JAMB Subject Combination for Biochemistry

The Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry is competitive. Knowing the prerequisites will enable you have seamless registration and also avoid unnecessary mistakes.

This page provides the following:

• Biochemistry O’Level Subjects and Requirements;
  
• Biochemistry Direct Entry Subject and Requirements;
• Biochemistry UTME Subjects Combination;
• And other useful information that will enable you to make the right choices so that you gain admission to study Biochemistry.

Please read the Biochemistry programme admission requirements below carefully. If you meet the required prerequisites you may proceed with your UTME/Direct Entry registration.

PLEASE NOTE: There are variations to the requirements listed below in some universities. In that case, it’s advisable you make references to the PDF version of JAMB Brochure.

List of Universities Offering Biochemistry [Sciences]

• AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE – AAU
• ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE – AAUA
• ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE – ABSU
• AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE – ABU
• AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE – ABUAD
• ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY, OWO, ONDO STATE – ACHIEVERS
• ADAMAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUBI, ADAMAWA STATE – ADSU
• AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE – AJAYI
• AL- HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE – AL-HIKMAH
• ANCHOR UNIVERSITY, AYOBO, LAGOS STATE – ANCHOR-UNI
• ARTHUR JARVIS UNIVERSITY, AKPABUYO, CROSS RIVER STATE – ARTHUR-JARVIS
• ATIBA UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE – ATIBA
• ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE, OSUN STATE – AUE
• BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE – BABCOCK
• BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY, GADAU, BAUCHI STATE – BASU
• ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY, BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE – BAUCHI
• BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE – BAYERO
• BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OTA, OGUN STATE – BELLS
• UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – BENIN
• BINGHAM UNIVERSITY, KARU, NASARAWA STATE – BINGHAM
• BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – BIU
• BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE – BOWEN
• BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE – BSU
• CALEB UNIVERSITY, IMOTA, LAGOS STATE – CALEB
• CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – CARITAS
• CHRISLAND UNIVERSITY, OWODE, OGUN STATE – CHRISLAND
• CLIFFORD UNIVERSITY, OWERRINTTA, ABIA STATE – CLIFFORD
• COAL CITY UNIVERSITY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – COAL-CITY
• CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE – COOU
• COVENANT UNIVERSITY, CANAAN LAND, OTA, OGUN STATE – COVENANT
• CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY, IGBESA, OGUN STATE – CRAWFORD
• CROWN HILL UNIVERSITY, EIYENKORIN, KWARA STATE – CROWN-HILL
• CROSS RIVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR, CROSS RIVERS STATE – CRUTECH
• CRESCENT UNIVERSITY, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE – CUAB
• DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE – DELSU
• EDWIN CLARK UNIVERSITY, KIAGBODO, DELTA STATE – EDWIN CLARK
• EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE – EKSU
• ELIZADE UNIVERSITY, ILARA-MOKIN, ONDO STATE – ELIZADE
• EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO, IMO STATE – EPU
• ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – ESUTECH
• EDO UNIVERSITY, IYAMHO, EDO STATE – EUI
• EVANGEL UNIVERSITY, AKAEZE, EBONYI STATE – EVANGEL
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE – FED-DUTSE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE – FED-DUTSINMA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA, YOBE STATE – FED-GASHUA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GUSAU, ZAMFARA STATE – FED-GUSAU
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, BIRNIN-KEBBI, KEBBI STATE – FED-KEBBI
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE – FED-LAFIA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE – FED-LOKOJA
• ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE – FED-NDUFU
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OTUOKE, BAYELSA STATE – FED-OTUOKE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE – FED-OYE EKITI
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE – FED-WUKARI
• FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE – FOUNTAIN
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE – FUNAAB
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, ONDO STATE – FUTA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE – FUTO
• GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, URGWUOMU- NIKE, ENUGU STATE – GOUU
• GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE – GREGORY
• GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY, TUDUN WADA, GOMBE, GOMBE STATE – GSU
• HALLMARK UNIVERSITY, IJEBU-ITELE, OGUN STATE – HALLMARK
• IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY, OKADA, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – IGBINEDION
• UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE – ILORIN
• IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI, IMO STATE – IMSU
• JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, IKEJI-ARAKEJI, OSUN STATE – JABU
• KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY, KADUNA, KADUNA STATE – KASU
• KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA, KOGI STATE – KSU
• KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ALIERO, KEBBI STATE – KSUSTA
• KANO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WUDIL, KANO STATE – KUST
• KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, ILORIN, KWARA STATE – KWASU
• UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, LAGOS STATE – LAGOS
• LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE – LANDMARK
• IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY, LAPAI, NIGER STATE – LAPAI
• LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE – LASU
• LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE – LCITY
• LEGACY UNIVERSITY, OKIJA, ANAMBRA STATE – LEGACY
• MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE, RIVERS STATE – MADONNA
• UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE – MAIDUGURI
• YUSUF MAITAMA SULE UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE – MAITAMA
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE – MAKURDI
• MODIBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE – MAUTY
• MICHAEL AND CECILIA IBRU UNIVERSITY, OWHRODE, DELTA STATE – MC-IBRU
• McPHERSON UNIVERSITY, SERIKI SOTAYO, OGUN STATE – MCPHERSON
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE – MINNA
• UNIVERSITY OF MKAR, GBOKO, BENUE STATE – MKAR
• MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY, MAKOGI-OBA, OGUN STATE – MOUNTAIN TOP
• NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY, WILBERFORCE ISLAND, BAYELSA STATE – NDU
• NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA – NILE
• NOVENA UNIVERSITY, OGUME, DELTA STATE – NOVENA
• OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE – OAU
• OBONG UNIVERSITY, OBONG, NTAK, AKWA IBOM STATE – OBONG
• ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY, IPETUMODU, OSUN STATE – ODUDUWA
• OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE, OGUN STATE – OOU
• ONDO STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, OKITIPUPA, ONDO STATE – OSUSTECH
• PAUL UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE – PAUL
• PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE – PC-UNI
• UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – PHC
• PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE – PLASU
• NIGERIAN POLICE ACADEMY, WUDIL, KANO STATE – POL-ACAD
• REDEEMERS UNIVERSITY, OSUN STATE – REDEEMERS
• RENAISSANCE UNIVERSITY, OJIAGU-AGBANI, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – RENAISSANCE
• RHEMA UNIVERSITY, ABA, ABIA STATE – RHEMA
• RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – RSUST
• SALEM UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE – SALEM
• SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE – SAU
• SKYLINE UNIVERSITY NIGERIA, KANO, KANO STATE – SKYLINE
• SOKOTO STATE UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE – SOSU
• SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, OKUN-OWA, OGUN STATE – SOUTHWESTERN
• SPIRITAN UNIVERSITY, NNEOCHI, ABIA STATE – SPIRITAN
• SUMMIT UNIVERITY, OFFA, KWARA STATE – SUMMIT
• TANSIAN UNIVERSITY, OBA, ANAMBRA STATE – TANSIAN
• USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE – UDU
• MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, ABIA STATE – UMUDIKE
• UMARU MUSA YARADUA UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE – UMYUK
• UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA, TORU-ORUA, BAYELSA STATE – UNI-AFRICA
• KINGS UNIVERSITY, ODE-OMU, OSUN STATE – UNIKINGS
• OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE – UNIOSUN
• UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE – UNN
• VERITAS UNIVERSITY, ABUJA, FCT – VERITAS
• WESLEY UNIVERSITY, ONDO, ONDO STATE – WESLEYUNI
• WESTERN DELTA UNIVERSITY, OGHARA, DELTA STATE – WESTERN-DEL

