I know having made the admission list is just the beginning of the end for all students. Many a university have several registration processes before becoming a bona fide student. I wrote this article to serve as an aid to many students that have just being given admission into Nigerian universities. There may be slight variations across the various universities in step two but everything applied in my university. The motivation to write this also emanate from my active participation in a forum discussing with prospective students for four years now.

Thank God

The importance of thanking God here cannot be overemphasized. This is even apparent when we discovered barely 4% gets admission in the higher institutions in their first attempt. So if you have not thanked God, please quickly do, in a crazy way.


Gather your documents

Finding one’s name on the admission list (whether merit or supplementary) is just a first step, that is why it is called provisional admission list. There is registration to be done, fees to be paid and oath to be taken at matriculation before full resumption or the first class. I’ll use UNILAG where I have passed through and very familiar with the system as an example in this piece for easy comprehension. UNILAG instruction/requirement for this year includes:

UTME Result Slip
UNILAG Post UTME Result Slip
SSCE/GCE/NECO Statement of Result
Clear copies of computer printout/internet copy containing candidate’s result duly certified by the principal
Letter of Reference from reputable clergyman/Imam/Lawyer/Senior civil servant
Birth certificate/sworn declaration of age
Testimonial from secondary school attended
Admission letter
12 passports photograph

Instruction during registration

N.B. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE ATTAINED THE AGE OF SIXTEEN (16) BY OCTOBER 2013 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IMPERSONATION IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE AND ANYBODY FOUND GUILTY OF THIS WILL AUTOMATICALLY FORFEIT his/her ADMISSION AND WILL BE HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE/LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT.
THE MODE OF DRESSING SHOULD BE FORMAL
CANDIDATES NOT PROPERLY DRESSED WILL NOT BE ATTENDED TO
PARENTS/GUARDIANS/MEMBERS OF STAFF NOT CONNECTED WITH REGISTRATION ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THE VENUE OF THE REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

Let us now see how to get this stuffs step by steps with pictures in the link below, its been difficult trying to type everything here and uploading pictures.

http://edugist.org/5-things-all-new-students-must-do-before-their-first-class-in-the-university/#comment-168