Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), established in 2001, is a state-owned university in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
Committed to providing accessible and quality education, NSUK offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programs across various faculties.
Choosing the right course of study and understanding the specific requirements for admission are crucial steps for prospective students.
This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the courses offered at NSUK, along with the necessary JAMB subject combinations and O’level requirements for a successful application.
NSUK Courses
- Accounting
- Agric-economics & Extension
- Agricultural Science & Education
- Agriculture
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
- Arabic Studies
- Architecture
- Banking & Finance
- Biochemistry
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Broadcasting
- Building Technology
- Business Administration
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Christian Religious Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Common & Islamic Law
- Community Health Science
- Computer Science
- Criminology and Security Studies
- Cyber Security
- Data Science
- Demography and Social Statistics
- Early Childhood Education
- Economics
- Education & Biology
- Education & Chemistry
- Education & Christian Religious Studies
- Education & Economics
- Education & English Language
- Education & French
- Education & Geography
- Education & History
- Education & Integrated Science
- Education & Islamic Studies
- Education & Mathematics
- Education & Physics
- Education & Social Studies
- Educational Management
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- English Language
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Health Science
- Environmental Resources Management
- Estate Management
- Fisheries
- Forestry & Wildlife
- French
- Geography
- Geology & Mining
- Guidance & Counselling
- Hausa
- Health Information Management
- History
- History and Diplomatic Studies
- Home Economics & Education
- Home Science & Management
- Industrial Chemistry
- Islamic Studies
- Journalism and Media Studies
- Languages & Linguistics
- Law
- Library & Information Science
- Marketing
- Mass Communication
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Office and Information Management
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Plant Science & Biotechnology
- Political Science
- Primary Education
- Psychology
- Public Administration
- Public Relation
- Religious Studies
- Science Laboratory Technology
- Securities & Investment
- Sociology
- Special Education
- Statistics
- Statistics and Data Analytics
- Taxation
- Teacher Education Science
- Theatre Arts
- Urban & Regional Planning
- Zoology
Subject Combination
| Courses | JAMB Subject | O’level Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus any Social Science subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other two (2) other subjects. |
| Agric-Economics & Extension | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/ Agricultural Science plus Mathematics or Physics. | English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and one of Geography, Physics and Economics. |
| Agricultural Science & Education | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects from Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Physics, Economics, Geography and Mathematics. | English Language, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science., Mathematics and another relevant subject. |
| 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. |
| Agronomy | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics. | Chemistry, English Language, Mathematics, Biology and Geography or Economics. |
| Animal Science | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and Mathematics /Physics. | English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology/Agric Science and one of Physics, Geography or Economics. |
| 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, Economics, plus any one (1) of Government and Geography. | English Language, Mathematics and any other subjects. For NBC, the other two (2) relevant subjects could be from any of the following; Accounting, Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice and Economics. |
| Biochemistry | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. | English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Use of English, English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. | English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology. |
| Business Administration | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one (1) other subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics, plus any two (2) of Accounting, Business Methods, Commerce, Government, Geography, and Statistics. |
| Chemical Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and other acceptable science subjects at not more than two sittings. |
| Civil Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and other acceptable science subjects at not more than two sittings. |
| Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry and two (2) of Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. |
| Christian Religious Studies | Use of English, Two (2) Arts subjects including CRS and any other subject. | English Language, CRS and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| 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. |
| Community Health Science | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology | Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry |
| 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. |
| Criminology & Security Studies | 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. |
| Cyber Security | 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. |
| 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 & Biology | Use of English, Biology and two (2) other subjects from Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. | English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and one (1) other subject. |
| Education & Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry and two (2) other subjects chosen from Physics, Biology and Mathematics. | Mathematics, Chemistry, English Language and two (2) of Physics, Biology and Agricultural Science. |
| Education & Christian Religious Studies | Use of English, Two (2) Arts subject including Religious studies and one (1) other subject. | nglish Language, Religious Studies and three (3) other Arts subjects. |
| Education & Economics | Use of English, 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 | Use of English, Literature in English and one (1) Art and any other subject. | English Language and Literature in English plus three (3) other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Education & French | Use of English, French plus two (2) other Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and French. |
| Education & Geography | Use of English, Geography plus two (2) other Social Sciences/Arts subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include Geography, English Language and Mathematics. |
| Education & History | Use of English, History and any other two (2) subjects chosen from Christian Religious Studies / Islamic Studies, Literature in English, French, Yoruba, Geography/Physics, Economics, Government and Hausa. | English Language, History and three (3) relevant Arts subjects. |
| Education & Integrated Science | Use of English, Any three (3) of Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Agricultural Science. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including Biology, Chemistry, English Language and Mathematics |
| Education & Islamic Studies | Use of English, Islamic Studies/Arabic and two (2) other Social Science or Arts subjects. | English Language, Islamic Studies and three (3) other relevant subjects. |
