This is to inform all candidates who applied for Direct Entry admission into Bayero University, Kano, that there will be an Online-Screening exercise from Monday, 20th November 2023, to Sunday, 7th January, 2024. However, printing of acknowledgement slip will continue up to midnight of Sunday, 14th January, 2024.

Please note that only Candidates who applied through JAMB for Direct Entry Admissions and chose Bayero University as First Choice are eligible for the screening.

Candidates are advised to visit any JAMB Office or Accredited CBT Centre nearest to them to upload their ‘O’ Level results (WAEC, NECO e.t.c.) on the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).

Note that supplying false information will result in disqualification. You are allowed to supply a maximum of two different ‘O’ Level examination results.

Note: All approved National “O” level results (WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS are acceptable for DE admissions with the following exceptions

NBAIS is only acceptable into B.A. Arabic, B.A. Islamic Studies and B.A. Sharia in the faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies.

NABTEB – Not acceptable into (College of Health Sciences) – Faculties of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dentistry and Allied Health Sciences

METHOD OF APPLICATION

The link is at https://mybuk2.buk.edu.ng/bukdes/

OR follow the steps below;

Step 1: Login- At the homepage of the Bayero University website www.buk.edu.ng click on 2023 DE ONLINE SCREENING EXERCISE

Step 2: Profile Update – DE candidates are to use their JAMB DE Registration Number, State and Gender to login. You should then fill-in the provided form noting that the photograph uploaded from JAMB will be the only valid ID for all admitted candidates throughout their stay in Bayero University, Kano.

Step 3: Generation of BUK PPI – Generate and download your Personalised Payment Invoice (PPI). The invoice will come with Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) for the sum of N2,000.00 being cost of screening. Applicants have an option of paying online using Credit/Debit Card, Internet Banking, or printing the invoice and using it to pay at any Commercial Bank nationwide. Note that after successful online payment, acknowledgement slip can instantly be generated and printed. In case of bank payment, the payment has to be processed by the candidate using the provided “check your payment” button on the site, before acknowledgement card can be printed.

If you have any inquiry or are encountering any difficulty, write to the email provided on the portal.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has indicated that it would not clear any shortlisted candidate who does not have ‘O’ Level results. All candidate therefore, are advised to visit any JAMB Office or Accredited CBT Centre nearest to them to upload their ‘O’ Level results (WAEC, NECO e.t.c.) on the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).

Note that supplying false information will result in disqualification. You are allowed to supply a maximum of two different ‘O’ Level examination results.

B. SCREENING:

Candidates who applied for admissions into Bayero University, Kano in the 2023/2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (UTME) should be screened through an aptitude test.

ELIGIBILITY

UTME Candidates must have chosen Bayero University as First Choice and scored not less than the indicated minimum score for various Faculties/Programmes as stated below:

COURSES IN THE FACULTY OF:

1. Clinical Sciences (MBBS) and Dentistry

Cut-Off Point 240 and above

2. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences (B. Nursing) and Allied Health Sciences (B. Medical Laboratory Science)

Cut-Off Point 230 and above

3. Allied Health Sciences (B. Radiography), Allied Health Sciences (Doctor of Optometry), Allied Health Sciences (B. Physiotherapy and Veterinary Medicine

Cut-Off Point 220 and above

4. Allied Health Sciences (B.Sc. Environmental Health Science), Law and Communication (B.Sc. Mass Communication)

Cut-Off Point 200 and above

5. Earth and Environmental Sciences (Architecture Only), Computer Science & Information Technology (B.Sc. Computer Science) and Engineering (B.Eng. Civil Engineering)

Cut-Off Point 190 and above

6. Agriculture

7. Arts and Islamic Studies

8. Basic Medical Sciences

9. Computer Science and Information Technology (Excluding B.Sc. Computer Science)

8. Earth and Environmental Sciences (Excluding B.Sc. Architecture)

9. Education

10. Engineering (Excluding B.Eng. Civil Engineering)

11. Life Sciences

12. Management Sciences

13. Physical Sciences

14. Social Sciences

Cut-Off Point 180 and above

BUK Post UTME Portal:

https://mybuk2.buk.edu.ng/bukat2022/bukat_login.php

BUK Website:

https://www.buk.edu.ng/

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

The online registration will commence on Monday, 20th November, 2023 and close on Sunday, 7th January, 2024. However, printing of acknowledgement slip will continue up to midnight of Sunday, 14thJanuary, 2024.

Date, Venue and Time of the BUK Aptitude Test will be communicated to you using the phone number and/or e-mail address (onthe JAMB registration) you supplied in the form you filled-in.

Note that blind and foreign candidates are exempted from the aptitude test. However, they need to do the online registration.

If you have any inquiry or encountering any difficulty, write to the email provided on the portal

ANY CANDIDATE WHO FAILS TO REGISTER FOR THE SCREENING EXERCISE WITHIN THE STIPULATED DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.