2024/2025 PRE-DEGREE ADMISSION IN NIGERIA – (Pre-Degree Questions and Answers)
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ToggleMaybe this is your first time hearing about a pre-degree course and you would like to know more, or you just need a quick answer to a question bothering you on a Pre-degree course.
Then, here are 10 things you must know about pre-degree admissions to universities in Nigeria.
1. What is the Pre-degree Course?
First, let’s look at what the Pre-degree program is all about.
A pre-degree program is a one-year course administered by a university to prepare candidates
seeking admission into 100 levels of any of her courses.
The course is run for two semesters, usually not lasting beyond 6 to 9 months of academic work.
2. Requirements to obtain the Pre-Degree form
Generally speaking, you need at least 5 or 6 credit passes (depending on your proposed course)
in your O’level results (in not more than two sittings). The O’level results can be WAEC, NECO,
NABTEB, NBAIS. Where you don’t have the complete results but are offered preliminary
admission, you’ll be required to provide that before you can be offered admission to the 100 level.
In other words, some of these schools allow awaiting results provided you’ll be able to have your
complete required result on or before 100-level admission.
You should check for such details (conditions) on your proposed school’s pre-degree form advertisements for further clarification.
3. Do all Nigerian universities run Pre-degree Programmes?
No.
But very many of them run the course. These include Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,
Osun State University, and Adekunle Ajasin University to mention but a few.
Yet, we have some; including the University of Ibadan that are not involved (at least not yet) in
running the program.
Meanwhile, some universities don’t call it pre-degree, rather they call it, remedial e.g. University
of Ilorin, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, etc.
4. How much is the Pre-degree form?
No national or generally acceptable price for the form. You will need to check for such a price on the advertisement page of each institution.
However, many universities sell at a price less than N15,000.00 or thereabout.
5. When will the pre-degree forms be out?
Usually, most universities start selling forms before and during the sales of the JAMB UTME
form. This is because admitted candidates must equally obtain the year UTME form.
Since JAMB starts sales of form around November yearly, expect sales of form around June –
November.
6. When is usually the closing date for the form?
There is no general closing date by universities selling it. You will have to read the closing date in
the advert of your proposed university.
Hence, I advise checking their websites to see for yourself.
7. Will I be Offered admission after completing my pre-degree
Yes, if you pass the course.
Schools want you to pass their tests and final exams before you can be offered 100-level
admission. They also want you to pass JAMB UTME. By this, you must have at least the JAMB
national cut-off mark or the cut-off mark declared by your school for her pre-degree or remedial
candidates.
Only on these conditions, you will be offered admission to the 100 level.
8. How much is the pre-degree program fee?
No general or conventional tuition for the course. Your university reserves the right to set the
tuition and change it anytime.
But you should be preparing between #100,000 to #200,000 for your tuition depending on the
university.
9. Do polytechnics and colleges of education run the
program?
Yes.
But they don’t call it pre-degree rather, it’s preliminary (prelim, Pre-ND, or Pre-NCE).
Generally, the pre-ND or -NCE is conducted the same as the university’s predegree.
10. Do I need to Write UTME or Post UTME with Predegree?
Generally, all schools make buying UTME forms and partaking in the JAMB UTME
compulsory. Some universities don’t require their pre-degree students to participate in the post
UTME.
Some schools require the two for their students e.g Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife,
University of Ilorin, Adekunle Ajasin University, etc. In most cases, pre-degree participants must
also take part in the post-UTME/screening exercises of their universities.
You should find out the modalities being used by your proposed institution before being
admitted or during the programme.
No bypass for JAMB UTME unless you consider A’level programs like IJMB, JUPEB, NABTEB
Advanced, Cambridge Advance, etc.
If you find this information use kindly drop your comments.