JAMB Subject Combination for All Courses 2023 – Registering for JAMB is not the problem, but combining the right subject that matches your intend course of study matters a lot. This is capable is qualifying or disqualifying you from sitting the JAMB Examination.

I decided to make out this article after discovering that many JAMB candidates often make this mistake of choosing the inappropriate subject combination for the JAMB which at times landed them into big troubles.

If you’ve been among this categories of persons, then you have to read this article as I will be providing the right subject combination for any you want to study in your preferred institution this year.

Also Check: Jamb Registration 2023/2024 – Requirements, Registration, and Closing Date

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JAMB Subject Combination for All Courses 2023

Below is the list of courses and their right subject combination for both JAMB and WAEC. Make sure your combination corresponds with the list below.

Archaeology and Tourism

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Two (2) subjects from Arts, Social Sciences and one of History, Religious Studies, Government and Geography
WAEC combination: English Language, Geography, Economics, History, Religious Studies and a Pass in Mathematics.

Agricultural Economics

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics.
WAEC Combination: Chemistry, English Language, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Physics/Economics/Geography.

Animal Science

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics
WAEC Combination: English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Agricultural Extension

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, Biology or Agricultural Science
WAEC Combination: English Language, Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry, either Mathematics or Physics and one Social Science subject (Economics or Geography).

Accountancy

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science Subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Government and other relevant subjects.

Arts Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, subject of specialisation and other Art subjects.
WAEC combination: English Language and other Arts subjects to be combined with Education.

Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies

JAMB combination: Use of English, Government/History, one (1) Social Science subject and any other subject.
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, and three (3) of Literature in English, History, French, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Christian Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Geography/Physic, Economics and Government.

Agricultural and Bio-Resources Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Architecture

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and one subject among Art, Biology, Chemistry, Geography and Economics.
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following subjects Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Wood Work, Fine Art, Geography and Economics

Agriculture Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, any three (3) subjects from Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Physics, Economics, Geography and Mathematics.
WAEC combination: English Language, Agricultural Science, or Biology or Animal Husbandry or Fishery plus at least a pass in Chemistry.

Biochemistry

JAMB combination: Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics.

Banking & Finance

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, Government and any other Social Science Subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Government and other relevant subjects.

Business Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics plus one (1) of Literature in English, History, Government, Geography, Chemistry and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other subjects in the Social Sciences or Arts.

Crop Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics.
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Civil Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Computer Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Biology
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two subjects from Chemistry, Biology, Further Mathematics, and Statistics.

Computer Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics/Commerce plus one (1) of Chemistry/Physics/Biology
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Dentistry

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English Language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.

English and Literary Studies

JAMB combination: Use of English, Literature in English, one other Art subject and another Art or Social Science subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Literature, one other Art subject and another Arts or Social Science subject.

Educational Foundations

JAMB combination: Use of English, select any subject from Arts, Social science and sciences.
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics and other relevant subjects.

Electrical Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Electronic Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science.

Estate Management

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Geography and one subject among Economics, Physics, Chemistry
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following subjects Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Fine Arts, Technical Drawing, Agricultural Science and Building Construction.

Economics

JAMB combination: Use of English, Economics, Mathematics and either of these: Government, History, Geography, Literature in English, French and Christian Religious Studies /Islamic Studies.
WAEC combination: English Language, Economics, Mathematics and any two (2) Arts or Social Science subjects.

Food Science and Management

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology (Botany or Zoology), Agricultural Science, and any other Science subject. Physics replace Mathematics.

Fine and Applied Arts

JAMB combination: Use of English, Fine Arts, two (2) Arts subjects or Social Science subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Fine/Applied Arts, Technical Drawing, Painting and Decorating.

Foreign Languages and Literary Studies

JAMB combination: Use of English, Literature in English and other Arts subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, one Science subject and three other Arts subjects, one of which must be Literature in English.

Geoinformatics and Surveying

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any Chemistry, Geography, Art, Biology and Economics.
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English Language, Physics, and any two of the following subjects Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Wood Work, Fine Art, Geography and Economics

Geology

JAMB combination: Use of English, any three (3) of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Biology and Geography
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Geography

JAMB combination: Use of English, Geography, and any two of Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Agricultural Science
WAEC combination: English Language, Geography, Mathematics and any other two science subjects.

Home Science and Management

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, Biology or Food and Nutrition or Agricultural Science

History and International Studies

JAMB combination: Use of English, History/Government and any other two (2) subjects from the Arts and Social Sciences
WAEC combination: History, Government and the English Language.

Human Anatomy

JAMB combination: Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics.

Human Physiology

JAMB combination: Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics.

