EBSU has released the admission criteria for selection of candidates for the 2015/2016 session admissions exercise. Check below to see the distribution.
The first choice admissions are to be guided by JAMB approved admission criteria as follows:
(a) Merit (RM): Here about 30 (thirty) best candidates may be selected per programme except in the following programmes where RM shall go thus: (i) Law 40, (ii) Medicine and Surgery 25, (iii) Anatomy 20, (iv) Medical Laboratory Science 20, (v) Nursing Science 15.
(b) Locality/Catchment (RL): 5 (five) best candidates from each of the 13 Federally recognized Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State shall be selected for each programme/department except in the following programmes where RL shall go thus: (i) Medicine and Surgery 3 each, (ii) Anatomy 2 each, (iii) Medical Lab. 2 each, (iv) Nursing Science 2 each. In programmes where only 30 or less candidates are listed as qualified for selection/admission, all such listed candidate shall be selected under RM
(c) ELDS: Educationally less developed states shall be discretionally applied if constraints of the 2015/2016 NUC quota and prevailing imperatives within EBSU as a state university permits. Please be reminded that states recognized as educationally less developed include: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
(d) JAMB approved UTME subject combinations for different courses in the brochure shall continue to also guide all admission selections.
(e) Physically challenged candidates with acceptable minimum UTME (JAMB) scores are to be accorded preferential admissions privileges even without evidence of participation in EBSU Post UTME; especially where such challenge acted as handicap to writing the exam.
ADMISSION QUOTA CRITERIA BY PERCENTAGE
Subject to the prevailing situation, admission of candidates based on the 5,117 NUC approved quota for EBSU in 2015/2016 admission session shall be guided by the following criteria.
(a) Merit/Locality etc 75% (3838 slots) subdivided into:
(i) General Merit 35% (1790 slots)
(ii) Catchment//Locality 30% (1535 slots)
(iii) Direct Entry candidates 10%(512 slots)
(b) Government/University Interest 10% (512 slots)
(c) Staff interest 10% (512 slots)
(d) Concessional 5% (256 slots)
Total (100%) (5117 slots)
- ADMISSION QUOTA DISTRIBUTION TO PROGRAMMES
The 5,117 quota allotted to EBSU for 2015/2016 session shall be distributed to Faculties and Departments as shown on the table below:
DISTRIBUTION OF 2015/2016 ADMISSION QUOTA OF 5,117 BY FACULTIES/DEPARTMENTS WITH SELECTIONS PROJECTIONS
| S/N | FACULTY | DEPARTMENT | DEPARTMENTAL QUOTA ALLOCATION | DEPT’L ACTUAL | FAC TOTAL | ||
| 1 | FARM | 1. AGRIC. ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT & EXT.
2. FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
3. CROP & LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT
4. SOIL & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
5. ANIMAL SCIENCE, FISHERY & AQUACULTURE
Options:
(a) Animal Science
(b) Fishery & Aquaculture
|
45%
|
45%
|
10%
| 200
140
100
100
50
40
|
630
|
| 2 | FEDU | 1. ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Options:
(a) Economics Education
(b) Social Studies Education
(c) English Education
(d) Religion Education
(e) Igbo Education
2. SCIENCE & COMPUTER EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Physics Education
(b) Chemistry Education
(c) Computer Science Education
(d) Biology Education
(e) Mathematics Education
(f) Integrated Science Education
3. BUSINESS EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Accountancy Education
(b) Secretarial Education
4. EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS
Options:
(a) Administration & Planning
(b) Guidance & Counseling
5. HUMAN KINETICS & HEALTH EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Human Kinetics Education
(b) Health Education
6. TECHNOLOGY & VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Options
(a) Electrical/Electronics Technology Education
(b) Mechanical Technology Education
(c) Building Technology Education
(d) Woodwork Technology Education
(e) Agricultural Education
(f) Home Economics
|
45%
|
45%
|
10%
|
38
40
45
30
30
30
30
50
