List of Science Courses Offered in OAU (2024)

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU) is a Federal Government-owned university. The institution was established two years after Nigeria gained independence in 1960.

In this post, we take a look at the courses offered in OAU but first let’s discover the admission requirements.

First, you must have passed at least 5 credits in either WAEC or NECO at your first sitting or 6 credits in two sittings to apply for admission in OAU.

Secondly, you must register for JAMB and score at least a minimum of 200 cut off mark.

Once you have fulfilled the two requirements above, you’re expected to prepare very well for the screening in order to score high which increases the chances of been admitted especially for a highly competitive course.

OAU offers 82 courses and has 4 Faculties under the Colleges of Health Sciences. These faculties include:

• Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences,
• Faculty of Clinical Sciences,
• Faculty of Dentistry,
• Institute of Public Health

The Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences offers the following courses:

1. Anatomy and Cell Biology
2. Chemical Pathology
3. Haematology and Immunology
4. Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
5. Medical Biochemistry
6. Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
7. Medical Rehabilitation
8. Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine
9. Nursing Science
10. Physiological Sciences

The Faculty of Clinical Sciences is made up of the following departments:

1. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
2. Community Health
3. Dermatology and Venereology
4. Medicine
5. Mental Health
6. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology
7. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
8. Paediatrics and Child Health
9. Radiology
10. Surgery

Faculty of Dentistry

1. Child Dental Health
2. Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology
3. Preventive and Community Dentistry
4. Restorative Dentistry

List of Science Courses in Obafemi Awolowo University

Below is a comprehensive list of the courses offered by OAU and the highlighted courses are the science-based courses

1. African Languages and Literature
2. Agricultural Economics
3. Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
4. Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology
5. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
6. Anatomy and Cell Biology
7. Animal Science
8. Archeology
9. Architecture
10. Biochemistry
11. Botany
12. Building
13. Business Law
14. Chemical Engineering
15. Chemical Pathology
16. Chemistry
17. Civil Engineering
18. Community Health and Nutrition
19. Computer Science and Engineering
20. Crop production
21. Demography and Social Statistics
22. Dermatology and Venerology
23. Dramatic Arts
24. Drug Research and Production Unit
25. Economics
26. Educational Administration and Planning
27. Educational Foundation and Counseling
28. Educational Technology
29. Electronic and Electrical Engineering
30. English Language
31. Environmental Health and Epidemiology
32. Estate Management
33. Fine and Applied Arts
34. Food Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
35. Food Science and Technology
36. Foreign Languages
37. Geography
38. Geology
39. Haematology and Immunology
40. History
41. Institute of Education
42. International Law
43. International Relations
44. Jurisprudence and Private Law
45. Linguistics
46. Literature in English
47. Local Government Studies
48. Management and Accounting
49. Mathematics
50. Mechanical Engineering
51. Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
52. Medical Rehabilitation
53. Medicine
54. Mental Health
55. Materials Science & Engineering
56. Microbiology
57. Morbid Anatomy and Forensic Medicine
58. Music
59. Nursing
60. Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perimatology
61. Oral Maxilofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology
62. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
63. Paediatrics and Child Health
64. Pharmaceutical Chemistry
65. Pharmaceutics
66. Pharmacognosy
67. Pharmacology
68. Philosophy
69. Physical and Health Education
70. Physics
71. Physiological Sciences
72. Plant Science
73. Political Science
74. Preventive Dentistry, Oral Medicine and Period Ontology
75. Psychology
76. Public Administration
77. Public Law
78. Quantity Surveying
79. Radiology
80. Religious Studies
81. Restorative Dentistry
82. Sociology and Anthropology
83. Soil Science
84. Special Education and Curriculum Studies
85. Surgery
86. Urban and Regional Planning
87. Zoology