JAMB Subject Combination For All Courses
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation board is an entrance examination into tertiary level of institutions in Nigeria. The board conducts entrance exam for undergraduates every year into various tertiary institutions.
In this article we will be taking you through different JAMB subject combinations for all courses
We’ve seen many cases whereby jamb candidate make error picking their subject combination, and as a result of this it will affect their admission or their couse will be changed.
So in order to prevent this from happening to you, then you should read this article because i will be telling you different courses in Science, Art and commercial department and their JAMB subject combination for All Courses
JAMB Subject Combinations for All Courses
Science Department
| Course | JAMB Subject Combination |
| Agriculture | English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and any one of Physics and Mathematics |
| Agricultural Economics | English Language, Chemistry, Biology/ Agricultural Science and Mathematics. |
| Agronomy | English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics |
| Architecture | English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Or Geography |
| Agricultural Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Animal Production and Science | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agric Science and Physics/Mathematics |
| Biological Sciences | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Mathematics. |
| Biochemistry | Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry |
| Building | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics. |
| Botany | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and Physics |
| Crop Production and Science | English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture and Mathematics or Physics |
| Civil Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Computer Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Chemical Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Computer Science | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry and two of Physics, Biology and Mathematics |
| Electronic Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Electrical Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Fisheries | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/ Agricultural Science and any other Science subject |
| Forestry | Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agriculture and Physics or Mathematics |
| Food, Science and Technology | Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics / Physics and Agric Science |
| Geology | Use of English and any three Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and |
| Industrial Chemistry | Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and any of Physics/Biology/Agricultural Science |
| Geography | Use of English, Geography and any two of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Agricultural Science |
| Medicine and Surgery | Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry |
| Marine Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Mechanical Engineering: | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Mathematics | Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Biology and Agricultural Science. |
| Microbiology | Use of English, Biology, Chemistry and either Physics or Mathematics |
| Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Nursing | Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry |
| Pharmacy | Use of English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry |
| Petroleum and Gas Engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Pure and Applied Mathematics | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Biology or Agric Science or Chemistry or Geography. |
| Soil Science | English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science plus Mathematics or Physics. |
| Surveying an Geoinformatics | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any of Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics |
| Statistics | Use of English, Mathematics and any two of Physics, chemistry, agricultural science and economics |
| Physics | Use of English, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry or Biology |
| Software engineering | Use of English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. |
| Veterinary Science | English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology |
| Zoology | Use of English, Biology and any two of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics |
Art Department
| Courses | JAMB Subject Combination |
| Theatre Arts | English Language, Literature In English, Economics and any Other One Art Subject. |
| Linguistics & Communication Studies | English Language, any Language (Igbo, Yoruba, etc). Two (2) other art subjects. |
| History | Use of English, History/Government and any other two (2) subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences |
| International Studies | Use of English, History/Government and any other two (2) subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences |
| Sociology | Use Of English, Economics, Government and any Other Social Science Subject |
| English | English Language, Literature in English, Government or History. and any other Arts subjects |
| Linguistics | English Language, Literature-In-English, Any one (1) Language and one (1) other subject |
| International Relations | Economics, Literature in English and Geography/Government/History. |
| Political science | Government or History plus two (2) other Social Science/Arts subjects |
| Law | Crs, literature in English, English, government |
| Mass communication | Literature-In-English, Mathematics, Economics and Government |
| Business Administration | Economics, Government, English, mathematics |
| Public administration | Economic, Government, English, mathematics/Crs/Literature-In-English |
| Criminology | Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Studies /Islamic Studies. |
| Creative Arts | Fine Arts and two (2) other Arts subjects or Social Science subjects. |
| Philosophy | Use of English. Government and Economics, Literature In English and Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) |
| Music | Use of English, Music, one other Arts subject plus any other subject |
| Fine and Applied Arts | Use of English Language, Fine Art and two other Arts subjects or Social Science subject. |
| Christian Religious Knowledge | Use of English, two Arts subjects including Christian Religious Knowledge and any other subject. |
| Islamic Studies | Use of English, Arabic and two subjects from Arts or Social Sciences. |
| Psychology | Use of English, and any three subjects from Arts or Social Science |
Commercial Department (Social Science)
| Courses | JAMB Subject Combination |
| Accountancy | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject. |
| Banking and Finance | Use of English, Mathematics, one Social Science subject and any other subject |
| Business Administration | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject. |
| Business Management | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and one other subject. |
| Economics | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and CRK/IRK. |
| Human Resources Management | Use of English, Economics, Government and any other relevant subjects. |
| Industrial Relations | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant subject |
| Insurance | English, Mathematics, Economics and one other social science subject |
| Marketing | Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one other relevant Subject |
Does Biochemistry require Mathematics instead of Biology in jamb?
No, a biochemistry aspirant does not need to write mathematics in JAMB. He or she is expected to write biology in JAMB not Mathematics.
Mathematics is not required in JAMB to study Biochemistry it is only needed in your O’ level.
Below is the JAMB subject combination for Biochemistry
How many hrs is JAMB Exam?
The time required for a JAMB examination is 2 hours or 120 minutes.
How many questions is in JAMB?
They have a total of 180 questions in the JAMB exam. 60 questions for English and 40 questions for the remaining 3 subjects depending on your course.
How Is JAMB Exam marked?
JAMB score is calculated by Dividing your pass score by the total number of questions and then multiplying by 100. Let’s take two examples for more clarification;
Subject: English Language
Total questions; 60
Passed questions: 45
JAMB Score: 45/60 ×100= 75%
Subject Chemistry
Total questions 40
Passed questions 30
JAMB SCORE: 30/40 ×100= 75%
This is how to calculate your JAMB score.
What is the name of the novel that will be used in JAMB this year?
The Novel that was used for 2023/2024 JAMB was “The Life Changer” by Khadija A. Jalli. Every two (2) years, the Board changes the Novel students use for English preparation. We will update this post once the Novel for the upper year is announced.
How many questions is from the JAMB novel?
JAMB may ask 10, 15 or even 20 questions from the English novel, but never more than 25 questions from the English text.
Is JAMB Exam difficult?
Many students have this mentality that JAMB is difficult to pass, but to tell you the truth JAMB is the easiest external exam in Nigeria to pass depending on your preparation and level of seriousness.
If you are comparing JAMB to other external entrance exams in Nigeria like WASSCE(WAEC) you will see that JAMB is more easier to pass, Infact JAMB is an objective computer based exam unlike WAEC, NECO and other exams where you have both theory, practical and objective questions.
This mentality is brought about how much examination malpractice has crawled into the WAEC system were students depend on expo from their respective centers which makes them not to prepare for their exams.
If you ask me I will absolutely tell you JAMB is easier to pass compared to
Is there Examination malpractice in JAMB?
No, there is no examination malpractice in the joint admission and matriculation board exams. Please don’t be deceived by anyone telling you to pay some certain amount of money for exam malpractice because is fake. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Exam is strictly written without any form of malpractice.
Can I enter university without writing JAMB?
Yes, they are other entrance examination aside JAMB that you can write to secure admission into tertiary level of education one of them is JUPEB.
Why is it not possible to get 99 in JAMB Biology?
Definitely it is very difficult to get 99 on biology for JAMB considering biology is a very broad subject comprising of ot of things. It’s more easier to get 99 in mathematics than to biology. Note am not saying is not possible to get 99 in Biology but is difficult.
Where is JAMB Head quarters?
The National Headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is located at Galki 189, Abuja, Nigeria. But they have annex headquarters in every state within the federation.
Please feel free to drop your questions in the comment section below.
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