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| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| # 3439 of 14,131 | In the World |
| # 97 of 1,104 | In Africa |
| # 14 of 157 | In Nigeria |
| # 626 of 2,078 | For Veterinary |
| Top 1-3 | For 11 other topics |
Quick Review
Acceptance rate
10%
Enrollment
52,000
Languages
English
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private partnership
Highest Degree
Doctorate
Website
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 10% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | Universities Matriculation Examination (UME) following Secondary School education, i.e for holders of the Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSSC) or General Certificate of Education (GCE) with (‘O’) levels with at least 5 credits, or direct entry for IJMB, Diploma, NCE and A'Level holders with appropriate O'level credits |
| Academic Calendar | March to December (March - July; August-December) |
| Enrollment | 52,000 |
We've calculated the 10% acceptance rate for University of Jos based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.
Tuition
Below is the standard credit pricing for the various degree levels offered at University of Jos.
| Degree Level | Cost Per Credit |
|---|---|
| Associate Degree | 1,749 CR |
| Bachelor Program | 1,950 CR |
| Master Program | 2,149 CR |
| Ph.D. / Doctoral | 2,850 CR |
Final tuition fees may vary based on specific department requirements, residency status, and selected elective courses. Please contact the admissions office for a detailed financial breakdown.
University of Jos faculties and divisions
Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up University of Jos.
Centre : African Centre of Excellence on Phytomedicine Research and Development (ACEPRD)
Botany
Centre : Conflict Management and Peace Studies
Peace and Disarmament
Centre : Gender and Women Studies
Gender Studies
Women's Studies
College : Health Sciences
Anaesthesiology
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Community Health
Dentistry
Haematology
Health Sciences
Laboratory Techniques
Medical Technology
Medicine
Microbiology
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Ophthalmology
Otorhinolaryngology
Paediatrics
Pathology
Physiology
Psychiatry and Mental Health
Radiology
Surgery
Faculty : Agriculture
Agricultural Business
Agricultural Economics
Animal Husbandry
Crop Production
Farm Management
Faculty : Arts
African Languages
Archaeology
English
Heritage Preservation
History
International Studies
Linguistics
Mass Communication
Modern Languages
Music
Philosophy
Religion
Faculty : Education
Art Education
Educational and Student Counselling
Educational Sciences
Humanities and Social Science Education
Philosophy of Education
Physical Education
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Science Education
Special Education
Technology Education
Faculty : Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Faculty : Environmental Sciences
Architecture
Architecture and Planning
Building Technologies
Fine Arts
Geography
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Surveying and Mapping
Town Planning
Faculty : Law
Commercial Law
International Law
Law
Private Law
Public Law
Faculty : Management Sciences
Accountancy
Actuarial Science
Banking
Business Administration
Finance
Insurance
Marketing
Faculty : Natural Sciences
Biotechnology
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Geology
Laboratory Techniques
Mathematics
Microbiology
Physics
Zoology
Faculty : Pharmaceutical Sciences
Applied Chemistry
Biotechnology
Microbiology
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Technology
Toxicology
Traditional and Complementary Medicine and Therapy
Faculty : Social Sciences
Criminology
Economics
Political Sciences
Protective Services
Psychology
Sociology
Faculty : Veterinary Medicine
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Entomology
Microbiology
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Public Health
Social and Preventive Medicine
Surgery
Veterinary Science
Graduate School : Postgraduate Studies
Agriculture
Arts and Humanities
Education
Engineering
Environmental Studies
Gender Studies
Law
Medicine
Natural Sciences
Pharmacy
Veterinary Science
Institute : A.P Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI)
Zoology
Institute : Education
Education
Programs and Degrees
The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Jos.
