BSc Environmental Health Science at Newgate University, MInna, Niger State.

Programme overview

The BSc Environmental Health Science is an undergraduate programme offered at Newgate University by the Department of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Km 8, Off Bida-Minna Road, Minna, Niger State. It runs for 5 years.

The environment plays a vital role in the maintenance and promotion of human health and in the prevention of diseases. The Bachelor of Environmental Health Sciences (B.EHS) degree programme is designed to equip students with the appropriate attitude, adequate skills and scientific knowledge required to become health inspectors (i.e., registered environmental health specialists, REHS), industrial hygienists, hazardous waste control experts, air pollution control specialists, or vector control specialists.

Level: Undergraduate | Faculty: Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences | Department: Health Sciences | Duration: 5 years | Location: Km 8, Off Bida-Minna Road, Minna, Niger State

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Application information

Entry requirements

Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Candidates may be considered for admission to 100 level B.Sc. (EHS) Degree course after passing at the required level, the UME Examination of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), provided they obtain the West African School Certificate (WASC), National Examination Council (NECO) or the General Certificate of Education (SSCE/GCE) at a minimum of credit level in five subjects including English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken and passed at not more than two sittings. Direct Entry In addition to O’ Level requirements stipulated above, applicants should possess at least two A’ Level papers in relevant subjects, or OND in Environmental Health Sciences, or Community Health or relevant discipline with at least upper credit grade, or HND in Environmental Health Sciences, or Community Health or relevant discipline with at least upper credit, or ND or HND certificates (minimum upper credit) in the Public Health Inspector’s Diploma of the Royal Society of Health Dip RSH), or West Africa Health Examination Board (WAHEB) Diploma for Public Health Superintendents/Health Technologists.

UTME cut-offs change every year and differ by programme. Check the university's current admission list before you apply.

NGN 225,000 a year. Tuition per semester as published on the official programme page ('Tuition/ Semester'); not annualised. Source

Applications for short courses, pre-degree courses, undergraduate diplomas and undergraduate degrees are received all year.

The non-refundable application fee is NGN 25,000 for undergraduate programmes, paid through the official online payment gateway; decisions are usually communicated within 5 working days.

Apply through the university admissions page: https://newgateuniversityminna.edu.ng/about-num-admission/

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