UI SETS TO ADMIT STUDENTS FOR VIRTUAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

The University of Ibadan, on Saturday, said it had opened a special window to all UI Post-UTME candidates who are qualified but could not gain admission to study on the face-to-face mode of studies due to limited admission quota and highly competitive admission process.

UI, in a statement by the outgoing Registrar of the institution, Olubunmi Faluyi, said interested candidates are required to effect a change in their mode of studies on the mode of study application portal of the university https://modeofstudy.ui.edu.ng to the hybrid Open Distance eLearning (ODeL) mode.

Faluyi said the institution was focused on expanding the frontiers of learning through ICT-enabled borderless education, adding that the school has set in place a seamless mobile classroom with specialised video-conferencing tools that could accommodate thousands of students at the same time to bridge the gap of space, with the compliment of course materials and supplement of interactive sessions with the course lecturers.

She said, “Students in the ODeL mode of studies like their counterparts in the physical classroom mode are exposed to the same curriculum by the same university lecturers. UI ODeL students would sit for the same examinations, obtain the same UI certificates and also eligible for mobilization for NYSC scheme.

Statutory requirement to study in the University of Ibadan is five or six “O Level credits in relevant WAEC/NECO subjects in one or two sitting(s) respectively. Direct Entry and Fast Track is open to candidates with distinctions or upper credits in A’ Levels, NCE, OND, HND, Degrees from recognised institutions in relevant subject areas and work experience.

“Candidates who could not sit for the JAMB examination, but have interest to study at the premier university can seize this opportunity to also apply and be admitted to study at the university via the flexible Open Distance and eLearning mode.

“The undergraduate academic programmes that students can study via ODeL in the University of Ibadan are BNS Nursing, B.Sc Computer Science, B.Sc Statistics, BSW. Social Work, B.Sc Sociology, B.Sc Psychology, B.Sc Political Science, B.Sc Economics, B.A. Communications and Language Arts, B.A. English, B.A. Philosophy and Public Affairs, B.A. History and Diplomatic Studies, B.Ed Adult Education, B.Ed Guidance and Counselling, B.Ed Educational Management, BLIS. Library and Information Studies.” The statement added.