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Updated: List of Courses Offered In UNIBEN & their JAMB Cut Off Marks

In this article, we are going to look through the updated list of courses offered in UNIBEN, UNIBEN admission requirements, the Departments and Faculties in UNIBEN, UNIBEN JAMB cut off mark for all courses, etc. if you have been searching for any of the above, your search is over!

UNIBEN JAMB Cut Off Mark

The official JAMB Cut Off mark for all UNIBEN courses is 200. Meanwhile, you need to score as high as possible in order to increase your chances of getting admitted. The competition in some courses like Medicine, Law, Engineering, etc. are tough; we advise you set your benchmark at 250 or above in order to give yourself an edge over your competitors.

Courses Offered in UNIBEN

As usual, we would be showing you all the courses offered in UNIBEN categorized under the various faculties they belong. UNIBEN has 15 faculties and offers over 120 courses. Lets take a look at them:

Faculty of Agriculture

Agricultural Economics and Extension Services (AEE)
Animal Science (ANS)
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management (FIS)
Crop Science (CRS)
Forestry and Wildlife (FOW)
Soil Science (SOS)

All the courses in this faculty are 5-year programmes

Faculty of Arts

English and Literature (ENL)
Fine and Applied Arts (FAA)
Foreign Languages (FOL)
History and International Studies (HIS)
Linguistics Studies (LST)
Mass Communication (MAS)
Philosophy (PHL)
Religions (REL)
Theatre Arts (THR)

All courses in this faculty are 4-year programmes

Faculty of Education

Adult Education and Non-Formal Education (ADT)
Agricultural Science Education
Business Education
Computer Education
Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CIT)
Early Childhood Education
Education and Biology
Education and Chemistry
Education and Economics
Education and Edo Language
Education and English and Literature
Education and Fine and Applied Arts
Education and French
Education and Geography and Regional Planning
Education and History
Education and integrated Science
Education and Mathematics
Education and Physics
Education and Political Science
Education and Public Administration
Education and Religious Studies
Education and Social Studies
Educational Evaluation and Counselling Psychology (EECP)
Educational Foundations
Educational Management
Educational Psychology and Curriculum Studies (EPCS)
Environmental Education
Health Education
Human Kinetics
Industrial Technical Education
Secretarial Administration and Education
Special Education
Vocational and Technical Education (VTE)

All the courses in this faculty are 4-year programmes

Faculty of Engineering

Agricultural Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Marine Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Production Engineering
Structural Engineering

All courses in this faculty are 5-year programmes

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Architecture
Estate Management and Valuation
Geomatics
Quantity Surveying

Faculty of Law

Business law (BUL)
Jurisprudence and International Law (JIL)
Law (LAW)
Private and Property Law (PPL)
Public Law (PUL)

Note that in the Faculty of Law, every student does all the aforementioned courses but can choose to specialize in any particular department at latter years. So, it is all seen as one course; Law. It is a 5-year programme.

Faculty of Life Sciences

Animal and Environmental Biology (AEB)
Applied Geophysics (AGP)
Biochemistry (BCH)
Botany (BOT)
Environmental Management and Toxicology (EMT)
Environmental Science (EVL)
Microbiology (MCB)
Optometry (OPT)
Plant Biology and Biotechnology (PBB)
Science Laboratory Technology (SLT)
Zoology (ZOO)

Faculty of Management Sciences

Accounting (ACC)
Actuarial Science ACT)
Banking and Finance (BNK)
Business Administration (BUS)
Centre for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)
Entrepreneurship (ENT)
Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM)
Human Resources Management (HRM)
Insurance (INS)
Marketing (MKT)

All courses in this faculty are 4-year programmes

Faculty of Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice (PCN)
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (PCH)
Pharmaceutical Mathematics (PHM)
Pharmaceutical Microbiology (PMB)
Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology (PCT)
Pharmacognosy (PCG)
Pharmacology and Toxicology (PCO)
Pharmacy (PHA)

Note that in the Faculty of Pharmacy, every student does all the aforementioned courses but can choose to specialize in any particular Department at latter years. So, it is all seen as one course; Pharmacy. It is a 6-year programme

Faculty of Physical Sciences

Applied Geophysics (GPY)
Chemistry (CHM)
Computer Science (CSC)
Geology (GLY)
Mathematics (MTH)
Physics (PHY)
Statistics (STA)

All the courses in this faculty are 4-year courses

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Medicine

School of Basic Medical Sciences

Anatomy (ANA)
Medical Biochemistry (MBC)
Medical Laboratory Science (MLS)
Nursing Science (NSC)
Physiology (PHS)
Physiotherapy (PST)
Radiology (RAD)

School of Dentistry

Preventive Dentistry (DPV)
Oral Diagnosis and Maxillofacial Radiology (ODR)
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology (OSP)
Periodontics (PER)
Restorative Dentistry (RES)

Note that in the Faculty of Dentistry, every student does all the aforementioned courses but can choose to specialize in any particular department at latter years. So, it is all seen as one course; Dentistry.

School of Medicine

Anatomy (ANT)
Anesthesiology (ANY)
Child Health (CHH)
Community Health (COH)
Haematology (HAE)
Medicine (MED)
Mental Health (MEH)
Physiology (PHS)
Surgery (SUR)

Note that in the School of Medicine, every student does all the aforementioned courses but can choose to specialize in any particular department at latter years. So, it is all seen as one course; Medicine and Surgery. It is a 7-year programme.

Faculty of Social Sciences

Economics and Statistics (ECO)
Geography and Regional Planning (GEO)
Political Science (POL)
Public Administration (PUB)
Sociology and Anthropology (SAA)
Social Work (SWK)

All courses in this faculty are 4-year programmes

UNIBEN Admission Requirements

Candidates must choose the University of Benin as their first choice of institution during JAMB registration.
Candidates must score a minimum of 200 in JAMB to be considered for the University’s post UTME screening exercise.
Candidates must score a minimum of 50 in post UTME screening exercise to be considered for admission. There are cut off marks for each department. Though, it is revised yearly based on overall performance.
Candidates applying for Art courses must have a minimum of 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Government, Economics and Literature in WAEC or NECO or its equivalent in not more than 2 sittings. Note that the results can also be combined but only if they are not more than 2 years apart. This applies to all courses under Faculties of Art and Law
Candidates applying for Social Science and Management Science courses must have a minimum of 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Accounting, Economics and Biology in WAEC or NECO or its equivalent in not more than 2 sittings. Note that the results can also be combined but only if they are not more than 2 years apart. This applies to all courses under Faculties of Social Science and Management Sciences.
Candidates applying for Science courses must have a minimum of 5 credit passes in Mathematics, English Language, Chemistry, Physics and Biology (or Technical drawing for those in Engineering or Environmental Science) in WAEC or NECO or its equivalent in not more than 2 sittings. Note that the results can also be combined but only if they are not more than 2 years apart. This applies to all courses under the Faculties of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences, Pharmacy and Agricultural Science