It's another admission year and hundreds of thousand of Jambites will be jostling for the few available space in our Nigerian universities.

For candidates that chose the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as their first or second choice institution in this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), I will be providing you with as much information as I can towards actualizing their dream of getting admitted into the University.

Please, note that at the time of this post, 2019 UNN post Utme form is not yet on sale! So don't be misled by anyone. As soon as it is, you will see it on the official website of the university www.unn.edu.ng.

Unn screening exam usually holds around the month of July yearly. However, the date for this year's Unn post utme screening has not been fixed. Whenever it is announced, you will be the first to know about it here.

The minimum JAMB score set by UNN for candidates intending to participate in the Post Utme screening exams of the institution had been either 180 or 200, but mostly 200 in the past few years. However this year's cut-off mark has not been fixed.

Follow this thread also to get all the latest Unn news.

The University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN was recently ranked 2nd best in Nigeria according to the 2019 Webometrics ranking. No wonder it is among the most sought after universities in Nigeria and thus tough to get admitted into.
I and hopefully, other graduates of this great institution will be regularly sharing tips and other up-to-date info that will help your dreams of getting admitted into UNN come true

The UNN university community in Nsukka is predominantly an academic environment but there are other side attractions that will cater for the social side of life and make your stay here fun. We will delve more into that later on on this thread.

UNN Admission Tip 1:
To successfully gain admission into UNN, you should choose your course wisely.
So many candidates that apply for admission into UNN choose courses like Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Economics etc. Because of the limited admission space in those departments, their admission cut-off mark are set very high to as much as 290+ forcing other intelligent candidates that even scored up to 270 to miss out of admission. Some might argue, “Let me try first, if I don’t get it as first choice, I then go for supplementary” but the bad news is that supplementary admission can even be tougher than merit admission. I will tell you more about that in subsequent posts.

JAMB has just announced 160 as minimum score for admission seekers into public universities, will UNN go by the 160 cut-off mark or go by the previously used 200?

lyndy69:
It's another admission year and hundreds of thousand of Jambites will be jostling for the few available space in our Nigerian universities.

For candidates that chose the University of Nigeria, Nsukka as their first or second choice institution in this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB), I will be providing you with as much information as I can towards actualizing their dream of getting admitted into the University.

Please, note that at the time of this post, 2019 UNN post Utme form is not yet on sale! So don't be misled by anyone. As soon as it is, you will see it on the official website of the university www.unn.edu.ng.

Unn screening exam usually holds around the month of July yearly. However, the date for this year's Unn post utme screening has not been fixed. Whenever it is announced, you will be the first to know about it here.

The minimum JAMB score set by UNN for candidates intending to participate in the Post Utme screening exams of the institution had been either 180 or 200, but mostly 200 in the past few years. However this year's cut-off mark has not been fixed.

. good job
pls do they also adhere to catchment and ELDS. for example does someone from Cross river stand a chance of getting in

Donwyz:
. good job
pls do they also adhere to catchment and ELDS. for example does someone from Cross river stand a chance of getting in

Sure! As matter of fact, candidates from outside the south east, especially from the Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS), stand better chance at getting admitted into UNN than candidates from the southeast. This is surprising but true! A couple of factors made it so.
1) Majority of secondary school leavers seek university education in the southeast. We are talking hundreds of thousands of university admission seekers yearly. These candidates mostly choose UNN for the name, reputation, proximity etc. and because UNN can not possibly admit all of them while following the Federal Government admission policy, majority of south eastern candidates miss the opportunity of getting admission into UNN.
2) On the other hand, candidates outside southeast assume they don't stand a chance in UNN because of "tribalism" thereby leaving a lot of space for other catchments areas and ELDS vacant. In the past, some candidates from the south east, while applying for JAMB, even went as far as changing their state of origin to any of the ELD states to successfully gain admission into UNN. Lol

The University of Nigeria Nsukka, to a very large extent, follows the Federal Government admission policy which states that institutions should admit candidates based on 45% Merit, 35% Catchment Area and 20% Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

lyndy69:


Sure! As matter of fact, candidates from outside the south east, especially from the Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS), stand better chance at getting admitted into UNN than candidates from the southeast. This is surprising but true! A couple of factors made it so.
1) Majority of secondary school leavers seek university education in the southeast. We are talking hundreds of thousands of university admission seekers yearly. These candidates mostly choose UNN for the name, reputation, proximity etc. and because UNN can not possibly admit all of them while following the Federal Government admission policy, majority of south eastern candidates miss the opportunity of getting admission into UNN.
2) On the other hand, candidates outside southeast assume they don't stand a chance in UNN because of "tribalism" thereby leaving a lot of space for other catchments areas and ELDS vacant. In the past, some candidates from the south east, while applying for JAMB, even went as far as changing their state of origin to any of the ELD states to successfully gain admission into UNN. Lol

hmmm.na wa o....anyway thanks for your response. I appreciate....we would be banking on you for updates. thanks and God bless

Donwyz:
hmmm.na wa o....anyway thanks for your response. I appreciate....we would be banking on you for updates. thanks and God bless

You are welcomed. I will be providing updates as often as my time permits. God bless you too. Cheers

UNN Admission Tip 2:
Be Careful with Your Subject Combimations.
I will like to believe that you all chose your UTME subjects carefully, in accordance with the guidelines on the 2019 JAMB brochure. For those that are currently going for change of course and those that will later on go for supplementary admission after UNN post utme, please make sure that your new course of choice aligns with your subject combinations. A particular UNN aspirant in the past, who originally went for medicine & surgery but didn't meet the admission cut-off mark, was denied supplementary admission into Mechanical Engineering, despite meeting the admission cut-off mark for Mechanical Engineering simply because his subject combination (English, Mathematics, Physics, and Biology) does not have Chemistry required for Mechanical Engineering in UNN.

