9ja Students Forum

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

POST UME SCREENING

DUE TO OTHER PROGRAMMES SCHEDULE AND AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN UNILAG AND ELECTRONIC TEST COMPANY (eTC),the POSTUME/SCREENING EXAM IN UNILAG IS SCHEDULED AS FOLLOW(From 9th-16th of july).
Candidates are to make payment of N1,000.00 to any branch of WEMA BANK Account No: 1016163516
INTERCONTINENTAL BANK Account No: 020710000000280
UBA Account No: 01680300000147
with the candidate’s registration number

STEPS TO FOLOW @ www.unilag.edu.ng

1 Enters UME Registration Number

2 Prints the Unilag Post-UME Screening Slip

What to bring for the Screening:

(a) Relevant O’Level results obtained at One Sitting only.

(b) University of Lagos Screening slip (down loaded from UNILAG web site) in duplicate.

(c) H.B pencil OR Biro

SCHEDULE OF SCREENING VENUES, DATES AND COURSES

DAY ONE
THURSDAY 9TH July, 2009

Faculty
Course
Location

Medicine
All Courses
Unilag Centre

Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Ikeja Centre

Education
All Courses
Ikeja Centre


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DAY TWO
FRIDAY 10TH July, 2009

Faculty
Course
Location

Engineering
All Courses
Ikeja Centre

Sciences
All Courses
Unilag Centre

Environmental Sciences
All Courses
Unilag Centre







DAY THREE
MONDAY 13TH July, 2009

Faculty
Course
Location

Law
Law
Unilag Centre

Arts
All Courses
Ikeja Centre

Business Administration
Business Administration
Unilag Centre

DAY FOUR
TUESDAY 14TH July, 2009

Faculty
Course
Location

Business Admin.
Accounting
Unilag Centre

Business Admin.
Insurance
Unilag, Centre

Business Admin.
Actuarial Science
Unilag, Centre

Business Admin.
I.R.P.M.
Ikeja Centre

Business Admin.
Finance
Ikeja Centre





DAY FIVE
WEDNESDAY 15TH July, 2009

Faculty
Course
Location

Social Sciences
Economics
Unilag Centre

Social Sciences
Geography
Unilag Centre

Social Sciences
Mass Communication
Unilag Centre

Social Sciences
Sociology and Social Work
Ikeja Centre

Social Sciences
Political Science
Ikeja Centre

Social Sciences
Psychology
Ikeja Centre







DAY SIX
THURSDAY 16TH July, 2009


General (to be

Determined).
{Eligible candidates }

{ to be determined }
Unilag Centre



. PRACTICE TEST

In order to be familiar with the use of computer for the computer based test, candidates are advised to click on Post-UME Practice Test on Unilag Website and follow subsequent instructions.





highlight info on the centres

UNILAG - CENTRE A – MULTIPURPOSE HALL

CENTRE B - NEW SITE (BY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES)

IKEJA centre- ADEBAYO AKANDE CENTRE, NO. 1 OBA AKRAN ROAD , BESIDE

AWOLOWO HOUSE, IKEJA





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, stay connected





watch out for foundation (diploma2) date in unilag.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

General jamb entry requirements

General jamb entry requirements
In addition to the specific entyr requirements into each faculty or department, the following are the genral entry requirements approved for the admission into first degree courses for both UME and Direct Entry candidates.
Applicants must write the universities Matriculation Examination (UME) and attain an acceptable standard in the use of English (compulsory) and three subjects relevant to the proposed course of study

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Candidate must in addition to attaining an acceptable standard in the university Matriculation Examination obtain one of the following qualifications
(a) National Examination Council (NECO)/ West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate(SSC)/ General Certificate of Education Ordinary level(SSC/GCE O/Level) or equivalents with credit passes in Five(5) subjects relevant to the course and obtained at not more than two sitting; except where otherwise specified.
(b) Grade 2 teacher’s certificate(TC11) with credit or merit passes in atleast five(5) subjects. PLEASE NOTE THAT TC11 IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR SOME COURSES IN SOME UNIVERSITIES.
(c) National Technical Certificate (NTC), National Business Certifcate with Credit passes in five(5) subjects relevant to the course and obtained at not more than two sittings. For the purpose of NTC/NBC, a credit in any General Education Subjects, trade related subjects and trade component subjects is relevant to a credit in a subject.
(d) A credit pass in Mathematics is required for all Science based and Social science Courses except where it is stated otherwise.
(e) A credit pass in English Language is reqiured for all courses except where it is stated otherwise
(f) Please note that a matriculated student in Any University is not eligible to sit for the University Matriculation Examination (UME) except those who are transferring from foreign Universities.

