Nigeria

Entry requirements

• Undergraduate

  For admission onto the first year of an undergraduate bachelors degree course we generally accept the following qualifications and grades:

  • West African Senior School Certificate (WAEC) with a pass grade overall and successful completion of a recognised foundation year recognised by the University of Hull.
  • National Diploma or Ordinary National Diploma with an overall GPA of 3.5 out of 5 or 3.0 out of 4.
  • Higher National Diploma with an overall GPA of 3.5 out of 5 or 3.0 out of 4. Higher grades may be achieved for advanced entry into year 2 of our Bachelor degree on case-by-case basis.
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma with a range of 28 – 30

  We also accept students who have completed a US high school curriculum.

  We sometimes require subject specific grades, we will advise you of this in your offer letter.

  If you wish to study with us starting from the second or final year, we are happy to consider applicants who have completed equivalent prior study. These applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email global@hull.ac.uk for further details.

  If you have questions about these requirements or have studied a qualification or foundation programme not listed here, please email global@hull.ac.uk.  

• Postgraduate Taught

  The majority of our taught Masters programmes require that you hold a qualification equivalent to a lower second-class Bachelor Honours (or 2.2). Please check our course pages for specific entry requirements.

  We generally consider a Bachelors degree awarded by a nationally recognised higher education institution in Nigeria to be comparable to a UK Bachelor Honours degree.

  Degree classification directly compares to that in the UK. We accept Lower Second Class Division in your Bachelor degree for programmes requiring 2.2 and Upper Second Class Division for programmes with 2.1 entry requirement.

  Don't quite meet the requirements? Don't worry - we review every application on an individual basis. Get in touch to find out more. You may also be interested in our degree preparation course, ONCAMPUS.

• Postgraduate Research

  The majority of our research Masters programmes and PhDs require that you hold a qualification equivalent to an upper second-class Bachelor Honours (or 2.1), although some programmes, especially PhDs may have higher entry requirements. Please check our course pages for specific entry requirements.

  We generally consider a Bachelors degree awarded by a nationally recognised higher education institution in Nigeria to be comparable to a UK Bachelor Honours degree.

  Degree classification directly compares to that in the UK. We accept Upper Second Class Division for programmes with 2.1 entry requirement and First Class Division for programmes requiring British First Class Honours degree for entry.

  Don't quite meet the requirements? Don't worry - we review every application on an individual basis. Email global@hull.ac.uk.

• Foundation

  For Business, Law and Engineering courses

  Our Business, Law and Engineering foundation courses are run by our partner ONCAMPUS Hull. For further information regarding entry qualifications please see the ONCAMPUS website.  

  For all other foundation courses:

  For admission onto our foundation course we generally accept the following qualifications and grades:

  • West African Senior School Certificate (WAEC) with a pass grade overall

If your first language is not English, or you require a Tier 4 student visa to study, you will be required to provide evidence of your English language proficiency level. Find out more.