Everyone who is wishing to study in the Obafemi Awolowo University is advised to go through the newly released Official OAU Courses and Requirements for 2022/2023 Academic Session before making any choice of course of study.
From the questions that I have been receiving from many candidates who are intending to study in the Obafemi Awolowo University for the 2022/2023 academic session, it shows that a greater number of them do not know list of courses that available for application.
To bring a stable solution to this, the Emonprime Team have decided to bring this information, the official OAU courses and Requirements, very much closer to you.
In case you are one of those who have been asking questions about the available undergraduate courses in the institution, this article has answered every question about the OAU Courses and the Entry Requirements.
List of Faculties in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
Obafemi Awolowo University is one of the notable Nigerian universities. It is made up of 13 faculties. They include the following:
Faculty of Administration
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
Faculty of Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Environmental Design & Management
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Technology
List of Courses/Departments in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)
The following courses/departments are available for entry for the 2022/2023 academic session.
Faculty of Administration
The following departments presently constitute the Faculty.
- International Relations
- Local Government and Development Studies
- Management & Accounting
- Public Administration
Faculty of Agriculture
The following departments presently constitute the Faculty.
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
- Animal Science
- Crop Production
- Soil Science
- Family, Nutrition & Consumer Sciences
Faculty of Arts
The faculty houses eight degree programmes. It runs both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these programmes.
The faculty consisted of the following Departments and Institute:
- Religious Studies
- Philosophy
- English
- History
- Foreign Languages
- Linguistics and African Languages
- Dramatic Arts
- Music
- Institute of Cultural Studies
Faculty of Education
The following departments, institutes and units presently constitute the Faculty.
- Education Technology & Library Studies
- Adult Education and Lifelong Learning
- Educational Foundations and Counseling
- Arts and Social Sciences Education
- Science and Technology Education
- Educational Management
- Institute of Education
- Physical and Health Education
Faculty of Environmental Design and Management
The faculty houses six degree programmes. It runs both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these programmes.
The faculty consisted of the following Departments:
- Fine and Applied Arts
- Architecture
- Building
- Estate Management
- Quantity Surveying
- Urban and Regional Planning
Faculty of Basic Medical Science
The faculty houses nine degree programmes. It runs both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these programmes.
The faculty consisted of the following Departments:
- Anatomy and Cell Biology
- Medical Biochemistry
- Physiological Sciences
- Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Chemical Pathology
- Haematology and Immunology
- Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
- Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine
- Nursing Science
- Medical Rehabilitation
Faculty of Clinical Science
The following departments presently constitute the Faculty.
- Anaesthesia
- Community Health
- Dermatology and Venereology
- Medicine
- Mental Health
- Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Paediatrics and Child Health
- Radiology
- Surgery
Faculty of Dentistry
The following departments presently constitute the Faculty:
- Child Dental Health
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral
- Pathology
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Restorative Dentistry
Faculty of Law
The following departments presently constitute the Faculty.
- International Law
- Jurisprudence and Private Law
- Public Law
- Business Law
Faculty Pharmacy
There are currently in the Faculty the following five academic departments and one Unit:
- Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Administration
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Pharmaceutics
- Pharmacognosy
- Pharmacology
- Drug Research and Production Unit
Faculty of Science
Departments in this faculty are:
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Geology
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Physics & Physics Engineering
- Zoology
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Faculty of Technology
Faculty of Technology in the Obafemi Awolowo University consists of technology departments and the engineering departments and other units.
The faculty consisted of the following Departments and Unit:
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
- Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Department of Food Science and Technology
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
- African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation, AISPI (Technology Planning and Development Unit; TPDU).
Faculty of Social Science
The faculty offers the following courses:
- Demography and Social Statistics
- Economics
- Geography
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology and Anthropology
Note that some of the courses listed in the section above may not be offered as a special department at the undergraduate level. Meanwhile, you can offer them as credit unit(s) course(s) in your chosen course of study.
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OAU General Admission Requirements
Before a candidate could be considered for admission in the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), there are certain conditions that must be in place.
Those conditions are the admission requirement for the institution. They include the following:
- The O’ level requirement must be met by the candidate. That is, the candidate must have a minimum of five (5) credit Passes in WAEC/NECO or the equivalent.
- The candidate must make OAU the first choice institution in JAMB
- The candidate must have at least the JAMB minimum Cut-off Mark
- The candidate must register for the OAU Post-UTME
- The candidate must meet the minimum Post-UTME cut-off mark
- Any other documents required by the institution for admission must be provided by the candidate.
If you were able to meet the above requirements, you should have the hope of making it to OAU Admission Lists
How to Secure Admission into Obafemi Awolowo University
Getting admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is not as difficult as some candidates would assume.
Their assumption is probably because they have tried to secure admission into the institution but could not succeed or maybe some other reasons best known to them.
Candidates do not get admission easily into the noble institution due to failure to adhere to the laid down standard for undergraduate admission consideration in OAU.
In this section, I will be revealing to you some secrets behind getting admission very easily in the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). Follow the instructions given below if you want stand a better chance to be admitted into OAU.
- Apply for OAU admission only if he/she is up to 16 years old
- Make the institution your first choice institution
- Get the minimum UTME cut-off mark for any your selected course of study
- Participate in the OAU Post-UTME Screening exercise and score very high.
- Change to other less competitive courses if you JAMB/Post-UTME scores are/is not as high as required for the previously selected course.
- Always avoid late applications and others processes.
- Strictly follow the OAU instructions/guideline for admission.
- Pray for God’s grace if you have done all of the above.
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