EBSU Carrying Capacity, Admission Selection & Quota – 2015

Ebonyi State University, EBSU carrying capacity,
basis of admitting candidates on merit and
admission quota distribution to programmes for
the 2015/2016 academic session.
Recommended: EBSU Minimum Cut-Off Marks
for 2015/2016 Admission and EBSU
Supplementary Admission Form is Out –
2015/2016 .
EBSU Procedure for Selection of Candidates for
Merit Admission.
The first choice admissions are to be guided by
JAMB approved admission criteria as follows:
(a) Merit (RM): Here about 30 (thirty) best
candidates may be selected per programme
except in the following programmes where RM
shall go thus: (i) Law 40, (ii) Medicine and
Surgery 25, (iii) Anatomy 20, (iv) Medical
Laboratory Science 20, (v) Nursing Science 15.
(b) Locality/Catchment (RL): 5 (five) best
candidates from each of the 13 Federally
recognized Local Government Areas of Ebonyi
State shall be selected for each programme/
department except in the following programmes
where RL shall go thus: (i) Medicine and Surgery
3 each, (ii) Anatomy 2 each, (iii) Medical Lab. 2
each, (iv) Nursing Science 2 each. In
programmes where only 30 or less candidates
are listed as qualified for selection/admission, all
such listed candidate shall be selected under RM
(c) ELDS: Educationally less developed states
shall be discretionally applied if constraints of
the 2015/2016 NUC quota and prevailing
imperatives within EBSU as a state university
permits. Please be reminded that states
recognized as educationally less developed
include: Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue,
Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Gombe, Jigawa,
Kaduna, Kano, Kastina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara,
Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba,
Yobe and Zamfara.
(d) JAMB approved UTME subject combinations
for different courses in the brochure shall
continue to also guide all admission selections.
(e) Physically challenged candidates with
acceptable minimum UTME (JAMB) scores are
to be accorded preferential admissions privileges
even without evidence of participation in EBSU
Post UTME; especially where such challenge
acted as handicap to writing the exam.
EBSU Admission Quota Criteria by Percentage.
Subject to the prevailing situation, admission of
candidates based on the 5,117 NUC approved
quota for EBSU in 2015/2016 admission session
shall be guided by the following criteria.
(a) Merit/Locality etc 75% (3838 slots)
subdivided into:
(i) General Merit 35% (1790 slots)
(ii) Catchment//Locality 30% (1535 slots)
(iii) Direct Entry candidates 10%(512
slots)
(b) Government/University Interest 10% (512
slots)
(c) Staff interest 10% (512 slots)
(d) Concessional 5% (256 slots)
Total (100%) (5117 slots)
EBSU Admission Quota Distribution to
Programmes.
The 5,117 quota allotted to EBSU for 2015/2016
session shall be distributed to Faculties and
Departments as shown on the table below:
DISTRIBUTION OF 2015/2016 ADMISSION
QUOTA OF 5,117 BY FACULTIES/DEPARTMENTS
WITH SELECTIONS PROJECTIONS
S/
N FACULTY DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENTAL
QUOTA
ALLOCATION
DEPT’L
ACTUAL
FAC
TOTAL
1 FARM
1. AGRIC.
ECONOMICS,
MANAGEMENT &
EXT.
2. FOOD SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY
3. CROP &
LANDSCAPE
MANAGEMENT
4. SOIL &
ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
5. ANIMAL
SCIENCE, FISHERY
& AQUACULTURE
Options:
(a) Animal
Science
(b) Fishery &
Aquaculture
45% 45% 10%
200
140
100
100
50
40
630
2 FEDU
1. ARTS & SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Options:
(a) Economics
Education
(b) Social Studies
Education
(c) English
Education
(d) Religion
Education
(e) Igbo Education
2. SCIENCE &
COMPUTER
EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Physics
Education
(b) Chemistry
Education
(c) Computer
Science Education
(d) Biology
Education
(e) Mathematics
Education
(f) Integrated
Science Education
3. BUSINESS
EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Accountancy
Education
(b) Secretarial
Education
4. EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATIONS
Options:
(a) Administration &
Planning
(b) Guidance &
Counseling
5. HUMAN
KINETICS &
HEALTH
EDUCATION
Options:
(a) Human Kinetics
Education
(b) Health
Education
6. TECHNOLOGY &
VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION
Options
(a) Electrical/
Electronics
Technology
Education
(b) Mechanical
Technology
Education
(c) Building
Technology
Education
(d) Woodwork
Technology
Education
(e) Agricultural
Education
(f) Home
Economics
45% 45% 10%
38
40
45
30
30
30
30
50
40
45
45
40
60
40
45
45
30
45
40
40
45
45
898
3 FMS
1. Public
Administration
2. BUS. MGT,
MARKETING &
ENTREPRENEURIAL
STUDIES
Options:
(a) Business
Management
(b) Marketing
(c) Entrepreneurial
Studies (No
Admission)
2. ACCOUNTANCY
AND BANKING &
FINANCE
Options:
(a) Accountancy
(b) Banking &
Finance
45% 45% 10%
160
100
100
110
110
580
4 FSSH
1. ECONOMICS
2. HISTORY &
INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
3. POLITICAL
SCIENCE
4. PSYCHOLOGY &
SOCIOLOGICAL
STUDIES
Options:
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology &
Anthropology
5. LANGUAGES &
COMMUNICATION
STUDIES
Options:
(a) Mass
Communication
(b) English
Language &
Literature
(c) Languages &
Linguistics
(d) French
(e) Igbo Linguistics
(f) PHILOSOPHY &
RELIGION
Options:
(a) Philosophy
(b) Religion
45% 45% 10%
170
180
180
127
143
200
157
70
40
30
55
55
1407
5 FBMS
1. MEDICINE AND
SURGERY
2. ANATOMY
45% 45% 10% 110
70 180
6 FHST
1. MEDICAL
LABORATORY
SCIENCE
2. NURSING
SCIENCES
45% 45% 10% 99
60 159
7 FLAW 1. CIVIL LAW 45% 45% 10% 180 160
8 FANS
1. APPLIED
BIOLOGY
2. BIOCHEMISTRY,
APPLIED
MICRIOBIOLOGY &
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Options:
(a) Biochemistry
(b) Applied
Microbiology
(c) Biotechnology
3. INDUSTRIAL
PHYSICS
4. GEOLOGY &
EXPLORATION
5. COMPUTER
SCIENCE
6. INDUSTRIAL
CHEMISTRY
7. Industrial
Mathematics/
Applied Statistics
45% 45% 10%
157
80
157
160
84
150
150
90
85
1113
GRAND TOTAL 5,117
EBSU Admission Through Pre-Degree.
Admission of candidates through the Pre-Degree
school (PDS) shall continue to be given adequate
preference in such a manner that there shall be
merit and supplementary admission consideration
just like UTME candidates.
EBSU Admission Ratio.
(a) Council approved admission ratio of 80;20
between Ebonyi catchment LGAs versus
candidates from other Local Government Areas/
states respectively shall continue to apply as
much as practicable.
(b) The admission ratio of 60:40 in favour of
sciences and Arts based courses shall also
continue to apply.