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UniAbuja Admission Checking, Payments & Registration Procedures on Portal

All newly admitted students are expected to visit the University of Abuja official portal https://rems.uniabuja.edu.ng (OR, visit the University website www.uniabuja.edu.ng and click on Portal at the top of the page).


On opening, a pop-up form will display instructions on how to use the portal. Clicking on General Information will also display the instructions. On the portal, click on the New Students button. This will lead you to the portal dashboard where the options available will be displayed.

However, those who have previously visited the portal and have been screened at their faculties can click on Returning Students to complete their registration.

Carefully follow the instructions below in that order, for online Admission Checking, Payments and Registration processes.

  1.     CHECK ADMISSION STATUS: Click on the button ‘Check Admission status’ and enter your JAMBID in the box provided to check your admission status. If your status is ‘Not Admitted’, patiently wait for the release of subsequent admissions.
  2.     ADMISSION NOTIFICATION: Successful candidates will get a message on the course they are being offered. To print your Admission Notification, you are expected to pay the sum of N4,500.00 through REMITA via the University Portal. NOTE that the system will not allow you to print Notification of Admission until you pay this fee. DO NOT PAY CASH TO ANYBODY OR DIRECT TO THE BANK. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE BY CARD OR INTERNET BANKING, AND ONLY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY PORTAL. THE UNIVERSITY WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PAYMENT MADE THROUGH OTHER MEANS THAN THE ONE MENTIONED ABOVE. ALSO NOTE THE REMITA CHARGES 1% PROCESSING FEE ON ALL ITEMS PAID.
  3.     PRINT ADMISSION NOTIFICATION: Successful students who have paid the Admission Notification Fee can proceed to click the Print Admission Notification button. Also click on the Download Admission Pack to download registration documents and other notices. You will be required to supply your JAMB ID and Surname in the boxes provided.
  4.     DEPARTMENTAL SCREENING: Proceed to Faculty/Department Screening with your original credentials and Admission Notification printed earlier on.
  5.     AFTER SCREENING: Successfully screened students should collect matriculation numbers from the screening officer and wait for 24hrs for the upload of their matric numbers by the ICT Unit. NOTE that ICT Staff will only collect matriculation numbers from the screening officers for uploading. No student should take his matriculation number to ICT staff for uploading.
  6.     UPDATE BIO-DATA: Students should login with their Matriculation Numbers and update their Bio-Data by completing other personal information yet to be filled. NOTE that every information you give is important and is for the benefit of your studies. Ensure that all fields are completed in the Bio-Data form. Also check and make sure that your names are in order as collected from JAMB. CHECK that your surname, middle name and first name are correctly captured. Please, in case of error, fill a form for correction of names in the Registry Department. The names that appear on your admission letter are the names that will be on your certificate after graduation. There should be no abbreviation whatsoever in your names. ICT Unit will collect and update all corrected students information when approved by the Registrar.
  7.     CHANGE YOUR PASS WORD: It is advisable for students to change their password from the default password to a customized password and protect it against hackers for security reasons. It is obligatory on you to protect your password. Do not allow your password to be used by another person other than yourself.
  8.     UPLOAD PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH: Upload your passport photograph and save it with your Matriculation Number with the extension .JPG. The size should be as stipulated on the portal (100x100 pixels, not more than 100kbytes) . This is very important because your payment receipts will not be valid without your passport photograph.
  9.     PAY SCHOOL FEES: Students can pay school fees and other incidental charges on the portal. They can also print receipts of all payments. NOTE that using the suggested modes of payment on our portal is to safeguard your funds and to avoid loss of money during payment transactions.
  10.     HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION: Application for Hostel Accommodation is optional and should be done through the portal. Click on Hostel Accommodation on the Dashboard to book for accommodation. Applicants shall be treated based on first-come-first serve basis. A period of one week from the date of approval shall be given to students whose applications have been approved to make payment. All booked spaces not paid for within one week of booking shall be revoked. NOTE that you cannot book more than once. Also make sure you choose a hostel on the campus where your faculty is located. PLEASE, DO NOT PAY FOR ACCOMMODATION WITHOUT A BOOKING. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS.
  11.     EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT OF ACCOMMODATION: Successful students that have been allocated hostel accommodation should Print Bed Space Booking Approval, pay Hostel Accommodation Fee and print evidence of payment. They should also print Bed Space Allocation Slip and Hostel ID Card. At this point they can proceed to their various Hostels and see their Hostel Administrators to occupy their allocated spaces.
  12.     COURSE REGISTRATION: After screening and Bio-Data Update, click Returning Students on the main Undergraduate Portal menu. Log in with your Registration Number and Password. This takes you to your Dashboard where you can select Course Registration on the left panel. Complete your Registration by registering all the courses you are expected to offer this session. NOTE that your Course or Level Coordinator as the case may be, is assigned to guide you on what to do. You need to know your Level Coordinator.
  13.     MEDICAL REGISTRATION: Complete the Medical Record Forms downloaded earlier fill them and visit the University Medical Centre for further instructions.
  14.     LIBRARY REGISTRATION: Visit the University Library and register as a student so that you can have access to Library facilities.
  15.     DOCUMENTATION: Submission of all verified registration and payments documents as required by the University in appropriate files as guided by your Faculty officer
  16.     MATRICULATION OATH: Signing of Matriculation oath is an important event in the history of new students. It is only when this is completed that they are regarded as students of the University of Abuja.

