This is to inform all
candidates who have
applied for admission
into the Federal
University of
Technology, Minna, for
the 2016/2017
academic session that
the University’s Pre-Admission Screening Exercise
(UPASE) will hold at the University Main Campus, Gidan
Kwano, Minna, as follows:
(i) UTME - Monday, 15th – Saturday, 20th August, 2016
(ii) Direct Entry - Monday, 5th – Wednesday, 7th
September, 2016
Note:
(i) UTME Candidates – The screening exercise will involve
physical interaction and sighting of credentials only.
(ii) DE Candidates –The screening exercise will be aptitude
test conducted using Computer Based-Test (CBT) platform
and sighting of credentials.
REGISTRATION:
• Registration for UTME candidates including those
awaiting O’level results will commence on Monday, 18th
July, 2016 and end midnight of Friday, 29th July, 2016.
• Direct Entry candidates will register on Monday, 22nd
August, 2016 to end midnight of Friday, 2nd September,
2016.
• Candidates are advised to visit the FUT Minna website
www.futminna.edu.ng for details on the procedure for on-
line registration, requirements for the screening exercise
and other general information.
• Candidates are to pay a non-refundable fee of N1,500 for
UTME and N2,000 for DE as University Processing Fee
through Interswitch platform.
ELIGIBILITY
(i) Only UTME and DE candidates who selected Federal
University of Technology, Minna are eligible for the
screening exercise.
(ii) UTME candidates must have a minimum UTME score of
180, except for those courses for which higher cut-off
marks have been indicated on the University Website.
(iii) All candidates must possess a minimum of five ‘O’
level credits including Mathematics and English Language
obtained at not more than two sittings in subjects relevant
to their proposed courses. Any candidate who does not
have these requirements is considered as an Awaiting
Result (AR) candidate. Awaiting Result (AR) candidates
should refer to (vi). In addition, Direct Entry candidates
must possess a minimum of Lower Credit at National
Diploma and/or Higher National Diploma levels or Merit at
NCE level.
(iv) UTME candidates who have met the minimum score of
their chosen courses, but do not have the UTME or O’level
subjects combination are eligible to change to any other
course of which requirements are met by the candidates.
(v) Only ‘O’ level result print-outs downloaded directly from
the websites of the National Examining Bodies (WAEC/
NECO/NABTEB) or photocopies of original certificate(s) will
be accepted for verification.
(vi) Candidates awaiting results must upload their results
and other credentials for screening not later than 15th
September, 2016. They must also appear for screening on
the scheduled date on their registration print out.