Top 30 courses in Nigeria and their JAMB subject combinations

In Nigeria, academics have evolved to the extent that students or JAMB candidates no longer choose courses based on their passion, but based on how marketable the course is or lucrative that course promises after their education. The students now look towards these top 30 courses in Nigeria and tailor their JAMB subjects to fit the requirements for those courses.

Top 30 courses in Nigeria 

In pursuit of a better life, students have tilted their interest in a selected group of courses, while ignoring the rest courses. These top courses form the bulk of the first choice selection in the JAMB registration form, while the allegedly useless courses are more common as random courses that students are admitted into in most cases. 

Notwithstanding the course that a student is interested in, the reality is that the economy of the country has supported the patronage of the graduates of selected courses while leaving graduates of other courses with the option of being jobless or considering going into a new field.

Below is the list of the top 30 courses in Nigeria:

1. Civil Engineering
2. Electrical Engineering
3. Medicine.
4. Economics.
5. Computer Science/IT
6. Nursing
7. Business and Administrative Studies.
8. Geology
9. Agriculture Science.
10. Pharmacy.
11. Architecture
12. Accounting and Finance
13.  Law
14. Medical Laboratory Science
15. Fishery.
16. Health Education
17. Marketing
18. Human Resources Management
19. Graphics Art.
20. Chemistry
21. Physics
22. English and Literary Study
23. Home Economics
24. Statistics
25. Surveying 
26. Microbiology
27. Clinical Psychology
28. Biochemistry
29. Building Technology
30. Petroleum Engineering

JAMB subject combination for the Top 30 courses in Nigeria 

To validate your ambitions of studying a marketable or lucrative course in Nigeria starts with registering for JAMB. To register for JAMB, there are selected subjects that are required for each course.

In this section, we will list out the JAMB subject combination for all the top-rated courses mentioned earlier.

Below is a table of the top 30 courses in Nigeria and their subject combination.

S/N	Course	JAMB Subject Combination
1	Civil engineering	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry
2	Agricultural science	English, Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics
3	Medicine	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
4	Economics	Use of English, Economics, Mathematics, and any other social science or art subject.
5	Business Administrative studies	Use of English, Economics, Mathematics, and any social science subject
6	Geology	Use of English, Geography, and any two science subjects
7	Computer science	Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any other science subject.
8	Nursing	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
9	Architecture	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and one other subject from Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, or Fine Art.
10	Health Education	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
11	Home economics	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology/Agriculture, and Mathematics/Physics or one (1) Social Science subject.
12	Marketing	Use of English, Economics, Mathematics, and any social science subject.
13	Graphics art	Use of English, fine arts, and any two of History,·         Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, and A Nigeria Language.
14	Accounting and Finance	Use of English, Economics, Mathematics, and Government or any other social science subject
15	Fishery	Use of English,  Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry, Mathematics or Physics
16	Pharmacy	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology and Physics
17	Physics	Use of English, Physics, Mathematics, and any other science subject.
18	Human Resource Management	Use of English, Economics, Mathematics, and any social science subject.
19	Chemistry	Use of English, Chemistry, Physics, and any other science subject
20	Law	Use of English, Literature, Government, and CRS
21	Medical Laboratory Science	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
22	Electrical Engineering	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
23	Statistics	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and one other subject from Chemistry, Geography, Economics, and Government.
24	English and Literary Study	Use of English, Government or History and any other two social science or art subjects.
25	Surveying	Use of English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
26	Microbiology	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
27	Clinical Psychology	Any three arts or social science subjects.
28	Biochemistry	Use of English, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics
29	Building Technology	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and one other subject from Geography, Chemistry, Building Construction, Economics or Fine Art.
30	Petroleum Engineering	Use of English, Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.

Frequently asked questions about the top 30 courses in Nigeria

The above-listed subjects have led the way among other courses in Nigeria. These top courses and their JAMB subject combination are not very different from the underrated courses, but the difference is the ready-made market for the above-listed courses and non-existing job opportunities for the graduates from other courses. 

 As usual, there must be some exceptions to certain conditions, likewise this one. There is a general shortage of jobs in Nigeria at the moment, so JAMB candidates are rushing to fill in these top courses in their JAMB registration form, and learn the related subject combination.

The option is clear, Nigerian students who have the ambition of going to a university must make a choice.

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