | English Language, Geography and any three (3) from Arts or Social Science subjects with ‘O’ Level pass in Mathematics. |
| Hospitality & Tourism Management | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and Mathematics/Physics or one (1) Social Science subject | Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Mathematics, Physics, English Language and any one of Nutrition, Fine Arts, Textile, Construction, Technical Drawing, Basic Electricity, Basic Catering and Food Services |
| Human Anatomy | Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry | Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology |
| Human Kinetics | Use of English, English Language and three (3) other relevant subjects. | English Language, Mathematics, Health Science/Physical Education/Biology and any two (2) other subjects. |
| Islamic Studies | Use of English, Islamic Studies plus two (2) other Arts subjects. | English Language and Islamic Studies or Arabic and any three (3) relevant subjects. |
| Islamic Studies Education | Use of English, Islamic Studies/Arabic and two (2) other Social Science or Arts subjects. | Five credits at the Senior Secondary School Certificate, one of which must be in Islam Religious knowledge or Grade II Teacher’s Certificate with five Merits in the relevant subjects including Islamic studies. |
| Languages & Linguistics | Use of English, One Arts and two (2) other subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and any other Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences. |
| Library & Information Science | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one (1) of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics plus two (2) other Science subjects. |
| Linguistics | Use of English, Any Language and two (2) other subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language. |
| Mass Communication | Use of English, Any three (3) from Arts or Social Science subjects. | English Language and four (4) other subjects in Arts or Social Sciences. |
| Material & Metallurgical Engineering | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and one other Science subject. |
| Mathematics | Use of English, Mathematics and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Economics or Geography. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including English Language, Mathematics and Physics or Chemistry. |
| Mathematics Education | Use of English, Mathematics and any two (2) of the following Science subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five credit passes in SSCE or equivalents in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. |
| Mechanical Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English Language and any other Science subject. |
| Medical Laboratory Science | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
| Medicine & Surgery | Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry | Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and English Language |
| Microbiology | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. |
| Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution | Use of English, Three (3) Arts or Social Science subjects | English Language, Mathematics, Government, and two other Arts or Social Science subjects, at not more than 2 sittings. |
| Performing Arts | Use of English, Literature in English and two (2) other relevant subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Arts subjects. |
| Physics | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology. | English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and any other Science subject from Further Mathematics and Biology or Agricultural Science. |
| Physics Education | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics or Chemistry plus one (1) other subjects. | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and English Language. |
| Physiology | Use of English, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry | Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
| Plant Biology | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and any other Science subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics. |
| Political Science | Use of English, Government or History plus two (2) other Social Science/Arts subjects. | Government or History, English Language and three (3) other subjects. A pass in Mathematics is required. |
| Political Science & Public Administration | Use of English, Three (3) Arts or Social Science subjects | English Language Government or History and at least a pass in Mathematics |
| Public Health | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | English Language, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Public Health Science | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | English Language, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Sociology | Use of English, Three (3) Social Science or Arts subjects. | Government or History, English Language and three (3) other subjects. A pass in Mathematics is required. |
| Special Education | Use of English, Any three (3) Subjects | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes including English Language. |
| Statistics | Use of English, Mathematics and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Economics. | English Language, Mathematics and at least three (3) subjects from Physics, Statistics, Chemistry, Further Mathematics, Economics and Geography. |
| Taxation | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, plus any one (1) of Government and Geography. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other two (2) social science subjects in not more than two sittings. |
| Yoruba | Use of English, Yoruba and two (2) other subjects in Arts or Social Sciences | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Yoruba and English Language. |
| Yoruba Education | Use of English, Yoruba and any two (2) subjects chosen from History, Literature in English, French, Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Arabic, Geography and Physics. | Candidates must have five credit passes at the senior secondary school certificate including English language and literature or Merit in 5 relevant subject at the Teachers Grade II Certificate. |
| Zoology | Use of English, Biology and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics, Biology and two (2) other Science subject. |
Conclusion
We hope this comprehensive guide has provided you with the necessary information on the courses offered at Kwara State University (KWASU) and their corresponding JAMB and O’level subject combinations.
Let me know in the comment if you have any questions or need further clarification. I would love to hear from you.
what are the O’level requirements for History and Diplomatic Studies in KWASU
Amirat, the subject combination is Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Geography, Government/History.
Let me know if you have further questions.
What are the o’level requirements for criminology in kwasu
WAEC/NECO: English Language, Mathematics and any other 3 subjects from, Social Sciences, Sciences and Art.
JAMB: Use of English, Government or History plus two other Social Science / Arts subjects or Mathematics.
Can I study computer science in Jesus with jamb subjects English,maths, physics and biology scores 225?
Yes, Oladejo
Your JAMB subject combination is correct for Computer Science. Your chances of admission depend on meeting the cut-off mark.
Why is kwasu not recommending me for Bsc Geography with Geography, Chemistry and agriculture as jamb combination?
Dele, what course did you initially apply for?