Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literary Studies - Veritas University, Nigeria

• English Language and Literature

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Requirements

• Five credit passes at the GCE/WAEC/NECO examinations, which must include English Language, Literature-in-English plus three other Arts and/or Social Science subjects
• Grade 11 Teachers Certificate (TC11) with credit or merit passes in at least five subjects including English and Literature in English for English and literary Studies programme; and History or Government for History and International Relations programme.
• National Teaching Certificate (NTC), National Business Certificate (NBC) with credit passes in five subjects relevant to the course and obtained at not more than two sittings. For  NTC/NBC, a credit in any General Education subjects, trade related subjects and trade component subjects is equivalent to a credit in a subject.

Direct Entry

• Advanced Level GCE in two relevant subjects including Literature-in-English
• Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) Examination in relevant subjects     
• Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in relevant subjects excluding Education               

Results at ‘O’ level and ‘A’ level must be attained at not more than two sittings.

Candidates with two equivalent subjects at the Nigeria Certificate of Education (NCE) or a National Diploma (ND) certificate from an approved university, college of technology, or polytechnic with the minimum grade of MERIT may be accepted if they have satisfied all University Matriculation requirements.

• National Diploma (ND) Upper Credit in subjects applied for  or  related field
• Higher National Diploma (HND) Lower Credit in related field
• First degree in a related area from a recognized university 

APPLICATION TO UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Candidates may be admitted into the undergraduate degree programmes of the Department in any of the following three ways:

1. Through Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
2. By Direct Entry
3. Through Inter-University Transfer

Eligible Candidates

• Candidates who made Veritas University, Abuja their first or second choice in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application form.
• All other candidates who did not choose Veritas University, Abuja as first or second choice but are interested in studying in the University.
• Candidates in 1) and 2) above must have obtained a minimum score of 170 in the UTME.
• Direct-entry candidates (must have obtained the Direct-Entry Form from JAMB).
• Candidates wishing to transfer from other universities to Veritas University Abuja.

Method of Application

• Application forms can be downloaded from the manual forms page. The completed form and payment teller should be scanned and sent to admissions@veritas.edu.ng or submitted at: Admissions Office, Veritas University Abuja.
• All payments should be made in the University Accounts as indicated below.

University Accounts
Account Name: Veritas University, Abuja
GTBANK: 0024642120, FIRST BANK: 2032211597, ZENITH BANK: 1013201758

APPLICATION TO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM

• Candidates should download manual Application forms by downloading the PDF form from our website.
• The completed form and the payment teller must be scanned and submitted to pgschool@veritas.edu.ng after paying the non-refundable sum of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only or its dollar equivalent into the University account below;
• The completed form should be submitted to the "Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Veritas University, Abuja", along with the evidence of payment
• All payments should be made in the University Accounts as indicated below.

Account Name: Veritas University, Abuja
ACCOUNT NO: 1015499870
Bank Name: United Bank for Africa

Documents Required for Admission into Postgraduate Program

• Original and photocopies of qualifying certificates
• Original and photocopy of NYSC certificate/Exemption certificate (where applicable)
• Two recent passport photographs
• Academic Transcript (To be forwarded directly to "Dean, College of Postgraduate Studies, Veritas University, Abuja" by candidate's University).

Application Fee

• Manual Application forms can be completed by downloading the PDF form from our website.
• The completed form and the payment teller must be scanned and sent to pgschool@veritas.edu.ng after paying the non-refundable sum of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only or its dollar equivalent into the University account below;