ENTRY BY DIRECT APPLICATION (DE) (2/3/4/5- year degree programme).
Applicants with one of the following qualifications may be considered for admission by Direct entry:
(a) A minimum of five (5) subjects passed at not more than two sittings with atleast two at the principal or advanced level of the GCE and the others, at credit level of the SSC/GCE O/Level, NTC/NBC. No subject shall be counted at both Ordinary and Advanced Levels.
(b) Passes in two major subjects in the NCE with SSC O/Level, NTC/NBC credits or equivalents in THREE other subjects (mainly for Education Courses). Education may be accepted as a third A/level subject for those taking courses in Education
(c) Two passes at IJMB examination or Cambridge moderated Schools of Basic Studies terminal examination or international Baccalaurate from recognised institutions with SSCE/GCE O/Level,NTC/NBC credits or equivalents in three other subjects (SUBJECT TO UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS)


FIRST DEGREE HOLDERS
A limited number of good first degree holders who have completed the National Youth Service Corps Programme may be accepted by some universities into the Law and Medical Science Programmes. The following Universities will accept candidates with first class/ second class upper degree for Law or Medical Science Programmes.

(a) Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife
(b) University of Benin, Benin –City
(c) University of Calabar, Calabar
(d) University of Ibadan, Ibadan
(e) University of Lagos, Lagos
(f) University of Nigeria, Nsukka
(g) Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
(h) University of Ilorin

Friday, May 15, 2009

About Unilag

The University of Lagos (also known as Unilag) is a federal government university with a main campus located at Akoka, Yaba and a college of medicine located at Idi-Araba, all in Lagos, Lagos State, southern Nigeria. It is one of twenty-five federal universities which are overseen and accredited by the National Universities Commission.

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Location
The University of Lagos founded in 1962 is made up of two campuses, the main campus at Akoka, Yaba and the College of Medicine in Idi-Araba, Surulere. Both sites are in the Mainland of Lagos. The main campus is largely surrounded by the scenic view of the Lagos lagoon and is located on 802 acres (3.25 km2) of land in Akoka, North Eastern part of Yaba, Lagos, the state of excellence and aquatic splendour. From a modest intake of 131 students in 1962, enrolment in the university has now grown to over 39,000. It has a total staff strength of 3,365 made up of 1,386 Administrative and Technical Staff, 1,164 Junior and 813 Academic Staff. The University is composed of nine Faculties and a College of Medicine. The Faculties offer a total of 117 programmes in Arts, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacy, Law, Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration and Education. UNILAG, as the university is fondly called also offers Master’s and Doctorate degrees in most of the aforementioned programmes. The University also has two Centres namely the Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for African, Regional Integration and Borderland Studies. The Distance Learning Institute (DLI) of the University offers courses in Accounting, Business Administration, Science Education and Library / Information Sciences.

The vision and mission statements
The vision of the University is 'To be a top-class institution for the pursuit of excellence in knowledge through learning and research, as well as in character and service to humanity and the mission is ‘To provide a conducive teaching, learning, research and development environment where staff and students can interact and compete effectively with their counterparts both nationally and internationally in terms of intellectual competence and zeal to add value to the world’.

Research
The University of Lagos is a centre for academic research. The University in 2005 rewarded 19 of its researchers for their outstanding research efforts in the 2005 Research Conference and Fair. This included ground breaking research in the child psychology behind bed wetting. The University research activity was one of the major criteria used by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in adjudging the University as the Best University in Nigeria at this year's Nigerian University System Annual Merit Award (NUSAMA).

Scholarships
In addition to University Scholarships and other Grants; The University of Lagos introduced a special scholarship scheme funded from the University Endowment Grants to various categories of students for a total of 500 awards in 2005.

Notable Alumni
Amongst the alumni of the University of Lagos and other institutions that fall under that banner are:

Fola Adeola, CEO, Guaranty Trust Bank
Francis Agu, actor
Stella Damasus, actress
Obiageli Ezekwesili, accountant
Kayode Fayemi, politician
Kate Henshaw-Nuttal, actress
Oliver Mbamara, lawyer
Richard Mofe Damijo, actor
Bayo Ojo, lawyer
Dele Olojede, journalist
Mike Omoighe, artist