40
45
45
40
60
40
45
45
30
45
40
40
45
45
|
898
|
| 3 | FMS | 1. Public Administration
2. BUS. MGT, MARKETING & ENTREPRENEURIAL
STUDIES
Options:
(a) Business Management
(b) Marketing
(c) Entrepreneurial Studies (No Admission)
2. ACCOUNTANCY AND BANKING & FINANCE
Options:
(a) Accountancy
(b) Banking & Finance
|
45%
|
45%
|
10%
| 160
100
100
110
110
|
580
|
| 4 | FSSH | 1. ECONOMICS
2. HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
3. POLITICAL SCIENCE
4. PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Options:
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology & Anthropology
5. LANGUAGES & COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Options:
(a) Mass Communication
(b) English Language & Literature
(c) Languages & Linguistics
(d) French
(e) Igbo Linguistics
(f) PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION
Options:
(a) Philosophy
(b) Religion
|
45%
|
45%
|
10%
| 170
180
180
127
143
200
157
70
40
30
55
55
|
1407
|
| 5 | FBMS | 1. MEDICINE AND SURGERY
2. ANATOMY
| 45% | 45% | 10% | 110
70
| 180 |
| 6 | FHST | 1. MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
2. NURSING SCIENCES
| 45% | 45% | 10% | 99
60
| 159 |
| 7 | FLAW | 1. CIVIL LAW | 45% | 45% | 10% | 180 | 160 |
| 8 | FANS | 1. APPLIED BIOLOGY
2. BIOCHEMISTRY, APPLIED MICRIOBIOLOGY &
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Options:
(a) Biochemistry
(b) Applied Microbiology
(c) Biotechnology
3. INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS
4. GEOLOGY & EXPLORATION
5. COMPUTER SCIENCE
6. INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
7. Industrial Mathematics/Applied Statistics
|
45%
|
45%
|
10%
| 157
80
157
160
84
150
150
90
85
|
1113
|
| GRAND TOTAL | 5,117 | ||||||
ADMISSION THROUGH PDS
Admission of candidates through the Pre-Degree school (PDS) shall continue to be given adequate preference in such a manner that there shall be merit and supplementary admission consideration just like UTME candidates.
ADMISSION RATIO
(a) Council approved admission ratio of 80;20 between Ebonyi catchment LGAs versus candidates from other Local Government Areas/states respectively shall continue to apply as much as practicable.
(b) The admission ratio of 60:40 in favour of sciences and Arts based courses shall also continue to apply.
ADMISSION OF STAFF BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN/ADMISSION ON STAFF INTEREST
There shall be provision for consideration of admission of staff biological children. Members of staff are advised to formally indicate such requests through collection/filling of the appropriate forms from Admissions Department. Such completed forms should be endorsed by staff HODs and submitted to Admissions Department. Only the forms approved by the Vice-Chancellor/Registrar/Chairman of Admissions Committee shall be processed for admission. Genuine staff request for admission of staff biological children shall continue to be given priority consideration.
CONFERENCE ADMISSION
The selection of candidates for admission/registration into undergraduate programmes shall continue to be by modified conference arrangement whereby Department/Faculty lists are to be mandatorily presented with each Departmental/Faculty Admission Committee minutes (with duly signed attendance list of members and a staff of Registry (Admissions) Department in attendance).
NB: Any list that falls foul of the foregoing shall be discountenanced and an alternative list generated by the management administratively.
DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSIONS
The possession of basic O/L entry requirements in their respective areas of discipline shall continue to be used as conditions for Direct Entry Admissions for 2015/2016 session. This is without prejudice to Direct Entry candidates in Law where single O/L sitting criteria shall be waived for those with good qualifying D/E result certificates.
(a) EBSU diploma results with a minimum of Upper credit shall continue to be accepted for D/E admissions just like others from Polytechnics and Monotechnics.
(b) No Diploma from other universities shall be accepted for admissions/ registration in EBSU.
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