Every student wants to gain admission and while some have been able to achieve this, others have not. You need to first bear in mind that the University of Ilorin is the most sought after University in Nigeria and Admissions is always very competitive.
Today, I will be sharing with you some quick tips on how to successfully gain admission into this great University of Ilorin, (UNILORIN). First of all, you need to know that the University is among the top 5 most sought after universities in Nigeria with over 100,000 Jambites struggling to be admitted here every year.
It is also worthy of note that UNILORIN admission quota as stipulated by the National Universities Commission(NUC) is just about 10,000. This number represents exactly 10% of UTME applicants who choose the University yearly.
The statistics above simply shows how competitive it is to gain admission into UNILORIN. Therefore, one need not just be intelligent but also smart to make it here.
Over time, many have failed to gain admission here because they did not choose their course wisely, I strongly advise that, unless you are a far-above-average student, you should avoid choosing courses like Medicine, Pharmacy, Law, Mass Communication, Accounting, Economics, Microbiology etc.
This is because majority of the candidates that come for UNILORIN post utme annually choose those courses and only a few of them are admitted while the rest misses out no matter how intelligent they might be as the school can not possibly admit more than it’s carrying capacity for each department.
If you really just need admission as an average student, simply choose courses that are less competitive. When you are admitted, you may then consider changing over to your dream course or taking it up as a second degree after graduation. You don’t have to keep writing JAMB for the same course every year, try other less competitive courses.
Also, let me draw your attention to the fact that UTME subjects combination matters, Last year, some students were denied admission because of wrong selection of subjects and you need to bear in mind sometimes that University of Ilorin subjects combination sometimes does not usually tally with JAMB brochure combination because JAMB is yet to update their brochure and often times, candidates pick subjects that does not tally with their course, For Example, when a candidate fill UTME for Accounting under Jamb, H/She will see that it's placed under faculty of Social Sciences which is not so here at the University of Ilorin, it's otherwise under faculty of Management Sciences(keep reading).
Many have seen the University as a monster while admitting candidates because you don't know how the University admission is being run and the admission policy and the fact that the admission process is simple , I have seen Jambites who claim that the Univesity of Ilorin only admits candidates from Kwara state and it’s environs then discriminate against non-Yoruba candidates. That’s a mere fallacy!
The University strictly follows the Federal Government admission policy which states that institutions should admit candidates based on 45% Merit, 35% Catchment Area and 20% Education Less Developed States (ELDS), Remedial case is a different thing for now. It may interest you to know that a candidate from an educationally less privileged state like Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi etc. with an average score of 180 stands a better chance of admission into UNILORIN than a candidate from Kwara state with an average score of 240.
This is simply because majority of secondary leavers here in the south east, who of course always seek to further their education in the University, usually choose UNILORIN for it’s proximity and great reputation.
This large number of applicants end up competing for the few available admission space for catchment area whereas the very few candidates from education less developed states who choose UNILORIN end up having more admission space than they can possibly fill (keep reading).
Does it interest you to know that University of Ilorin Admission is based on Merit but not "pure merit? Do you know that the University of Ilorin supplementary list admission is far more competitive? Do you know that JAMB and Post UTME scores are also requirements for admission here? Please, Be informed that the University of Ilorin will still conduct Post UTME this year 2018.
Do you know you can still gain admission with your low score in JAMB? Does it interest you to know that you can gain admission irrespective of the fact that you failed JAMB. Message/Call now. 08060948531
_It's one's head and not one big head that takes one ahead_
Penned by,
Comr. Balogun Adeboye O. (PLATO)
University of Ilorin
