University of Lagos UNILAG Engineering Programmes and Admission Requirements

University of Lagos has come of age. It was one of the three universities established in 1962 by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Other universities are Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife.

Since the establishment of the school and before the creation of faculty of engineering was the civil engineering started. It pioneer engineering  courses at UNILAG. The school faculty of engineering eventually took off in 1964 with Civil, Mechanical and Eletrical and Electronic Engineering and today the Faculty  offer seven engineering programmes and they are listed below.


All the engineering programmes run for the duration of five years (10 semesters) for post ordinary level (O/L) candidates and run for the duration of four or three years  for post advance level (A/L) candidates leading to the award of a Bachelor of Science (BSc) 
in Engineering.

Admission Requirements

For a student to be considered for admission to undergraduate programme of any of the above mentioned engineering courses he must have five credit passes from either
  • West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
  • Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)/NECO or
  • General Certifiate in Education Examination (GCE)

The five credit passes must include: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and either Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics or in some  instances Economics or Biology.

The student must pass Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after which he must also pass the University of Lagos (UNILAG) post UTME, making the required Cut-Off Mark for his chosen engineering programme.