What are the JAMB subject combination for Economics for 2025/2026? If you are writing JAMB this year and you want to know the JAMB as well the O level (WAEC) subject combination required to study Economics under the faculty of Social and Management Sciences for 2025/2026 then it may please you to know that we have covered JAMB and WAEC subject combination for Economics here in this post you are currently reading.
So, in this post, we will be updating all JAMB and WAEC candidates who will be sitting for the upcoming JAMB examination with the JAMB subject combination for Economics for the 2025/2026 academic session.
Keep in mind that the JAMB subject combinations as well as the o level (WAEC) requirements mentioned on this post are only meant for Economics under the faculty of Social and Management Sciences.
JAMB Subject Combination For Economics
The required JAMB subject subject combination for Economics are:
Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Lit-in-English, French and CRK/IRK.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks
(I) ABU accepts Arabic
(ii) UNIILORIN require Economics, Mathematics either Government or Geography or History.
(iii) OAU requires Mathematics, Economics and Geography or Government.
(iv) UI – Mathematics and any other two subjects
(v) OOU -Mathematics and any one of Economics, Geography, Government, History and Literature in English
(vi) ABU, UNIJOS, UNIMAID, EKSU and ESUTECH – Mathematics is not compulsory
(vii) UNIILORIN requires one subject from Accounting, Commerce, Business Method, Geography Government and Statistics.
(viii) AAU and BAYERO require any Social Science subject as the third subject.
(ix) DELSU requires Social/Science subject as the fourth subject.
(x) EBSU requires Mathematics, Economics and any other subject.
(xi) BINGHAM also requires Geography and Accounting.
(xii) AAUA require Mathematics, Economics and any other Social Science subject
(xiii) SALEM and EKSU require Mathematics, Economics and one other Social Science subject.
(xiv) UNILAG requires Economics, Mathematics and any Arts, Science or Social Science subject but not Commerce, CRK/IRK.
(xv) AUN Accepts any subject combination which includes Mathematics and any two of Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Literature in English, Government, History, Economics, Geography, Further Mathematics, Technical Drawing, Visual Arts, Computer Studies, Information Technology, Civics, and French.
(xvi) ABSU requires Five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two subjects.
(xvii) WESTERN-DEL requires Economics, Mathematics and any of Government, History, Geography, Literature in English.
(xviii) FED-LAFIA, DELSU requires Mathematics, Economics and Government.
(xix) NTNU accepts Principle of Accounting or Commerce in lieu of Economics.
(xx) FUNAAB requires one of Government, Commerce or Geography as the third subject.
(xxi) SALEM for Criminology requires Government and any two of Economics, Geography and Literature in English.
(xxii) NTNU accepts Economics/Principle of Accounting and any two Arts or Social Sciences subjects.
(xxiii) OOU accepts Mathematics/Economics and any two other Social Science subjects.
(xxiv) UNIABUJA requires Economic, Mathematics, and any other subject in Social and Management Sciences
WAEC (O Level) Subject Requirements For Economics
The list of compulsory WAEC subjects required for Economics under the faculty of are as follows:
Five SSCE credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two of Arts or Social Science subjects.
Special Requirements (Waiver) Remarks
(i) UNICAL does not accept Commerce.
(ii) OAU requires Five ‘0’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics, Geography/ Government and any Arts or Social Science subject.
(iii) UNIMAID accepts a pass in Mathematics, but such candidates will be required to pass a remedial course in Mathematics
(iv) UNILAG accepts Arts, Social Science and Science subjects in addition to Mathematics and Economics. Commerce is not accepted as O/L subject.
(v) UI requires 5 credit passes to include Mathematics, Economics and any two Arts or Social Science subjects.
(vi) BAYERO accept two only Social Science subjects.
(vii) AAUA requires English Language, Mathematics, Economics and one Social Science subject plus any other subject
(viii) EKSU requires five ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English language, Mathematics, Economics and any two other subjects, one of which must be a Social Science subject.
(ix) KSU requires any two relevant subjects as the fourth and fifth subjects.
(x) COVENANT requires five ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics , one science subject from the following (Biology, Health/ General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics and Chemistry) and either of Geography, Government, Accounting, Book Keeping and Commerce.
(xi) COVENANT for Marketing requires English Language, Mathematics, Economics one of Government or History and any Science subject from Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics and Chemistry
(xii) UNIOSUN requires Five ‘O’ level credit passes in English, Mathematics, Economics and any two of Social Science subjects at one sitting.
(xiii) AUN requires Five ‘O’ level credit passes including English Language, Mathematics, and any other three subjects from the following; Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Literature in English, Government, History, Economics, Geography, Further Mathematics, Technical Drawing, Visual Arts, Computer Studies, Information Technology, Civics, and French.
(xiv) KASU requires five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two of Arts or Social Science subjects and at least one Science subject.
(xvi) BELLS accepts two A’ Level passes in any two of Chemistry, Economics, Geography and Mathematics
(xvi) GO accepts
(a) for Accounting BSc, BA or HND in other discipline, ND (Upper Credit) in Accounting, Foundation of ICAN.
(b) For Business Administration two ‘A’ level passes in Economics and any one of Mathematics, Statistics, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Agric Science, Accounting, Business Management, History and Government. BSc, BA or HND in other discipline, ND (Upper Credit) in Business Administration.
(xvii) NTNU accepts any two A’ level passes in Arts or Social Sciences subjects, ND/HND (lower credit) or NCE (merit) in relevant fields
(xviii) PAUL requires five SSCE credit passes in not more than two sittings including English Language, Mathematics and Economics.
(xix) REDEEMER’S requires Five ‘O’ Level credit passes to include English Language Mathematics, Economics and any other two subjects in Arts or Social Sciences.
(xx) WESTERN-DEL requires five SSCE passes including English Language, Mathematics, Economics and one other Social Science subject.
(xxi) NDU requires the five ‘O’ level credit passes in not more than two sittings.
(xxii) LAPAI requires Five ‘O’ level credit passes in English, Mathematics, Economics and any two of Social Science subjects.
(xxiii) DELSU requires one of the other subjects from Commerce, Principles of Book Keeping and Accounts, Geography, Government and Secretarial Studies.
(xxiv) UNN requires Five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and two other relevant subjects at WASC or GCE ‘O’ level.
(xxv) UNIILORIN requires one of the two other subjects from Accounting, Commerce, Business Methods, Geography, Statistics and Government.
(xxvi) FUNAAB requires two other relevant subjects from any of Government, Geography, Commerce, Physics, History or Statistics.
(xxvii) NDA requires the two other subjects from Accounting, Commerce, Geography, History, French, Arabic and Government.
(xxviii) UMYUK requires Five credit passes at SSCE (or its equivalent) in English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two from Commerce, Government Geography, Accounting and Book Keeping in not more than two sittings.
(xxix) FED-LAFIA requires credit passes in Government and any of one of Commerce, History, CRK or IRS as the two other subjects.