UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

The First and the Best!

The university was established in 1948, the University of Ibadan, UI as it is fondly

referred to, was the first University in Nigeria, until 1962, when it became a full-
fledged independent University. It was a College of the University of London in
a special relationship scheme. The University, which took off with academic
programs in Arts, Science and Medicine is now a comprehensive citadel of
learning with academic programs in seventeen Faculties namely, Arts, Science,
Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Education,
Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Technology, Law, Public Health, Dentistry,
Economics, Renewable Natural Resources, Environmental Design and
Management and Multidisciplinary Studies.

To be a world-class institution for academic excellence geared towards

meeting societal needs.

To expand the frontiers of knowledge through the provision of excellent

conditions for learning and research.

CUT-OFF MARKS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN: WHAT

TO KNOW, EXPECT, AND HOW TO CALCULATE IT.
The University of Ibadan (UI) Post-UTME exam is a multiple-choice question
exam. Many people believe that the Post-UTME is the most difficult of all the
Universities in Nigeria because the exam questions are standard. Also, UI only
accepts about three thousand (3,000) applicants every year.

The University of Ibadan uses the JAMB subject combinations. It means you will
write the same subjects in your screening exam as your JAMB exam. For
example, let’s say you are applying to study Electrical Engineering at the
university, your Post-UTME subject combinations will be the Use of English,
Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry.
The University of Ibadan (UI) exam format is 100 questions for 1 hour and 30
minutes.

I have been receiving quite a lot of questions regarding cut-off marks at the
University of Ibadan. And I will do my best to explain how cut-off marks work at
the institution.

The first thing you should know is that there are three different cut-off marks
when it comes to the University of Ibadan and it doesn't use O'level results to
calculate its cut-off marks.

The first is the JAMB cut-off mark, which requires you must score a minimum of
200 before you'll be eligible for the university’s POST-UTME.

The second is the university’s POST-UTME score. University of Ibadan POST-

UTME aggregate is 100. You won't be considered for admission if you don't
score a minimum of 50 marks in the exam.

The third one is the Departmental cut-off mark. This is the aggregate of JAMB
UTME and the university’s POST-UTME scores which is based on the following
calculation: JAMB-UTME score divided by 8 and Post-UTME score divided by 2.

The departmental cut-off mark is set at the score of the last person considered
for admission into a particular course. For instance, assuming the university
decides to admit 150 persons for MBBS, they will have the list of the aggregates
of everyone who applied for MBBS, then they will count the top 150 highest
scores out; the score of the 150th person automatically becomes the cut-off
mark. Besides, the cut-off mark is not static; it can decrease or increase,
depending on the performance of the candidates.
Please, when reading and targeting a score, don't target to score exactly as the
cut-off mark. Why? Because it might increase and if it increases, you will be
found wanting. Instead, the target to have a score at least two points higher
than the previous cut-off marks.

The essence of knowing the cut-off marks of the previous admission years is to
be aware of what awaits you. And to let you compare and contrast the cut-off
marks, which are largely influenced by some factors. Also, it lets you calculate
and project your UTME and POST-UTME scores to arrive at an aggregate. By
now, you should have started projecting your scores. The cut-off mark for last
year, 2023/2024, was low because of the performance of the applicants.

Now, let me do a brief projection of the cut-off mark:

Ayomikun wants to study Law at the University of Ibadan. He compares the
following previous cut-off marks for Law at the institution:

2018- 74.7

2019- 70.12

2023 - 67.37

Now, to be on the safe side, Ayomikun should aim for an aggregate between 71
and 74. To achieve this, he has to score a minimum of 295 in JAMB UTME and 75
in the university’s POST-UTME. Going by the calculation:

JAMB score divided by 8

295÷8= 36.875

Post-UTME score divided by 2

75÷2 = 37.5

Add them together.

36.875 + 37.5 = 74.375

As you can see Ayomikun can easily be admitted to study his preferred course
of study, which is Law.
You can do the same thing as I have done above. Thank you!

THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN FACULTIES AND PROGRAMS:

FACULTY OF ARTS:
Anthropology
Arabic Language and Literature
Archaeology
Classical Studies
Communication and Language Arts
European Studies – French
European Studies- German
European Studies- Russian
English Language and Literature
History
Islamic Studies Linguistics
Linguistics- Igbo
Linguistics- Yoruba
Music
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Theatre Arts

FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE:
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
Crop Protection and Horticultural Sciences
Soil Resources Management
Animal Science
Crop Protection and Environmental Biology

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE:
Biochemistry
Dentistry
Environmental Health Science
Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Medical Laboratory Science
Medicine and Surgery
Nursing Science
Physiology
Physiotherapy

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:

Economics
Accounting
Banking and Finance
Marketing and Consumer Studies

FACULTY OF EDUCATION:
Adult Education
Business Education
Early Childhood Education
Education and Arabic Studies
Education and Biology
Education and Chemistry
Education and Christian Religious Studies
Education and Communication and Lang Arts
Education and Economics
Education and English
Education and French
Education and Geography
Education and History
Education and Islamic Studies
Education and Mathematics
Education and Physics
Education and Political Science
Education and Yoruba
Educational Management
Guidance and Counselling
Health Education
Human Kinetics
Library, Archival and Information Studies
Special Education

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN:

Architecture
Estate Management
Urban and Regional Planning
Quantity Surveying

FACULTY OF LAW:
Law
FACULTY OF PHARMACY:
Pharmacy

FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES:

Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
Forest Resources Management
Wildlife & Ecotourism Management
Social and Environmental Forestry

FACULTY OF SCIENCES:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Geography
Geology
Industrial Chemistry
Mathematics
Microbiology
Physics
Statistics
Zoology

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES:

Geography
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE:
Veterinary Medicine

FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY:
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Food Technology
Industrial and Production Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Wood Products Engineering
Automotive Engineering

THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN HALLS OF RESIDENCE:

The University of Ibadan has twelve Halls of Residence (ten undergraduate and
two postgraduate halls), with a total optimum capacity of nearly 8,000.