| Programs | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Design | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Biology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Business | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chemistry | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Computer Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Economics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Environmental Science | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mathematics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Medicine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Physics | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Psychology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bachelor's Degree
Accountancy
Actuarial Science
Adult Education
Agricultural Economics
Agriculture
Anatomy
Animal Husbandry
Applied Chemistry
Arabic
Archaeology
Architecture
Architecture and Planning
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Botany
Building Technologies
Business Administration
Chemistry
Christian Religious Studies
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Criminology
Crop Production
Dental Surgery
Educational Administration
Educational and Student Counselling
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
English
Film
Finance
Fine Arts
Foreign Languages Education
French
Geography
Geography (Human)
Geology
Health Education
History
Home Economics Education
Humanities and Social Science Education
Information Sciences
International Studies
Islamic Studies
Laboratory Techniques
Law
Library Science
Linguistics
Marketing
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Mechanical Engineering
Microbiology
Mining Engineering
Music
Nursing
Physical Education
Physics
Political Sciences
Preschool Education
Protective Services
Psychology
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Religious Education
Science Education
Sociology
Special Education
Statistics
Surveying and Mapping
Technology Education
Theatre
Town Planning
Postgraduate Diploma
Accountancy
Actuarial Science
Adult Education
Animal Husbandry
Applied Chemistry
Architecture
Banking
Biotechnology
Community Development
Computer Science
Dietetics
Education
Electronics and Automation
Environmental Management
Finance
Geography
Geology
Industrial Chemistry
Information Sciences
Insurance
Laboratory Techniques
Library Science
Management
Marketing
Microbiology
Music
Nutrition
Parasitology
Parks and Recreation
Peace and Disarmament
Pharmacy
Physics
Psychology
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Social Work
Surveying and Mapping
Tourism
Town Planning
Veterinary Science
Master's Degree
Accountancy
Actuarial Science
Adult Education
Anaesthesiology
Analytical Chemistry
Animal Husbandry
Applied Chemistry
Applied Physics
Arabic
Architecture
Bacteriology
Banking
Bible
Biochemistry
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Biotechnology
Botany
Building Technologies
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Clinical Psychology
Community Development
Comparative Literature
Computer Education
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Conducting
Construction Engineering
Cosmetology
Criminology
Demography and Population
Development Studies
Distance Education
Economic History
Economics
Education of the Handicapped
Educational and Student Counselling
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Educational Sciences
Educational Testing and Evaluation
Electronic Engineering
Embryology and Reproduction Biology
Energy Engineering
English
Entomology
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Management
Ethics
Farm Management
Finance
Fishery
Foreign Languages Education
French
Gender Studies
Genetics
Geochemistry
Geography
Geography (Human)
Geological Engineering
Geology
Government
Haematology
Health Administration
Health Education
Histology
History
History of Religion
Home Economics Education
Humanities and Social Science Education
Immunology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Industrial Arts Education
Information Sciences
Inorganic Chemistry
Insurance
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Studies
Islamic Studies
Laboratory Techniques
Law
Library Science
Linguistics
Literature
Management
Marketing
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Medical Parasitology
Meteorology
Microbiology
Mining Engineering
Music
Music Education
Musical Instruments
Musicology
New Testament
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Organic Chemistry
Orthopaedics
Parasitology
Pathology
Peace and Disarmament
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Physical Chemistry
Physical Education
Physics
Physiology
Plant Pathology
Political Sciences
Power Engineering
Production Engineering
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Religion
Religious Studies
Science Education
Social and Preventive Medicine
Social Psychology
Social Work
Sociology
Special Education
Sports
Sports Management
Structural Architecture
Surgery
Technology
Technology Education
Telecommunications Engineering
Theatre
Town Planning
Toxicology
Veterinary Science
Virology
Vocational Education
Women's Studies
Zoology
Master of Philosophy
Accountancy
Adult Education
Anaesthesiology
Analytical Chemistry
Animal Husbandry
Applied Chemistry
Applied Physics
Arabic
Archiving
Bacteriology
Banking
Bible
Biochemistry
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Building Technologies
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Clinical Psychology
Community Development
Comparative Literature
Computer Education
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Construction Engineering
Cosmetology
Demography and Population
Development Studies
Distance Education
Economic History
Economics
Education of the Handicapped
Educational and Student Counselling
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Educational Sciences
Educational Testing and Evaluation
Electronic Engineering
Embryology and Reproduction Biology
Endocrinology
Energy Engineering
English
Entomology
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Management
Ethics
Farm Management
Finance
Fishery
French
Gender Studies
Genetics
Geochemistry
Geography
Geography (Human)
Geology
Geophysics
Government
Haematology
Health Administration
Health Education
Histology
History
History of Religion
Home Economics Education
Humanities and Social Science Education
Immunology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Industrial Arts Education
Information Sciences
Inorganic Chemistry
Insurance
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Studies
Laboratory Techniques
Law
Library Science
Linguistics
Literature
Management
Marketing
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Medical Parasitology
Meteorology
Microbiology
Mining Engineering
New Testament
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Organic Chemistry
Orthopaedics
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Physical Chemistry
Physical Education
Physics
Physiology
Plant Pathology
Political Sciences
Power Engineering
Production Engineering
Public Administration
Public Health
Publishing and Book Trade
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Religion
Religious Education
Religious Studies
Science Education
Social and Preventive Medicine
Social Work
Sociology
Sound Engineering (Acoustics)
Special Education
Sports
Sports Management
Surgery
Technology
Technology Education
Telecommunications Engineering
Theatre
Town Planning
Toxicology
Veterinary Science
Virology
Vocational Education
Women's Studies
Zoology
Doctor of Philosophy
Accountancy
Adult Education
Anaesthesiology
Analytical Chemistry
Animal Husbandry
Applied Chemistry
Applied Physics
Arabic
Architecture
Archiving
Bacteriology
Banking
Bible
Biochemistry
Biological and Life Sciences
Biology
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Building Technologies
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Clinical Psychology
Community Development
Comparative Literature
Computer Education
Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Construction Engineering
Cosmetology
Demography and Population
Development Studies
Distance Education
Economic History
Economics
Education of the Handicapped
Educational and Student Counselling
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Educational Sciences
Educational Testing and Evaluation
Electronic Engineering
Embryology and Reproduction Biology
Endocrinology
Energy Engineering
English
Entomology
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Management
Ethics
Farm Management
Finance
Fishery
French
Gender Studies
Genetics
Geochemistry
Geography
Geography (Human)
Geology
Geophysics
Government
Haematology
Health Administration
Health Education
Histology
History
History of Religion
Home Economics Education
Humanities and Social Science Education
Immunology
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Industrial Arts Education
Information Sciences
Inorganic Chemistry
Insurance
International Relations and Diplomacy
International Studies
Laboratory Techniques
Law
Library Science
Linguistics
Literature
Management
Marketing
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Medical Parasitology
Meteorology
Microbiology
Mining Engineering
Molecular Biology
New Testament
Nursing
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Organic Chemistry
Orthopaedics
Parasitology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Pharmacy
Philosophy
Philosophy of Education
Physical Chemistry
Physical Education
Physics
Physiology
Plant Pathology
Political Sciences
Power Engineering
Production Engineering
Public Administration
Public Health
Publishing and Book Trade
Real Estate
Regional Planning
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Religion
Religious Education
Religious Studies
Science Education
Social and Preventive Medicine
Social Work
Sociology
Sound Engineering (Acoustics)
Special Education
Sports
Sports Management
Surgery
Technology
Technology Education
Telecommunications Engineering
Theatre
Town Planning
Toxicology
Veterinary Science
Virology
Vocational Education
Women's Studies
Zoology
Research profile
University of Jos has published 6,467 scientific papers with 56,238 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Pathology, Genetics, Sociology, and Ecology.