| Education & Mathematics | Use of English, Mathematics and any two (2) of the following Science subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Biology. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics plus one (1) other Science subject. |
| Education & Physics | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics or Chemistry plus one (1) other subjects. | English Language, Physics, Mathematics and two (2) other Science subjects |
| Education & Social Studies | Use of English, Any three (3) of Christian Religious Studies, Economics, Geography/Physics, Government, History and Islamic Studies. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language plus two (2) Arts /Social Science subjects. |
| Educational Management | Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and one (1) other Social Science/Arts subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level NTC/NBC credit passes or TC II merit including English Language with ‘O’ Level pass in Mathematics. |
| Electrical & Electronics Engineering | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics | English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and other acceptable science subjects at not more than two sittings |
| 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 (1) other Social Science or Commercial subject. | English Language, Mathematics, Economics, one (1) Science subject and one (1) other Social Science or Commercial subject. |
| Environmental Resources Management | Use of English, Mathematics, Geography and any one of Economics, Physics and Chemistry. | Mathematics, English Language, Geography and any other two (2) relevant subjects: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Agric Science or Health Science. |
| Estate Management | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject | Five (5) SSCE credit passes including Chemistry, Mathematics and English Language. |
| 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. |
| Forestry & Wildlife | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics. | English, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology and one of Physics, Economics, Further Mathematics and Statistics. |
| 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. |
| 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 & Mining | Use of English, Any three (3) of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography. | English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and any other subject. |
| Guidance & Counselling | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level NTC/NBC credit passes or TC II merit including English Language with ‘O’ Level pass in Mathematics. |
| Hausa | Use of English, Hausa, Literature in English and any of Economics, Government, History and Arabic. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and Hausa. |
| Health Information Management | Use of English, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology | Mathematics, Physics, English Language, Biology, and Chemistry |
| History | Use of English, History and any other two (2) subjects from Arts and Social Sciences. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include History and English Language. |
| Home Economics & Education | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science and one (1) other subject. | Five (5) ‘O’ Level NTC/NBC credit passes or TC II merit including English Language, Mathematics, Home Economics, Biology and Chemistry. |
| Home Science & Management | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Mathematics or Physics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes including Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Mathematics and at least ‘O’ Level pass in English Language and Physics. |
| Industrial Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and any of Physics/Biology/ Agricultural Science. | English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology/Agricultural Science. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Law | Use of English, Any three (3) Arts or Social Science subjects. | Five (5)’O’ Level credit passes to include English Language, Literature in English and Mathematics. |
| Library & Information Science | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects. | English Language, Mathematics and three (3) other relevant Arts/Sciences/Social Sciences subjects. |
| Mass Communication | Use of English, Literature in English, Economics and Government. | English Language, Literature in English and Government plus a pass in Mathematics. |
| 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. |
| Microbiology | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics. | Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. |
| Nutrition & Dietetics | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. | English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. |
| Office & Information Management | Use of English, Economics and Two (2) other subjects. | English Language, Economics and three (3) other subjects plus at least a pass in Mathematics. For NBC holders, three (3) other Subjects could be from any of the following: Office Practice, Secretarial Duties, Principles of Accounts, Shorthand 80 WPM and Typewriting 35 WPM. |
| Philosophy | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and four (4) other relevant 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. |
| Plant Science & Biotechnology | 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. |
| Psychology | Use of English, Any three (3) subjects from Arts or Social Science | Government or History, English Language and three (3) other subjects. A pass in Mathematics is required. |
| Public Administration | Use of English, Government, Economics and any other subject. | English Language, Economics and Government. For NBC holders, the other relevant subjects could be from any of the following: Accounting, Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice and Secretarial Duties. |
| Religious Studies | Use of English, CRS/IRS and any other two (2) subjects. | Five (5) SSC credit passes to include English Language and CRS/IRS. |
| Science Laboratory Technology | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics. | English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics. |
| Securities & Investment | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, plus any one (1) of Government and Geography. | English Language, Mathematics and any other subjects. For NBC, the other two (2) relevant subjects could be from any of the following; Accounting, Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice and Economics. |
| 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. |
| Statistics & Data Analytics | 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, one Social Science subject and any other subject | English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects. |
| Teacher Education Science | Use of English, Literature in English and one (1) Art and any other subject. | English Language and Literature in English plus three (3) other Arts or Social Science subjects. |
| Theatre 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. |
| Urban & Regional Planning | Use of English, Mathematics, Geography and one of Economics, Physics, Chemistry. | English Language, Mathematics, Geography, and any two (2) of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Government, Biology, Art, History, IRK/CRK, Social Studies and Tech Drawing. |
| 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
I trust that this detailed guide has provided you with the necessary information on the diverse courses offered at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), and their corresponding JAMB and O’level subject combinations.
As you plan your academic future, remember that admission requirements can evolve, so it is crucial to ask your questions using the comment box below for further clarification.
