EBSU 2015/2016 Admission Selection Quota, Criteria & Procedures

EBSU has released the admission criteria for selection of candidates for the 2015/2016 session admissions exercise. Check below to see the distribution.

EBSU Faculty Cut Off Mark For 2015/2016 Admissions

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.

See the Proposed Guidelines for 2015/2016 Admissions

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)

 

6. 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.