Nigeria, bachelor's admission

Find out what you need to submit, what previous studies meet the general entry requirements, how to meet the English requirement and any special instructions for your country of study.

Meeting the general entry requirements

One of the following meets the general criteria:

  • West African Senior School Certificate (WASSCE), including English, Mathematics and three (3) other subjects.*
  • Senior School Certificate (SSCE), including English, Mathematics and three (3) other subjects.*
  • National Technical Certificate (NTC) or Advanced National Technical Certificates (ANTC).*
  • Senior School Certificate (SSCE), issued until 1999, including English, and four (4) other subjects.*
  • General Certificate of Education (GCE), issued until 1990, Your GCE results must include (5) subjects or more which of at least two (2) must be at the advanced level.*

*All certificates must be issued by either the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Examinations Council of Nigeria (NECO), or the National Business & Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

Meeting the specific entry requirements for science

Many courses and programmes have both general and specific entry requirements. The specific requirements are Swedish courses that you must have the equivalent of from your previous studies. Read more about specific entry requirements

Upper secondary studies completed in Nigeria will not meet the specific entry requirements for science-related courses and programmes in Sweden. A WASSCE/SSC meets the requirement for the following Swedish courses:

Fysik 1a (physics) if the subject is included in final school grades

Naturkunskap 2 (natural science) if:

  • the subject science is included in the final school grades, or
  • 2 of the subjects physics, chemistry or biology are included in the final school grades

Meeting the English requirement

You can meet the English requirement with your upper secondary studies with:

  • GCE O-level in English

  • English in your SSCE/WASSCE/NTB/NTC

Students with a completely documented Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university in Nigeria are considered to have a sufficient level of English.

You can also demonstrate that you meet the English language requirement through an internationally approved English test.

Find out more at English language requirements

General document requirements

To complete your admissions application, you must provide the following documentation:

1. Record of completed upper secondary (high school) education

For your eligibility for courses and programmes at the bachelor's level to be determined - and for you to compete with other applicants for available places in courses and programmes - you must submit your upper secondary qualifications. 

This completed education must qualify you for higher education studies in the country you received it. 

2. Identification document

To speed up the processing of your application, we require a copy of the page in your passport with your personal data and photograph, or a similar identification document.

What about university records?

Your university qualifications cannot be considered instead of your upper secondary (high school) qualifications. However, the results from your previous university studies may help you meet the specific entry requirements for a course or programme. We therefore recommend that you submit documentation of your university studies. 

To find out how to submit them, see the information for your country of study for master's applications.

Special document instructions

All upper secondary school results must be issued by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Examinations Council of Nigeria (NECO), or the National Business & Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB).

You are required to submit the officially issued certificate. Print-outs or result slips are only accepted if we've received information from the issuing authority that the certificates for the exam have not yet been issued. We verify all results with scratch cards.

If you've lost your certificate, you should ask the issuing authority to send a “Confirmation of Result”. They can do this two ways:

  • they can send the “Confirmation of Result" from an official email address to verifications@uhr.se. This is the fastest and easiest method. We will unfortunately not be able to answer any questions sent to this address from senders other than WAEC.
  • they can send the "Confirmation of Result" by regular post to: Swedish Council for Higher Education, "Verifications", Box 4030, SE-171 04 Solna, Sweden'

Submit scratch card for verification

In addition to a copy of your certificate, you are also required to submit a scratch card or token issued by WAEC/NECO/NABTEB. You can do this by:

  • uploading a photograph or scan of the serial number and PIN or token number, or
  • submitting the information from your scratch card/token using the contact form at the University Admissions Support Centre.

Translation of documents not required

As documents from this country are normally issued in English, you don't need to provide translations.

Your name and birthdate must match on all documents

For your documents to be accepted:

  • the name and birthdate provided must be the same on all your documents (ID, transcripts, degree certificate, etc.)
  • the name on your documents must match the name you reported in your account at Universityadmissions.se

If the names are different, you must provide us with documentation (for example, a marriage certificate) as to why they don't match. Please note that we cannot accept an affidavit as documentation of your name change.

If the birthdate on any of your documents is different from your passport, the difference must be explained with official documentation. Please note that we cannot accept an affidavit as documentation of your birthdate change.

This documentation must be either issued in English or Swedish or, if issued in another language, officially translated to Swedish or English.

Incomplete documentation

It's your responsibility to ensure that you have read and understood the application requirements and have gathered and submitted all the necessary components of the admissions application by the deadline.

Verification

University Admissions in Sweden checks the authenticity of your documents with the issuing institution. University Admissions in Sweden reserves the right to revoke admission if supporting documents are discovered to be fraudulent.

Submission of false documents is a violation of Swedish law and is considered grounds for legal action.

Last updated: 30 October 2023