The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) is a national examination body approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Board has the responsibility of conducting common and standard examinations for the candidates, who have been exposed to a minimum of one-year approved learning in the Universities and are seeking Direct Entry admissions into University courses at the 200 level in Nigerian and partnering Foreign Universities.
The major aim of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board, JUPEB programme is to see students secure admission into 200lv in less than a year and also JUPEB gives students the privilege of gaining admission into 200 level of any course, be it Medicine, Law Engineering etc.
How long will this JUPEB Programme Last?
The duration of the Programme of courses for the Board’s Examination is a minimum of one academic session of two semesters. Which are 10 months in total.
Who is Eligible for JUPEB admissions?
Eligibility
The minimum point required for direct entry admission through JUPEB into Nigerian Universities is 5 points. However, this depends on the course a candidate wish to study in the University. For example 5points cannot work for a course like medicine.
To be eligible to take examinations leading to the award of JUPEB’s Direct Entry Certificates, the candidate must have been exposed to an intensive scheme of academic work relevant to his/her proposed university course.
• Each candidate must register, sit for Examinations and satisfy the Board of three subjects and a General Studies course relevant to the proposed course in any of the universities.
• Each subject is to be broken into four courses to be taken, two per semester, by the candidate. The results in all the courses are to be merged at the end of the second semester to obtain the candidate’s grade in that particular subject.
• Each candidate is expected to take twelve (12) courses, six per semester, and a General Studies course.
• The general Studies for courses in each University Faculty will be based on relevant General courses suggested for that Faculty by each university.
• The students upon completion of the programme will be issued certificates based on their level of performance which bear Letter Grades of A, B, C, D,E or F in each of the three subjects and General Studies Paper. For admission into each university, each candidate, in addition to passing the prescribed JUPEB examinations for issuing the Direct Entry Certificates, must satisfy all other conditions as prescribed by his/her university of choice.
JUPEB Available Courses In JUPEB
The programme is an intensive coaching curriculum aims at ensuring adequate exposure to fundamentals of concepts and preparation of eligible students for University direct entry admission and a good head start for University work.
The courses of study which are those of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) subjects include:
1. English Language which is compulsory for all students,
2. Government,
3. Literature in English,
4. Christian Religious Studies,
5. Mathematics,
6. Economics,
7. Geography,
8. History,
9. French,
10. Igbo,
11. Islamic Studies,
12. Music,
13. Visual Arts,
14. Yoruba,
15. Accounting,
16. Business Studies,
17. Physics,
18. Chemistry,
19.Biology,
20. Agricultural Science etc.
JUPEB application form is N10,000
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