Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) is a state-owned university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. Founded in 1982, it admits candidates through the JAMB UTME and a post-UTME screening, with separate fee bands for indigenes and non-indigenes.
OOU's general cut-off mark for 2026/2027 is 170, with course-specific cut-offs ranging from 202 (Agricultural Science) to 270 (Medicine and Surgery). Located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University is a state university with 10 faculties and was founded in 1982.
What changed in the 2026 cycle
Across the 22 programmes OOU runs in our guide, the 2026 average cut-off settled at 230.1, a touch higher than 2025.
The institution's most competitive programmes are Medicine and Surgery (270), Law (255) and Pharmacy (255). Medicine and Surgery sits at the ceiling for OOU, with candidates scoring below 270 effectively shut out of that programme. On the other end, Agricultural Science (202), Chemistry (211) and Physics (213) stand out as the most accessible routes in.
Against 2025, the average moved up by 4.6 points, consistent with the stronger pool of high-scoring candidates JAMB recorded nationally.
2026 cut off marks at OOU
| Course | Category | 2026 UTME | 2025 UTME | Change | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | Management | 229 | 224 | +5 | 70.6 |
| Agricultural Science | Sciences | 202 | 196 | +6 | 67.3 |
| Biochemistry | Sciences | 226 | 222 | +4 | 70.3 |
| Chemistry | Sciences | 211 | 208 | +3 | 68.4 |
| Civil Engineering | Engineering | 238 | 234 | +4 | 71.8 |
| Computer Science | Sciences | 225 | 221 | +4 | 70.1 |
| Economics | Social Sciences | 230 | 223 | +7 | 70.8 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Engineering | 236 | 229 | +7 | 71.5 |
| English Language | Arts | 222 | 215 | +7 | 69.8 |
| International Relations | Social Sciences | 231 | 224 | +7 | 70.9 |
| Law | Law | 255 | 252 | +3 | 73.9 |
| Mass Communication | Arts | 237 | 230 | +7 | 71.6 |
| Mathematics | Sciences | 213 | 209 | +4 | 68.6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | 235 | 232 | +3 | 71.4 |
| Medicine and Surgery | Medical and Health | 270 | 267 | +3 | 75.8 |
| Microbiology | Sciences | 226 | 223 | +3 | 70.3 |
| Nursing Science | Medical and Health | 248 | 244 | +4 | 73.0 |
| Pharmacy | Medical and Health | 255 | 251 | +4 | 73.9 |
| Physics | Sciences | 213 | 209 | +4 | 68.6 |
| Political Science | Social Sciences | 227 | 223 | +4 | 70.4 |
| Public Administration | Social Sciences | 218 | 213 | +5 | 69.3 |
| Statistics | Sciences | 216 | 213 | +3 | 69.0 |
Faculties and academic structure
Olabisi Onabanjo University organises its undergraduate programmes across 10 faculties and colleges, with a comprehensive academic portfolio that spans medicine, the sciences, the humanities and the professions.
Applications flow through individual departments inside each faculty. Each department sets its course-specific cut-off and screens its post-UTME pool, even when faculties share infrastructure.
The College of Medicine is the largest single unit by infrastructure footprint at most Nigerian universities that run it, with its own clinical postings, teaching hospital affiliation and admission requirements that sit above the institutional norm.
How admission works at OOU
UTME requirements. Candidates must clear the JAMB national minimum of 150 and the OOU institutional cut-off of 170 to be considered for any programme. Each course then sets its own threshold above the general cut-off, with competitive programmes such as Medicine and Surgery demanding 270 or higher. Candidates must also sit the correct UTME subject combination for their chosen course; a mismatch leads to disqualification regardless of how strong the score is.
Post-UTME screening. Candidates who clear the cut-off marks proceed to the institution's post-UTME, which combines a written screening test with documents verification. The screening result is folded into an aggregate score along with the UTME and O'level grades. Registration opens through the official portal once JAMB UTME results are released.
The CAPS process. Once aggregates are calculated, OOU uploads admission recommendations to the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). Candidates check their CAPS profile to find offers, accept or reject within the deadline and proceed to acceptance fee payment. Admission lists usually drop in waves rather than all at once, so the absence of an offer on the first list does not end your chances.
Acceptance and admission fees. Once an offer is accepted on CAPS, candidates have roughly four weeks to pay the acceptance fee on the institution's portal. The 2026 cycle has confirmed a four-week acceptance window across the board, with the place reverting to the next candidate on the list if the deadline lapses. OOU's acceptance fee sits in the typical Nigerian range for state universities, with full session fees billed separately.