UNDERGRADUATE HALLS:
1. Mellanby Hall
Location: to the North of the University’s Court.
The first residential hall in the University, named after Kenneth Mellanby, the
first Principal of the University College, Ibadan (1947-1953). It was formally
opened on 17th November, 1952.
2. Tedder Hall
Location: to the West of the University’s Court and to Mellaby Hall.
It is named after Lord Tedder (1890 - 1976), Marshal of (1950-1967) who
formally opened the present site of the University of Ibadan on 17 November,
1952, when the hall was also formally opened.
3. Kuti Hall
Location: at the Eastern end of Niger Road.
Formally opened in 1954, it is named after the late Rev. Israel Oladotun
Ransome Kuti (1891-1955), an educationist and musicologist, who was the first
of Nigerian Union of Teachers, and member of historical Elliot’s Commission on
higher Education in West Africa (1943-1945). The majority report of the
commission to which he subscribed led to the institutions of higher education
in West Africa.
4. SULTAN BELLO HALL
Location: to the West of Kuti Hall, along Niger Road
It was formally opened in 1962 by the late Sir Alhaji Ahmadu Bello (1909-1966).
The Hall is named after his grandfather, Muhammed Bello (1781-1837), a
scholar, poet, administrator, soldier and chief builder of the Sokoto Caliphate.
5. Queen Elizabeth II Hall
Location: along Oduduwa Road.
Queen Elizabeth Hall, the first female undergraduate hall is named after Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who
visited University of Ibadan in February 1956 and performed the formal
opening ceremony of the Hall.
6. Alexander Brown Hall
Location: College of Medicine
Alexander Brown Hall is a mixed hall for Clinical Students. It was opened in
1957, and named after the late Professor Alexander Brown, the first Professor
of Medicine of the University in 1971.
7. Independence Hall
Location: at the end of EL-Kanemi Road.
Independence Hall, so named and formally opened in 1961, in commemoration
of Nigeria’s attainment of independence on 1 October, 1960.
8. Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall
The Hall is named after the first Governor –General of Independent Nigeria,
first President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe. The first
residents of the hall came in 1963/64 session.
9. Idia Hall
Location: along Barth Road, and adjacent to international school, Ibadan (ISI)
Idia Hall is the second female hall. It is named after Idia, a Benin Queen who
lived in 15th century. She was the mother of Oba Esigie who reigned in Benin
from 1485-1530. A lovable mother and a powerful queen. she was the first
woman in the then Benin kingdom to start the fight for women’s rights. She
was a warrior and, though a woman, led the binis to the victorious battle of
idah. It was in recognition of this noble act that her son, Oba Esigie,
commissioned the making of a mask to immortalize her. This mask of Queen
Idia was the symbol for Festac ’77. Idia Hall was built in 1975. And additional
wing was completed in the 1992/1993 session.
10. Obefemi Awolowo Hall
Location: off Barth Road.
Obafemi Awolowo Hall had once served as the second formal postgraduate hall
of the residence of the University, and it served the undergraduates only.
Following the disaster that ravaged the prefabricated blocks of Queen Elizabeth
Hall in 1991, male and female undergraduate students were relocated to the
Hall permanently. It was made an autonomous hall of residence in February
1986.
THE POSTGRADUATE HALLS:
1. Tafawa Balewa Hall
Location: along EI-Kanemi Road and directly behind Sultan Bellow Hall.
Tafawa Balewa Hall is the University's first post-graduate hall of residence. It
was opened in 1968 and named after Sir Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, first Prime
Minister of Independent Nigeria (1960-1966), and the first Visitor of the
University of lbadan as an autonomous institution.
2. Abdulsalami Abubakar Hall
Location: along Barth Road, and opposite Idia Hall
A Brief History:
It is easy to recall that this magnificent edifice was kindly donated to the
University during her 50th Anniversary celebrations in 1998 while Gen. (Dr)
Abdulsalami Abubakar was the visitor to the University. The donation was made
by a pronouncement during the Foundation’s Day Ceremony. The project was
executed by Federal Ministry of Works and Housing. It is worthy of note that
the project was completed in record time and was commissioned by the
immediate past visitor, The Hall was subsequently handed over to the
University Management who in her wisdom decided to use the facility as a
postgraduate hostel in order to guarantee its non-vandalisation and also to
alleviate envisaged impending postgraduate accommodation problems, as the
University at that time was maximally stretching postgraduate admissions.

This facility has gone a long way, alleviating accommodation problems of the
University especially at the postgraduate level. The first set of postgraduate
students moved into the hall in March 1st, 2002 very many resident
International students (undergraduate and postgraduate) currently reside in
the New Postgraduate Hall. This hall is the pride of the University.

THANKS!!!