A bachelor’s degree in accounting is highly valued. Knowing the prerequisites can make registration simple and help you avoid any mistakes that can be avoided.
Why Take a Course in Accounting? There is one thing all businesses, regardless of their industry, have in common: they all have an accounting department.
Accounting has seen tremendous technological developments as well as sociological and economic transformation. The main responsibility of an accountant is to supervise the maintenance of financial records, which starts with the gathering, recording, and reporting of information in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
UTME and Direct Entry Requirements for Accounting Studies
Direct Entry Requirement
• Two (2) passing grades in geography, government, business management, accounting, or economics at the A-level.
Conditions for Entry into Utme
• Five (5) SSC credits, which, in addition to English, Math, and Economics, must be achieved in any two (2) additional subjects.
• Principles of Accounts, Commerce, Office Practice or Secretarial Duties are just a few of the courses that NBC holders may choose from for their additional two (2) pertinent subjects.
The suggested UTME subject combinations for accounting include math, economics, and any social science course.
List of Universities Offering Accounting
- ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY, AKUNGBA-AKOKO, ONDO STATE – AAUA
- ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE – ABSU
- AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE – ABU
- UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA, ABUJA, FCT – ABUJA
- ADMIRALTY UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, IBUSA, DELTA STATE – ADUN
- AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE – AUN
- BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY, GADAU, BAUCHI STATE – BASU
- BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY, MAKURDI, BENUE STATE – BSU
- CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – CARITAS
- CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU UNIVERSITY, ULI, ANAMBRA STATE – COOU
- CROSS RIVERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR, CROSS RIVERS STATE – CRUTECH
- EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY, ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE – EBSU
- EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY, ADO-EKITI, EKITI STATE – EKSU
- ELIZADE UNIVERSITY, ILARA-MOKIN, ONDO STATE – ELIZADE
- EASTERN PALM UNIVERSITY, OGBOKO, IMO STATE – EPU
- ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU, ENUGU STATE – ESUTECH
- EVANGEL UNIVERSITY, AKAEZE, EBONYI STATE – EVANGEL
- FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, KASHERE, GOMBE STATE – FED-KASHERE
- FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE – FED-OYE EKITI
- FEDERAL UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE – FED-WUKARI
- IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY, OKADA, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – IGBINEDION
- IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI, IMO STATE – IMSU
- INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU (AFFILIATED TO UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA – IMTENU-DEG
- UNIVERSITY OF JOS, JOS, PLATEAU STATE – JOS
- KWARARAFA UNIVERSITY, WUKARI, TARABA STATE – KWARARAFA
- UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, LAGOS STATE – LAGOS
- LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, OJO, LAGOS STATE – LASU
- LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN, OYO STATE – LCITY
- MADONNA UNIVERSITY, ELELE, RIVERS STATE – MADONNA
- UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE – MAIDUGURI
- McPHERSON UNIVERSITY, SERIKI SOTAYO, OGUN STATE – MCPHERSON
- UNIVERSITY OF MKAR, GBOKO, BENUE STATE – MKAR
- NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE – NASARAWA
- NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA“>NILE
- OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE – OAU
- UNIVERSITY OF PORT-HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – PHC
- PLATEAU STATE UNIVERSITY, BOKKOS, PLATEAU STATE – PLASU
- RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE – RSUST
- SAMUEL ADEGBOYEGA UNIVERSITY, OGWA, EDO STATE – SAU
- SKYLINE UNIVERSITY NIGERIA, KANO, KANO STATE – SKYLINE
- USMANU DANFODIO UNIVERSITY, SOKOTO, SOKOTO STATE – UDU
- OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO, OSUN STATE – UNIOSUN
- NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE – UNIZIK
- UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE – UNN
- UNIVERSITY OF UYO, AKWA IBOM STATE – UYO
- WELLSPRING UNIVERSITY, IRHIHI-OGBANEKI, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE – WELLSPRING
- WESTERN DELTA UNIVERSITY, OGHARA, DELTA STATE – WESTERN-DEL