FUTO Civil Engineering and Entry Requirements

FUTO, Civil engineering, Entry Requirements, subjects combination, JAMB, direct entry
Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) have been teaching Civil Engineering since 1982 and the programme is gears toward graduating students who are capable of carry out research and finding lasting solution to the myriad of infrastructural problems facing our society.

Study for a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) degree in Civil Engineering at FUTO give students a chance to choose from one of the programme three options available and they are:

  • Structural Engineering, 
  • Water Resources Engineering 
  •  Public Health Engineering,

Listed below are the minimum entry requirements for the JAMB/UTME candidates and Direct Entry candidates. This include the O'level subjects combination and JAMB subjects combination.


O'level/UTME Candidates

Five O'level credit passes in relevant subjects which are: 
  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Physics
  • Chemistry and one of 
  • Technical Drawing
  • Further Mathematics
  • Biology
  • Agricultural Science
  • Geography
The five subjects which must not be more than at two sittings can be from one or two of the following examinations qualification
  • West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
  • Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) 
  • General Certificate of Education (GCE O'level) or
  • NABTEB
Applicants must sit for and make the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and FUTO coordinated post UTME screening cut off mark for the Department of Civil Engineering.


JAMB Subjects Combination

  • Mathematics
  • English Language
  • Physics and
  • Chemistry

Direct Entry Candidates

FUTO School of Engineering and Engineering Technology accept the following qualifications for Direct Entry to  200 level or 300 level of Civil Engineering.
  • National Diploma (ND): Upper Credit in relevant engineering programmes
  • Higher National Diploma (HND): Upper Credit 
  • Joint Universities Preliminarily Examination Board (JUPEB)
FUTO also conduct pre-Degree programme which qualify students to 100 level.

All Direct Entry applicants must satisfy O'level results requirement at stated above.

Civil engineering at Federal University of Technology Owerri is accredited by National University Commission (NUC) and the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)

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