Human Kinetics and Health Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Health Science/Physical Education/Biology and any other two relevant subjects.
WAEC combination: English Language, Biology or Health Science or Physical Education, Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Physics.

International Relations

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics and either History, Economics, Government, Geography, or Literature in English and French.
WAEC combination: English Language, Government, Mathematics, and other two (2) relevant subjects.

Linguistics and Communication Studies

JAMB combination: English Language, Literature in English and any two subjects from Arts or Social Sciences.
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Literature-in-English, Economics, History/Government, Geography, Nigerian Language, CRS/IRS and Civic Education.

Linguistics and Nigerian Languages

JAMB combination: Use of English, Literature in English and two other subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Literature in English, Nigerian Language (Igbo, Yoruba or Hausa) other Arts, Social Sciences and Sciences subjects.

Library & Information Science

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Mathematics and any of these subjects: History, Literature in English, Economics/Commerce, Fine Arts, Government, Biology Physics, Chemistry, Basic Electricity, Geography, Typewriting, Commerce/Principles of Accounting.
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics and other relevant subjects.

Law

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Religious Studies (CRS/IRS), Literature in English, and Government or Economics.
WAEC combination: English Language, Literature in English, Government, CRS/IRS, Commerce and Mathematics.

Mass Communication

JAMB combination: Use of English, Literature in English, Economics or Commerce, Government or CRS/IRS
WAEC combination: English Language, Literature in English, and Mathematics.

Music

JAMB combination: Use of English, Music, Literature in English, and one other Art subject.
WAEC combination: English Language, Music and any other Science Subject.

Medical Biochemistry

JAMB combination: Use of English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics

Management

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, Government and one other relevant Social Science Subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Government and other relevant subjects

Marketing

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics, Government and any other relevant Social Science Subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Government and other relevant subjects

Mechanical Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science

Metallurgical and Material Engineering

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science

Medical Laboratory Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Medical Radiography & Radiological Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Medical Rehabilitation

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Medicine & Surgery

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Mathematics

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English Language and Physics or Chemistry or Biology or Further Mathematics

Nutrition and Dietetics

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics, Biology, Food and Nutrition, or Agricultural Science.

Nursing Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Pharmacy

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

Pure & Industrial Chemistry

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Agricultural Science or Biology
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Biology or Agricultural Science

Physics & Astronomy

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Chemistry or Biology and Mathematics
WAEC combination: English Language, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology or Agricultural Science or Further Mathematics

Political Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Government or History any other two Social Science/Arts subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Government or History, one science subject, and any of the following subjects: Economics, Geography, Christian Religious Studies, Civic Education, Literature in English and Commerce

Philosophy

JAMB combination: Use of English, Government, Religious Studies (CRS/IRS), and any other Art subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Government or History, Mathematics, and any other three relevant subjects.

Psychology

JAMB combination: Use of English and any three (3) subjects from Arts or Social Science
WAEC combination: English Language, Government or History, Mathematics, and any other three relevant subjects.

Public Administration

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics and any relevant Social Science subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two (2) other relevant subjects

Religion and Cultural Studies

JAMB combination: Use of English, Christian Religious Knowledge and any other two Art subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Christian Religious Knowledge and any other three Arts subjects

Soil Science

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Physics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics or Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Agricultural Science and any other relevant subject.

Science Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics and other relevant two (2) Science subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics and any other science subjects like (Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry and Physics)

Social Science Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, any three (3) of Christian Religious Studies, Economics, Geography/Physics, Government, History and Islamic Studies
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics and other Education subjects.

Statistics

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics and Chemistry or Physics or Economics
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics or Further Mathematics and either Chemistry, Physics or Economics

Science Laboratory Technology (SLT)

JAMB combination: Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, Physics or Mathematics
WAEC combination: English Language, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Biology

Social Work

JAMB Combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Economics/Geography and any other relevant subject
WAEC combination: English Language and other science subjects

Sociology/Anthropology

JAMB combination: Use of English and three (3) Social Science or Arts subjects
WAEC combination: English Language, Government or History, Mathematics, and other 3 relevant subjects

Technical Industrial Education

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Physics one other science subject
WAEC combination: English Language, Physics, Mathematics, Physics and other science subjects

Urban and Regional Planning

JAMB combination: Use of English, Mathematics, Geography and of, Economics, Physics, Chemistry
WAEC combination: English Language, Mathematics, Physics and any two of the following subjects Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Government, Fine Arts, Technical Drawing, and Agricultural Science

Veterinary Medicine

JAMB combination: Use of English, Physics, Biology and Chemistry
WAEC combination: Mathematics, English language, Biology, Chemistry and Physics

I believe you’ve able to know subjects’ combination for different courses. As a JAMB aspirant, this will guide you during your subject combination.