OAU Civil Engineering and Entry Requirements

OAU civil engineering entry requirements

Civil Engineering is one of the few programmes that started the Faculty of Technology of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife in 1962.

The programme was introduced and is designed to train engineers  capable of analysing, designing, constructing and maintaining physical facilities in our society for the purpose of making life easier and making our environment beautiful. Some of the physical facilities in mentioned here include but not limited to structural systems, transportation system, water supply, wastewater systems.

The Civil Engineering programme at Obafemi Awolowo University is planned in such a way that by the time students finish their study they would have been equipped with knowledge in structural analysis and structural design; surveying and highway engineering; soil mechanics and foundation engineering; water systems designs which include but not limited to water works, dams, wastewater works and various hydraulic systems.

To achieve this, students are subjected to intense theoretical class lectures, laboratories practical training and the Student Industrial Work Experience Schemes (SIWES).  The curriculum of the programme follows the National University Commission's (NUC's) Benchmark for Academic Standard and so the following course and other are taught the student of the Department:

  • Engineering Drawing
  • Surveying
  •  Thermodynamics
  •  Engineering Mechanics
  • Workshop Technology
  •  Applied Electricity
  •  Strength of Materials
  •  Geology
  •  Materials for Civil Engineering Construction, 

Courses in structures, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering and transportation are also taught students.

Listed below are the minimum entry requirements to study for BSc Civil Engineering at OAU Ile-Ife. This include the O'level and JAMB/UTME subject combination.

B.Sc. Civil Engineering Entry Requirements


The Department of Civil Engineering, OAU Ile-Ife granted admission to study the programme to two types of applicants:

  • Ordinary Level (O'level) Applicants
  • DIRECT Entry Applicants

Ordinary Level Applicants Entry Requirements

O'level Applicants must have at least five credits passes in:
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • English Language and one other science subjects which can be:
  • Further Mathematics
  • Technical Drawing
  • Biology
  • Geography
  • Economic
  • Agricultural Science

The five credit passes must be at not more than two sitting from one or two of the following examinations:
  • West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
  • Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) or
  • General Certificate of Examination (GCE)

JAMB Coordinated UTME

The Ordinary Level applicants must sit for, pass and make the required cut off mark for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)

JAMB/UTME Subjects Combination

  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Chemistry and 
  • English Language

OAU Post UTME Programme

The applicant must also participate in the OAU coordinated Post UTME programme and make the required cut off mark for the Department of Civil Engineering

OAU Pre-Degree Programme:

OAU pre degree programme is consider for admission to study Civil Engineering if the required points is achieved plus the minimum O'level entry requirements.

Direct Entry Applicants Entry Requirements

OAU Ile-Ife accept this following qualifications to apply as a direct entry candidate to study for Civil Engineering.

General Certificate Examination Advance Level (GCE A/L): Good credits in Physics, Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics or (Physics, Chemistry, Pure or Applied Mathematics), or approved equivalent qualifications.

National Diploma (ND): Department of Civil Engineering accept Upper Credit in Civil Engineering or other relevant engineering programme.

Higher National Diploma (HND): Upper Credit in relevant engineering programme qualify an applicant with this qualification to 300 level of the programme.

Ordinary Level applicants and Pre-Degree are admitted to 100 level of the Civil Engineering programme.while those apply through direct entry are either admitted to 200 level or 300 level of the programme depending on the qualification presented.

Civil Engineering at OAU is a five (5) degree programme for those admitted to 100 level leading to the award of Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Civil Engineering. The programme is approved by the National University Commission (NUC) and the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)

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