The duration to obtain an undergraduate degree from a university in Nigeria varies from course to course. In this article, we will provide a list of courses and the number of years required to obtain a degree in a university in Nigeria if you got admitted through the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB).
This is a list of courses and years of study in Nigeria:
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Accounting
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Actuarial Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Adult Education and Community Development
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Agric-economics and Extension
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Agricultural Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Agricultural Science and Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Agriculture
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Animal and Environmental Biology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Animal Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Applied Geophysics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Archaeology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Architecture
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Banking and Finance
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Biochemistry
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Botany and Ecological Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Building
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Business Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Business Management
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Chemical Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Chemistry
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Civil Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Communication Arts
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Computer Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Computer Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Computer Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Computer Science with Economics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Computer Science with Mathematics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Crop Production and Protection
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Curriculum Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Economics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Demography and Social Statistics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Applied Art
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Arabic
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Biology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Chemistry
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Christian Religious Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Economics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Efik/Ibibio
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and English Language
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and French
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Geography
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Hausa
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and History
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Integrated Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Language Arts
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Mathematics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Music
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Physics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Political Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Religious Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Social Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Social Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education and Yoruba
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education Arts
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Education Technology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Educational Management
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Efik-ibibio
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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English Language
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Estate Management
Course Duration: 4 Years (some institutions 5 years)
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Fine and Industrial Arts
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Fisheries and Aquaculture
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Fisheries and Aquatic Environment Management
Course Duration: 4 Years
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European Languages and Integrated Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Family, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Food Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Food Science and Technology
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Forestry and Wildlife
Course Duration: 4 Years
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French
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Geography
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Geography and Regional Planning
Course Duration: 4 Years
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German
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Glass Technology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Guidance and Counselling
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Hausa
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Health Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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History and International Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Home Economics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Home Economics and Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Human Anatomy
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Human Kinetics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Industrial Design
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Industrial Relations and Personnel Management
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Insurance
Course Duration: 4 Years
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International Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Islamic/Sharia Law
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Land Surveying and Geoinformatics
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Law
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Library Science and Information Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Linguistics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Literature in English
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Local Government Studies
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Marketing
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Mass Communication
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Mathematics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Mechanical Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Medical Rehabilitation
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Medicine and Surgery
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Metallurgical Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Microbiology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Molecular Biology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Music
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Nursing
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Petroleum Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Pharmacology
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Pharmacy
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Philosophy
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Physical and Health Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Physics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Physiology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Physiotherapy
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Political Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Pre-primary and Primary Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Psychology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Quantity Surveying
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Radiography
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Religious and Cultural Studies
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Restorative Dentistry
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Social Work
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Sociology and Anthropology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Soil Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Special Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Statistics
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Systems Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Teacher Education Science
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Technical Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Telecommunication Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Textile Science and Technology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Theatre Arts
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Urban and Regional Planning
Course Duration: 5 Years (some institutions 4 years)
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Veterinary Medicine
Course Duration: 6 Years
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Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Vocational Education
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Water Resources and Environmental Engineering
Course Duration: 5 Years
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Yoruba
Course Duration: 4 Years
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Zoology
Course Duration: 4 Years
If you get admission to study any undergraduate course through direct entry in any university in Nigeria, the duration of the course would be a year or two lesser (depending on the qualification, i.e, NCE, ND, IJMB, Cambridge, NABTEB Advanced, BSC or HND) than what it would take if you got the admission through JAMB.