UNN Admission Tip 3:
Plan Strategically and get your first Choice Course.
By this I mean, choose a first choice course you stand a better chance at getting. How do you do this? Check the previous unn departmental cut off mark for admissions and ask yourself if you can make such average score from your UTME and Post-UTME.
It is ok to believe in yourself that you can move mountains with strong will, but the fact remains that there are just too many candidates going for the "prestigious" courses and only a few can be admitted. Also, the "not-so-prestigious" courses becomes tougher to get during supplementary admission, so always aim to get admitted via the primary admission list. Here is a practical example why you should; In the past, a particular brilliant and above-average UNN aspirant who chose Medicine as first choice course had an average score of 268 after Post Utme but was not admitted via primary list as the cut-off mark for medicine was 285 that year. The aspirant then purchased the supplementary admission shopping form for N10,000 and chose Biochemistry which had a cut-off mark of 240. Now, because of the so many applicants for Biochemistry during the supplementary admission, the cut-off mark for Biochemistry went up to 270 and this brilliant aspirant missed out of admission that year, whereas someone that chose Biochemistry as first choice and scored 240 same year got admitted via primary admission list. The unfortunate candidate still had a similar experience the following year, and still doesn't appear to have learnt his lesson. This shouldn't happen to you reading this at this time. Time waits for no one! Your graduation age matters, if you plan on hunting for job in Nigeria. Job hunting is getting tougher for older graduates in Nigeria

Thanks @Lyndy69 this is by far the most helpful post I’ve seen online on UNN 2019/2020 admission.
Please respond to my email, I’d need advise for my brother who filled in Medicine in UNN as first choice.

UrchMannie:
Thanks @Lyndy69 this is by far the most helpful post I’ve seen online on UNN 2019/2020 admission.
Please respond to my email, I’d need advise for my brother who filled in Medicine in UNN as first choice.

My apologies for the late response. I have been away for a while.
I really will prefer you ask your question here, even if hypothetically. That way all, users here will also benefit from the answer. Do have a great day

UNN Admission Tip 4: [For Biological Sciences and other Related Faculty applicants]

If you are an average student (say your JAMB score hover around 200 and 220) and you wish to study Biochemistry or Microbiology whose cut-off marks are usually around 240 in UNN, you may want to choose COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES as your first choice course.
Many applicants don't know about COMBINED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, but this wonderful double honours degree allows students the opportunity to study combined degree courses (e.g. Biochemistry/Microbiology, Microbiology/Botany, Biochemistry/Zoology etc.). The combinations are set during registration in school, after admission must have been granted. To get a "perfect" or your choice combination, rush to school immediately you are admitted and meet the Faculty officer.
It is important to target getting admitted to this course via primary admission list as it may become as difficult as "Medicine" to get during supplementary admission, LOL.

lyndy69:


My apologies for the late response. I have been away for a while.
I really will prefer you ask your question here, even if hypothetically. That way all, users here will also benefit from the answer. Do have a great day

Thanks again.
My brother from Delta state scored 281 in JAMB and filled in Medecine. What do you think will be a safe score to get in via the merit list.
Also, what do you think is the best way to prepare for the UNN post utme?

UrchMannie:


Thanks again.
My brother from Delta state scored 281 in JAMB and filled in Medecine. What do you think will be a safe score to get in via the merit list.
Also, what do you think is the best way to prepare for the UNN post utme?

Sorry again for my late response. Your brother has a good UTME score and with his state of origin, I will say Post Utme score close to that or better will surely get him medicine admission via merit.
For best ways to prepare for UNN post Utme, aside obviously preparing for Exams well ahead of time, there is a well written article on tips to successfully gain admission into UNN. Check the article out on the following link; https://unn-edu.info/2015/05/successfully-gain-admission-into-unn.html.
All the Best

2019 UNN Post Utme details to be announced any moment from now. Stay on the alert guys!

Finally, UNN post utme form for admission in the 2019/2020 academic session is out!

Online or the screening Exam has commenced and will end on Thursday, August 22, 2019.

While the exams will take place from Monday, August 26, 2019 through Monday, September 2, 2019.
Good luck guys....
Our thread on admission tips continues shortly

And for candidates that scored slightly less than 200 in JAMB Utme, I guess congratulations are in order as UNN pegged the minimum JAMB cut off mark at 180. Cheers

Is age a limitation to get admitted to UNN. My cousin will be 15 by October but he did well in Jamb and Waec... Does he stand a chance?

lyndy69:


Sorry again for my late response. Your brother has a good UTME score and with his state of origin, I will say Post Utme score close to that or better will surely get him medicine admission via merit.
For best ways to prepare for UNN post Utme, aside obviously preparing for Exams well ahead of time, there is a well written article on tips to successfully gain admission into UNN. Check the article out on the following link; https://unn-edu.info/2015/05/successfully-gain-admission-into-unn.html.
All the Best

pls what of a jamb score 250 for pharmacy for someone from cross river

Will they allow second choice university candidates to write the exam?

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