Matriculation and resumption. The academic year at OOU usually opens in late September or early October, depending on the cycle. Registration runs through the first weeks of resumption, followed by matriculation. Late arrivals risk losing slots in oversubscribed courses or paying late-registration fines, so candidates should treat the resumption date as fixed.
Campus facilities
Students at OOU have access to the standard set of Nigerian university facilities, plus institution-specific infrastructure tied to its strongest faculties.
OOU's teaching hospital is the institution's most distinctive infrastructure, used for clinical postings by Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy students and for community medical service.
Student accommodation
Accommodation is one of the most-asked questions about OOU, and the honest answer is that it sits across three layers: on-campus hostels, off-campus lodges and short-stay options for visiting families.
On-campus housing
OOU provides on-campus hostels but the capacity is limited compared to the annual intake. Allocation usually runs as a annual lottery, with fresh-year students given some priority for the first session.
On-campus hostel fees at federal and state universities like OOU run in the ₦15,000 to ₦40,000 range per session, billed separately from tuition. Hostel quality varies across blocks, and students sometimes share rooms with two to six others depending on the building.
Because hostel demand exceeds supply at most federal universities, many students treat the application as a backup plan rather than the default option, with off-campus arrangements organised in parallel.
Off-campus housing
Students who cannot secure on-campus accommodation typically rent off-campus around Nearby residential neighbourhoods around the campus. The Nigerian student term for this is a "lodge", which can mean anything from a shared self-contained room to a small apartment.
Off-campus session prices at OOU typically range from ₦80,000 - ₦250,000, with self-contained rooms at the upper end and shared rooms in older lodges at the lower. Power supply, water reliability and security vary widely from one street to the next, so visiting in person before paying a deposit is the standard precaution.
Fresh-year students often share rooms or apartments with course-mates as a first-year strategy, with many moving to smaller-group or single accommodation in later years as friend groups settle and budgets allow.
For visiting parents
Visiting parents typically book hotels near the main campus gate. Federal university towns generally have a mix of basic and mid-range hotels at ₦15,000 to ₦40,000 per night, with higher options in the major cities such as Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
Travel apps such as Booking.com and Hotels.ng list current options and rates, which we deliberately do not republish here because they change frequently.
School fees and cost of attendance
OOU as a state university runs distinct fee bands for indigenes and non-indigenes. Session fees range from ₦80,000 - ₦400,000 per session, with non-indigenes paying the upper end and state indigenes the lower. Verify the current figure on the OOU bursary page each cycle.
Additional one-off costs
Beyond the headline session fee, fresh-intake students typically pay an acceptance fee in the ₦20,000 - ₦60,000 one-off range, an ID card and matriculation fee, faculty and departmental dues, and (for science and engineering programmes) laboratory or studio fees billed by the department.
Add a budget for course materials, transport, lodging deposit if going off-campus, and miscellaneous administrative payments through the first semester. Year-one costs are almost always the highest in a four-year cycle because so much of the spend is one-off.
Funding options
Eligible Nigerian undergraduates can apply to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), which provides interest-free loans repayable after graduation and a grace period. OOU also publishes its own scholarship schemes from time to time for high-performing intakes, and several state governments offer indigene-specific scholarships through the state scholarship board.
Watch the institution's scholarship page and your state's ministry of education portal during the admission window for current funding announcements - new schemes appear cycle to cycle.
About the campus
OOU operates from Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State. Ogun State borders Lagos, and the campus is within reach of the Lagos metropolitan area. The institution traces its founding to 1982.
Like most Nigerian universities, OOU groups its programmes into faculties or colleges, each with its own dean and academic structure. Candidates apply to a specific programme within a faculty rather than to the university at large, which is why the course-specific cut-off matters more than any single institutional figure.
Cost of living in Ago-Iwoye for students depends heavily on accommodation choices. On-campus hostels, where available, offer the most predictable monthly cost, while off-campus rentals in student neighbourhoods near OOU run higher but with more flexibility. Transport, food and study materials should be factored into any honest student budget for Ago-Iwoye.
Location and getting there
- 1-4 hours from Lagos and 7-10 hours from Abuja by road
- Inter-state coach services such as ABC Transport, GUO and the Young Shall Grow Motors operate routes to most state capitals. Flights are available to Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and a handful of state airports.
OOU's main campus is in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in South-West Nigeria.