General Admission Requirements for First Degrees
An applicant to the University of Abuja for a first degree must satisfy all faculty and departmental requirements as stated below. In addition, the applicant must possess the following minimum qualifications for admission:

100 level: Candidate must possess Senior Secondary School Certificate or equivalents with credits in five subjects in not more than two sittings. A candidate must in addition have an acceptable score in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination or a  Diploma, NCE with at least lower credit.

200 level: a candidate must possess two A'Level passes or equivalents in addition to credits in three other subjects at the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations or equivalents or a Diploma, NCE with at least Upper Credit

In all cases, O'Level credit in English Language is required. In addition, a credit in Mathematics is required for all science-based specializations, Accounting, Sociology, Geography, and Economics.
Remedial Science Programme
Candidates for admission into the Remedial Science programme must have attempted Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology in the Senior Secondary School Certificate examination and must have at least three credits, two of which must be in the above-named subjects.  However some faculties may differ in their requirements See requirements based on faculties.
The Remedial Science programme has duration of one academic session.
SEMESTER/COURSE SYSTEM
The university operates a semester System. There are two semesters in a session with each lasting about 17 weeks. The University operates course credit system. One credit unit is attached to 15 hours of lecture or tutorial; other equivalents of 15 hours of lecture are: 5 hours of laboratory or field work one semester of teaching practice One year of industrial attachment for agric students; six months for other students.
STUDENT WORKLOAD
A full-time student is required to register for a minimum of 15 to 16 and a maximum of 24 credit units per semester.
REQUIREMENT FOR GRADUATION
To qualify for the award of a degree, a candidate must have earned not less than 120 credit units for programmes that last four years. A student whose academic performance as measured by the cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) falls below 1.00 at the end of any year of study is considered to be on probation. A student whose (CGPA) falls below 1.00 at the end of probation is required to withdraw from the university. Academic programmes like, Law Agriculture, Engineering, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, run for between 5 to 6 years and are therefore assessed based on the requirements at various stages of the progress of the students.
STUDENT ENROLEMENT
As at today, a total number of 63,117 students are studying in te various programmes of the University, out of which 15,931 are regular undergraduates engaged in full-time studies, 3,664 are Postgraduate students, 38,260 are distance learning students while 5,262 are students of the Institute of Education.

ACADEMIC CALENDER
The following activities take place in an average academic session in the University. Exact dates and schedules are given at the beginning of each session.

Nov. / Dec. - Resumption of Returning Students
                      - Arrival of Fresh Students
                      - Registration / Orientation
                      - Christmas and New year Break
Jan. / March  - Matriculation of Fresh Students
                         - Lectures (13 Weeks)
                         - Examinations (4 weeks)
April / May    - First Semester Break
May/June      - resumption of second semester
June. /Sept.  - Registration (1 week)
June. / Sept. - Lectures (13 weeks)
                        - Examinations (4 weeks)
Oct. /Nov.     - Second semester Break
                        - SIWES
 
EXAMINATIONS
All course units shall normally be examined at the end of the semester in which they are taken.
FORM OF EXAMINATIONS 
Examinations may take the form of written paper, oral examinations, practical’s, and the submission of projects, assessment of coursework or any combination of these methods.
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
Continuous Assessment shall form part of the end of course grade, but shall not exceed 30%. The continuous assessment may be in the form of papers, tests, assignment, practical’s etc. As may be applicable to respective subject areas.
In order to admit to an examination leading to a degree or diploma of any of the Faculties of the University, a candidate must:-
  1. Satisfy the minimum entrance requirements (and where applicable, the additional faculty requirement(s) as provided for in the regulations governing admission;
  2. Follow an approved course of study for a prescribed period;
  3. Pay all fess prescribed as and when required;
  4. Comply with such other regulations and requirements as may from time to time be prescribed.
All students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of each and every prescribed course before they are allowed to sit the examination in the course. A candidate who falls to meet this condition is considered to have failed the examination relevant to that course.
Every candidate entering for an examination of the University shall be required to complete an easy form giving details of the papers to be sat.


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