Yobe State University Departmental Cut Off Marks and Admission Guide 2019/2020

The Central Admissions Committee at its third meeting held on 19th August 2019 has approved the cut-off points for the nine (9) new programmes. The list of the approved programme and the cut-off marks are indicated here. Interested candidates who wish to apply for the programmes can proceed to do so if they meet the requirements.

Yobe State University Departmental screening for 2019 prospective students has been announced. The Post UTME/DE departmental screening for 2019 candidates will commence from Monday 19th to Saturday 24th August, 2019. 

GUIDELINES FOR SCREENING 

Heads of Department to constitute and preside over their respective 3-man departmental screening committee, as resolved at the 10 central admissions committee meeting held on 28th, and 30th, May, 2019 to:

1. Screen the original credentials of both UTME and DE candidates who chose Yobe State University as their 1st choice and have scored the minimum JAMB requirement;
2. Shortlist the screened candidates using the attached template for UTME and DE indicating whether each candidate is qualified or not stating the reason for disqualification using abbreviations like, (OLD = 0’level deficiency). Give key for acronyms used;
3. Check the original documents presented by candidates to authenticate information supplied during online registration, copy of which will be made available to departments by the ICT Unit;
4. To clearly show on the template each DE applicants discipline indicating their highest qualification.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES

1. Original JAMB result slip (UTME candidates only)
2. Original SSCE/TC II certificates or statement of result from last school attended. WAEC, NECO, NABTEB, NBAIS and Senior Higher Islamic Studies Certificate are accepted as appropriate.
3. Original on line registration for post-UTME/DE screening slip.
4. Original University receipt for purchase of screening scratch card.
5. Original A’ level certificate or statement of result (DE candidates only).
6. Original primary school leaving certificate.
7. Original certificate of local government indigene ship.
8. Original birth certificate or declaration of age.

Please note that under no circumstance should departmental screening committees collect photocopies of credentials from candidates.

Finally, soft and hard copies of the list of screened candidates should be submitted to the undersigned on or before Wednesday 28. August 2019. 

Umar B. Badiya 
Academic/Secretary 
Central Admissions Committee

Yobe State University Departmental Cut Off Marks and Guide For 2019/2020 Admission Exercise

The Central Admissions Committee of Yobe State University (YSU), Damaturu, has released the cut-off mark and the following information as a guide to both parents and their wards/prospective candidates applying for admission into the University in the 2019/2020 academic session.

Before an applicant can be considered for admission into YSU, he/she:

A- Must-have registered for the UTME and chose YSU as his/her first choice;

B- Must have passed the UTME, by acquiring the minimum JAMB and/or the institutional cut-off marks or higher for the programmes applied; The followings are the prescribed cut-off marks for the respective programmes approved by the University Management in consultation with JAMB:

Yobe State University Cut off Marks 

C- Must have gotten the correct UTME subject combinations for the programme applied for:

The table below should serve as a guide in ascertaining the relevant UTME subject combinations for all the programmes.

NOTE THAT: Admission into universities is strictly regulated by JAMB, via the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). Therefore, even if a candidate has acquired the requisite cut-off marks, the University management would be constrained to admit the applicant, where the UTME subject combinations do not match his/her programme of choice, as the admission cannot, eventually, be approved by JAMB.

D- Direct entry applicant must have gotten the minimum ‘A’ Level qualification/grade relevant to his/her chosen programme;

E- Must have a minimum of five (5) relevant passes at credit level, including English and Mathematics in the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE), the National Examination Council (NECO), National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB), and National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies (NBAIS) in not more than two (2) sittings;

F- Must have attended the University’s Post-UTME screening exercise within the prescribed deadline; and

G- Must have uploaded his/her ‘O’ Level and ‘A’ Level result(s), as the case may be, on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) platform, at least,prior to the PostUTME screening

DISCLAIMER: Notwithstanding meeting the above requirements, the University, guided by its internal policy for screening and ascertaining the merit of all applications, reserves the right to admit candidates into the institution based on the availability of admission spacesin the programme of candidates’ choices, as well as admissions quota assigned on the basis of states and local governments of origin.