JAMB and WAEC (O’Level) Subject Combination for Microbiology

What are the JAMB and WAEC subject combinations needed to study microbiology? Students commonly ask this question, and if you are reading this, it might mean that you would like to know the subject combination needed to study microbiology for JAMB and WAEC. This content will give you the subject required to study the course.

The study of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, and archaea is known as microbiology. The five significant microbiology branches are Bacteriology, Phycology/algology, Mycology, Immunology, and Parasitology. There are also other branches, which are Protozoology, Virology, and Nematology.

Subject Combination in JAMB and WAEC for Microbiology

The combination of wrong subjects is one of the things that gives students difficulty in securing admission to any Nigerian university. Students should carefully fill in their issues appropriately in WAEC and JAMB. For those that don’t know the subject combination for microbiology, it will be given below:

WAEC Subject Combination for Neurosurgery

For WAEC, the student is expected to come out with at least five credits on the required subject combination for Microbiology, which will be given below.

• English Language
• Mathematics
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• With any trade subjects

JAMB Subject Combination for Neurosurgery

For JAMB, the subject’s combination for Microbiology will be given below

• English Language
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

If you would like to study Microbiology at any of the universities in Nigeria, these are the subject combinations needed in JAMB and WAEC.

List of Universities in Nigeria Offering Microbiology

Universities Offering Microbiology in Nigeria is also a critical point that students must note. They should also carry out studies about their admission requirements. Below are the universities that offer the course.

Federal Universities

• AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE
• THE UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA, FCT
• BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF BENIN, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, DUTSIN-MA, KATSINA STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, GASHUA, YOBE STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KASHERE, GOMBE STATE
• ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, NDUFU-ALIKE, EBONYI STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI, IMO STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN, OYO STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, KWARA STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS, PLATEAU STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE
• FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA, NIGER STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE
• USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE
• MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, UMUDIKE, ABIA STATE
• NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE

State Universities

• AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY, EKPOMA, EDO STATE
• ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE
• ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE
• AKWA IBOM STATE UNIVERSITY, IKOT-AKPADEN, AKWA IBOM STATE
• CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE
• DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE
• EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO, IMO STATE
• EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE
• EDO UNIVERSITY, IYAMHO, EDO STATE
• IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI, IMO STATE
• KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY, ANYIGBA, KOGI STATE
• IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY, LAPAI, NIGER STATE
• YUSUF MAITAMA SULE UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE
• LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE
• PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE
• UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA, TORU-ORUA, BAYELSA STATE
• OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE

Private Universities

• AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE
• ACHIEVERS UNIVERSITY, OWO, ONDO STATE
• ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, IBUSA, DELTA STATE
• AJAYI CROWTHER UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE
• AL- HIKMAH UNIVERSITY, ILORIN, KWARA STATE
• AL-QALAM UNIVERSITY, KATSINA, KATSINA STATE
• ANCHOR UNIVERSITY, AYOBO, LAGOS STATE
• ARTHUR JARVIS UNIVERSITY, AKPABUYO, CROSS RIVER STATE
• ATIBA UNIVERSITY, OYO, OYO STATE
• ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE, OSUN STATE
• AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY, ILARA, LAGOS, LAGOS STATE
• AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE
• BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, ILISHAN-REMO, OGUN STATE
• BAZE UNIVERSITY, ABUJA, FCT
• BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OTA, OGUN STATE
• BINGHAM UNIVERSITY, KARU, NASARAWA STATE
• BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
• BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE
• CALEB UNIVERSITY, IMOTA, LAGOS STATE
• CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE
• CHRISLAND UNIVERSITY, OWODE, OGUN STATE
• CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY, MOWE, OGUN STATE
• CLIFFORD UNIVERSITY, OWERRINTTA, ABIA STATE
• COAL CITY UNIVERSITY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE
• COVENANT UNIVERSITY, CANAAN LAND, OTA, OGUN STATE
• CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY, IGBESA, OGUN STATE
• CROWN HILL UNIVERSITY, EIYENKORIN, KWARA STATE
• DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE
• GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, URGWUOMU- NIKE, ENUGU STATE
• GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE
• HALLMARK UNIVERSITY, IJEBU-ITELE, OGUN STATE
• JOSEPH AYO BABALOLA UNIVERSITY, IKEJI-ARAKEJI, OSUN STATE
• KOLADAISI UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE
• KWARARAFA UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE
• LANDMARK UNIVERSITY, OMU-ARAN, KWARA STATE
• LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE
• LEGACY UNIVERSITY, OKIJA, ANAMBRA STATE
• MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE, RIVERS STATE
• YUSUF MAITAMA SULE UNIVERSITY, KANO, KANO STATE
• MICHAEL AND CECILIA IBRU UNIVERSITY, OWHRODE, DELTA STATE
• McPherson UNIVERSITY, SERIKI SOTAYO, OGUN STATE
• MOUNTAIN TOP UNIVERSITY, MAKOGI-OBA, OGUN STATE
• NOVENA UNIVERSITY, OGUME, DELTA STATE
• OBONG UNIVERSITY, OBONG, NTAK, AKWA IBOM STATE
• ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY, IPETUMODU, OSUN STATE
• PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, AHMED ONIBUDO STREET, VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS STATE
• PAUL UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE
• PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE
• REDEEMERS UNIVERSITY, OSUN STATE
• RENAISSANCE UNIVERSITY, OJIAGU-AGBANI, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE
• RHEMA UNIVERSITY, ABA, ABIA STATE
• RITMAN UNIVERSITY, IKOT-EKPENE, AKWA IBOM STATE
• SALEM UNIVERSITY, LOKOJA, KOGI STATE
• SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE
• SKYLINE UNIVERSITY NIGERIA, KANO, KANO STATE
• SPIRITAN UNIVERSITY, NNEOCHI, ABIA STATE
• SUMMIT UNIVERITY, OFFA, KWARA STATE
• TANSIAN UNIVERSITY, OBA, ANAMBRA STATE
• HEZEKIAH UNIVERSITY, UMUDI, IMO STATE
• KINGS UNIVERSITY, ODE-OMU, OSUN STATE
• VERITAS UNIVERSITY, ABUJA, FCT
• WELLSPRING UNIVERSITY, IRHIHI-OGBANEKI, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE
• WESLEY UNIVERSITY, ONDO, ONDO STATE
• WESTERN DELTA UNIVERSITY, OGHARA, DELTA STATE

Admission Requirements

JAMB score, Post UTME score and WAEC Grade determine one’s chance to study Microbiology, and it also depends on the University’s admission screening process.