2020 Jamb Subject Combination For All Courses

2020 Jamb Subject Combination For All Courses

The preparation for Jamb is quite different from other exams. You get to prepare based on a specific subject combination suitable for your course of choice. Reading other subjects that you won’t face is totally a waste of time. Below is the list of courses approved by NUC and subject combination you need to prepare for as a Jamb candidate.

Subject Combination for Courses in Agriculture:

• Agric Extension Services: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science plus Mathematics or Physics.
• Agriculture: English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and any one of Physics and Mathematics.
• Fisheries: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science and any other Science subject.
• Forestry: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.
• Home Science: English Language, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science and one (1) other subject.
• Wildlife: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.

Subject Combination for Courses in Arts:

• English Literature: Use of English, Literature–in-English, one other Arts subject and another Arts or Social Science subject.
• Foreign and African Languages: (English, Igbo, German, Yoruba, etc.): Use of English, Literature in English, Government or History or any other Arts subjects.
• Hausa: Use of English, Hausa, Literature-in-English and any of Economics, Government, History and Arabic.
• History and International Studies: Use of English, History /Government and any other two subjects from Arts & Social Science.
• Igbo: Use of English, Igbo and two subjects from Arts and social Sciences.
• International Studies and Diplomacy: Use of English, Economics, Literature-in-English and Geography /Government / History.
• Linguistics: Use of English, two relevant Arts subjects and any other subject.

• Music: Use of English, Music, one other Arts subject plus any other subject.
• Philosophy: Use of English, Government and any other two subjects.
• Religious Studies: Use of English Language, CRK/IRS and any two other subjects.
• Theater Arts: Use of English, Literature in English and two other relevant subjects.

 Subject Combination for Courses in Education:

• Education Management: Use of English, and any three of Lit. in English, History, French, Geography/Physics, Economics and Mathematics.
• Home Economics Education: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science and one other subject.
• Human Kinetics Education: Use of English, Biology and any two relevant subjects
• Physical Education: Use of English language, Biology and any two relevant subjects.

• Political Science Education: Use of English, Government or History plus two other Arts or Social Sciences subjects.

 Subject Combination for Courses in Engineering

• Agricultural Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Building Technology: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Chemical Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Civil Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Computer Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Electronic & Electrical Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Environmental Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Food Technologies: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics / Physics and Agricultural Science.
• Mechanical Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Metallurgical Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Petroleum Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Production (industrial) Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Structural Engineering: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
• Telecommunications and Wireless Technology: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

Subject Combination for Courses in Law

• Law: English, Literature, Economics and any other Art Subject.

 Subject Combination for Courses in Management Sciences and Administration

• Accounting: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any Social Science subject.
• Actuarial Science: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any Social Science subject.
• Business Administration: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any Social Science subject.
• Finance & Banking: Use of English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject.
• Insurance: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any Social Science subject.
• Marketing: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant Subject.
• Public Administration: Use of English, Government, Economics and any other subject.

Subject Combination for Courses in Medicine

• Anatomy: English, Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry or Physics.
• Dentistry: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and one Science subject.
• Medical Laboratory Science: English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• Medical Rehabilitation: Use of English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• Medicine and Surgery: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
• Nursing: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry.
• Pharmacy: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
• Physiology: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
• Physiotherapy: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
• Radiography: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.
• Veterinary Medicine: Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

Subject Combination for Course in Sciences

• Architecture: English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
• Biology / Microbiology / Plant Biology: Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.
• Building: Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
• Chemistry (including industrial & Biochemistry): Use of English, Chemistry and two of Physics, Biology and Mathematics.
• Computer Science: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography.
• Cooperative and Rural Development: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other subject.
• Economics: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and CRK/IRK.
• Estate management: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject.
• Geography: Use of English, Geography and any two of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Agricultural Science.
• Geology: Use of English and any three Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography.
• Mass Communications: Use of English and any three from Arts or Social Science subjects.
• Mathematics: Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Biology and Agricultural Science.
• Physics: Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology.
• Political Science: Use of English, Government or History plus two other Social Science/ Arts subjects.
• Psychology: Use of English, Any three subjects from Arts or Social Science.
• Sociology and Anthropology: Use of English, Three Social Science or Arts Subjects.
• Statistics: Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, chemistry, agricultural science and economics.
• Surveying and Geoinformatics: Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
• Urban and Regional Planning: English, Mathematics, Geography and one of Economics, Physics, Chemistry.
• Zoology: Use of English, Biology and any two of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Note: Always make further consultation before registration. Make sure you’re familiar with the course you wish to apply for, it helps you during preparation.

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