Publication / Citation count by topic
| Biology |
4,254
/ 40,780
|
|---|---|
| Medicine |
3,946
/ 40,483
|
| Environmental Science |
3,265
/ 29,682
|
| Liberal Arts & Social Sciences |
3,146
/ 31,021
|
| Chemistry |
2,477
/ 22,205
|
| Engineering |
2,020
/ 20,204
|
| Pathology |
1,991
/ 21,707
|
| Genetics |
1,863
/ 18,647
|
| Sociology |
1,855
/ 19,299
|
| Ecology |
1,761
/ 16,433
|
| Political Science |
1,729
/ 16,003
|
| Geography and Cartography |
1,716
/ 15,134
|
| Physics |
1,662
/ 17,438
|
| Law |
1,645
/ 15,315
|
| Computer Science |
1,548
/ 13,529
|
| Geology |
1,493
/ 11,892
|
| Biochemistry |
1,479
/ 13,470
|
| Mathematics |
1,369
/ 11,972
|
| Psychology |
1,348
/ 11,767
|
| Public Health |
1,277
/ 15,163
|
| Organic chemistry |
1,250
/ 11,482
|
| Economics |
1,229
/ 10,411
|
| Immunology |
1,184
/ 10,843
|
| Philosophy |
1,150
/ 8,661
|
| Business |
1,123
/ 7,882
|
| Statistics |
1,104
/ 10,170
|
| Paleontology |
1,097
/ 8,544
|
| Botany |
1,066
/ 9,758
|
| Demography |
1,060
/ 13,295
|
| History |
1,040
/ 9,525
|
| Archaeology |
954
/ 8,936
|
| Quantum and Particle physics |
806
/ 6,342
|
| Development Studies |
805
/ 7,187
|
| Surgery |
755
/ 6,363
|
| Virology |
740
/ 8,129
|
| Linguistics |
732
/ 5,054
|
| Materials Science |
718
/ 6,808
|
| Psychiatry |
715
/ 6,955
|
| Family medicine |
676
/ 6,432
|
| Nursing |
572
/ 7,159
|
Annual publication & citation counts
39 Notable alumni
1. Esther Ibanga
1961-. (aged 65)
pastor
Esther Ibanga is a Nigerian pastor and founder of the "Women Without Walls Initiative". She won the 32nd Niwano Peace Prize for promoting peace among people of different ethnic groups and religions in Jos, Nigeria.
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2. Charles O'Tudor
1971-. (aged 55)
businessperson
Charles O'Tudor is a Nigerian brand strategist, public speaker, and businessman. He is the principal consultant for the Adstrat Branding Management Consortium.
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3. Lindsey Abudei
singer-songwriter
vocalist
singer
photographer
Lindsey Chukwufumnanya Abudei, known professionally as Lindsey Abudei, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. In 2010, she recorded music and had jam sessions with rappers M.I Abaga and Jesse Jagz while studying law at the University of Jos. Abudei has released the solo projects Brown (2013),...and the Bass Is Queen (2016), and Kaleidoscope (2023).
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4. Gabriel Aduda
1971-. (aged 55)
diplomat
civil servant
Gabriel Tanimu Aduda is a Nigerian civil servant who serves as the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Defence. He previously held the same position at the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, where he played a crucial role in overseeing the operations and policies of the ministry. Aduda also served as OPEC Governor for Nigeria, representing the country's interests...
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All 39 notable alumni
General Info & Contacts
Alternative names
UNIJOS
Founded
1975
Motto
Discipline and Dedication
Colors
blue, white, brown, gold, green
Academic calendar
March to December (March - July; August-December)
Address
P.M.B. 2084 Jos, Plateau State, 93001 Nigeria
City Population
623,000
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