For inter-state travel, most students rely on a mix of buses and shared taxis, with occasional flights for the bigger inter-zone moves.
Application calendar
The 2026 admission window roughly follows the pattern below at OOU. Treat these as planning ranges; the institution's official portal publishes the exact dates as the cycle progresses.
- JAMB UTMEApril to May 2026National examination window for the 2026 admission cycle.
- Post-UTME / screeningLate July to mid-August 2026OOU announces its exact dates after JAMB UTME results are released.
- First CAPS admission listAugust to September 2026Initial admission recommendations appear on CAPS after screening.
- Acceptance fee deadline4 weeks from offerConfirmed window for the 2026 cycle. Missing it forfeits the place.
- Resumption for fresh intakeLate September to mid-October 2026Matriculation follows resumption by a few weeks.
How OOU compares to similar universities
Among state universities of similar size and region, OOU's 2026 average cut-off of 230.1 sits between LASU (average 229.5) and IMSU (average 230.2). This places OOU in the mid-tier of universities for the 2026 cycle.
Across the 22 programmes covered, OOU maps to 22/146 of the courses tracked in this guide. Candidates choosing between OOU and a peer institution should compare the specific course cut-off, not just the institutional average, because course-level differences often outweigh institution-level ones.
Frequently asked questions
What is OOU's cut-off mark for 2026?
OOU's general institutional cut-off for 2026 is 170, with course-specific cut-offs ranging from 202 for Agricultural Science to 270 for Medicine and Surgery. The figure that decides admission is always the course-specific cut-off, not the institutional general cut-off.
Has OOU's cut-off gone up or down since 2025?
Compared with 2025, OOU's average cut-off rose by about 4.6 points, moving from 225.5 to 230.1. A rising average usually reflects a stronger pool of high-scoring candidates. Course-level figures still move independently of the institutional average.
What happens after I accept a OOU admission offer?
Once you accept a OOU offer on CAPS, the next steps are paying the acceptance fee within the published window, paying or part-paying the session fees, completing online course registration and attending physical clearance with your original documents. OOU then issues a matriculation number. Missing the acceptance-fee deadline can forfeit the place, so treat acceptance as the start of a fixed sequence, not the end of the process.
What is the post-UTME process at OOU?
OOU's post-UTME combines a screening exam with documents verification. The result is folded into an aggregate score along with the UTME and O'level grades. Post-UTME registration opens after JAMB UTME results are released and closes within two to three weeks.
Is OOU a federal, state or private university?
OOU is a state university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. As a state university, it is owned by the state government and runs separate fee bands for indigenes and non-indigenes.
Does OOU admit candidates from outside its state or region?
Yes. As a state university, OOU admits both indigenes of Ogun State and candidates from elsewhere, though indigenes typically pay a lower fee band and a share of places is weighted toward the catchment area. Non-indigenes are admitted on merit and should still rank OOU as a choice on JAMB.
How much is the acceptance fee at OOU?
OOU's acceptance fee for the 2026 cycle is announced on the official portal once admission offers go out. State universities like OOU usually run separate acceptance fee bands for indigenes and non-indigenes.
What O'level credits does OOU require?
The baseline O'level requirement at OOU, as at Nigerian universities generally, is five credit passes at no more than two sittings, including English Language and usually Mathematics. The specific subjects depend on the course — science programmes require science credits, arts and social-science programmes their own subject sets. Confirm the exact combination for your course before registering.
Does OOU have a teaching hospital?
Yes. Olabisi Onabanjo University runs an affiliated teaching hospital used for clinical postings by Medicine, Nursing and allied-health students, and for community medical service. The teaching hospital is the largest single piece of infrastructure at the institution and a core part of its medical-school accreditation.
Does OOU run a foundation or pre-degree programme?
Many Nigerian universities run a foundation, pre-degree or JUPEB programme that offers a route into 100 or 200 level, and OOU may operate one depending on the cycle. These programmes are separate from the UTME route and have their own application and fees. If your UTME score falls short of the cut-off, check the official OOU site for a current pre-degree or foundation intake before settling for a deferral.
What faculties does OOU have?
OOU runs 10 faculties and colleges, including College of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Engineering and others. Candidates apply to a specific department within a faculty, and the department sets the course-specific cut-off, screening process and graduation requirements.
Where is OOU located and how do I get there?
OOU's main campus is in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State. Travel by road from major cities runs 1-4 hours from lagos and 7-10 hours from abuja by road. Inter-state buses and shared taxis operate to most state capitals; flights serve Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and several state airports.