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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Requirements same as Biochemistry [Sciences]

UTME and Direct Entry Requirements to Study Biochemistry [Sciences]

Direct Entry Requirement for Biochemistry:

Two (2) A Level passes chosen from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Biology.

UTME Requirement for Biochemistry:

NCE/ND/HND in related programmes plus the UTME requirements.

UTME Subject combination for Biochemistry:

Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.

List of Universities Offering Biochemistry [Health Sciences]

• UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR, CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE – CALABAR
• EKO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, IJANIKIN, LAGOS STATE – EKO-UNI
• UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE – IBADAN
• IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY, OKADA, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – IGBINEDION
• UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS, PLATEAU STATE – JOS
• LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE – LAUTECH
• ONDO STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, LAJE ROAD, ONDO, ONDO STATE – OSUMS
• PAMO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – PAMO
• UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE – UYO

UTME and Direct Entry Requirements to Study Biochemistry [Health Sciences]

Direct Entry Requirement for Biochemistry:

Two (2) A Level passes in Chemistry and any one of Physics, Biology/ Zoology/Botany and Mathematics.

UTME Requirement for Biochemistry:

Five (5) SSC credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

UTME Subject combination for Biochemistry:

Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

NOTE: Kindly make references to JAMB Brochure for remarks/waiver for Biochemistry. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS JAMB BROCHURE.