Home Requirements for Admission
To be considered for admission to the University of Calabar, candidates must have a JAMB UTME score of at least 180.
Your first choice of institution must be UNICAL.
If you want to be considered for admission for the upcoming year, you must take part in the UNICAL POST UTME/SCREENING.
31 Oct 2022
2022–2023 UNICAL Admission Requirement
Admission Requirements for All Courses at The University of Calabar (UNICAL) for 2022/2023 |
Before applying for admission to the University of Calabar, all applicants are required to take notice of these requirements.
Before submitting an application for admission, all applicants must carefully review these admission requirements, according to the University of Calabar’s management.
You have come to the correct site if you are a University of Calabar (UNICAL) aspirant and want to learn the full list of admission requirements for UNICAL.
The University of Calabar’s 2022–2022 Admission Requirements are shown below.
Before submitting an application, applicants must carefully read the instructions.
The following University of Calabar admission requirements must be satisfied before applying:
O’LEVEL SSCE (WAEC/NECO/NABTEB) GRADING POINTS
| GRADE | POINT |
| A1 | 10 |
| A2 (B2) | 9 |
| A3 (B3) | 8 |
| C4 | 7 |
| C5 | 6 |
| C6 | 5 |
| TOTAL OBTAINABLE | 50 % |
ALL COURSES REQUIRE UNICAL ADMISSION.
Accountancy:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
Business Administration:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
Public Administration:
Use of English, Government, Economics and any other subject
Banking and Finance:
Use of English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject
Economics:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature
in English, French and CRK/IRK.
Demography and Social Statistics:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics/ Geography and any other subject.
Geography:
Use of English, Geography and two other Arts or Social Science subjects
Library Science:
Use of English and Any three Arts or Social Science subjects
Mass Communication:
Use of English and any three from Arts or Social Science subjects.
Sociology:
Use of English, Three Social Science or Arts subjects.
Statistics:
Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics,
Building:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Microbiology:
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics.
Veterinary Science:
English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Forestry:
Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics.
Civil Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Chemical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Computer Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Electrical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Estate Management:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject
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
Physiology:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Electronic Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Marine Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Mechanical Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Petroleum and Gas Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Systems Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Structural Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Production and Industrial Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Architecture:
English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Quantity Surveying:
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.
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
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL ART COURSES IN THE UNICAL UTME
Christian Religious Studies:
Use of English, Two Arts subjects including Christian Religious Knowledge and any other
subject.
Fine and Applied Arts:
Use of English Language, Fine Art and two other Arts subjects or Social Science subject
Theatre Arts:
Use of English, Lit. in English and two other relevant subjects.
Linguistics:
Use of English, Two relevant Arts subjects and any other subject.
English and International Studies:
Use of English, Literature in English, Government or History or any other Arts subjects.
Religious Studies:
English, CRK/IRS and any two other subjects.
Yoruba:
Use of English, Yoruba and two other subjects in Arts or Social Sciences.
Anthropology:
Use of English, Any three of History, CRK/IRK, Geography, Economics, Literature in English and
French.
Law:
English, Literature, Economics and any other Art Subject.
Political Science:
Use of English, Government or History plus two other Social Science/Arts subjects.
Philosophy:
Use of English, Government and any other two subjects
Psychology:
Use of English, Any three subjects from Arts or Social Science
Religious Studies:
Use of English Language, CRK/IRS and any two other subjects.
Social Works:
Use of English Language, Mathematics, Economics/Geography and any other subject
Sociology and Anthropology:
Use of English, Three Social Science or Arts Subjects
Industrial Relations:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant subject
Human Resources Management:
Use of English, Economics, Government and any other relevant subjects.
International Relations:
Use of English, Economics, Literature-in-English and Geography/Government/History.
Business Management:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject.
Cooperative and Rural Development:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other subject.
Tourism:
English, Mathematics, Economics and any other subject.
Marketing:
Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant Subject.
Insurance:
English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL SCIENCE COURSES IN THE UNICAL UTME
As you can see from the aforementioned O’level requirements, mathematics is a must for all courses except for those in law, international relations, psychology, political science, and sociology.
For UTE disciplines, however, English is required because it is our home tongue, but accounting and other management courses do not require students to write mathematics in their UTME.
Medicine and Surgery:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Agricultural Engineering:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
Computer Science:
Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and one of Biology, Chemistry, Agric Science, Economics and Geography
Biochemistry:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Biological Sciences:
Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics.
Physics/Industrial physics:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology.
Mathematics:
Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Biology and Agricultural Science.
Chemistry:
Use of English, Chemistry and two of Physics, Biology and Mathematics.
Nursing:
Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
Surveying and Geoinformatics:
Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
Food, Science and Technology:
Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics / Physics and Agric Science
Pharmacy:
Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry:
Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and any of Physics/Biology/Agricultural Science.
Fisheries:
Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any other Science subject.
Geology:
Use of English and any three Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography.
