Academic Fees

About Academic Fees

Tuition and fee schedules for each academic session at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) are approved by the appropriate University authorities prior to the commencement of the academic year, in accordance with institutional governance and regulatory guidelines.

Approved charges for the First and Second Semesters are published before the start of the academic session, while Summer or special programme fees are determined and released ahead of the respective term.

Course registration timelines are published in the University Academic Calendar. Students are advised to consult the official Academic Calendar and Important Dates schedule for payment deadlines, registration periods, and other key academic timelines.

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate tuition for part-time students at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) is assessed based on approved programme structures and credit load in accordance with University regulations.

Students enrolled on a part-time basis, or those registering outside the approved full-time credit range for a given semester, may be charged on a per-credit basis as determined by the University’s approved fee schedule.

Undergraduate students registering within the standard full-time credit range for the First or Second Semester are charged the approved semester-based tuition and associated fees.

Flat-rate tuition does not apply to Summer or special academic sessions. Students enrolling in Summer courses are charged based on the approved per-course or per-credit rate as published for that session.

All charges are subject to approval by the appropriate University authorities and are communicated through official channels prior to registration.

1.General Admission Regulations

✔Candidates seeking admission to the University for First Degree Course must obtain and complete the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms.

✔For admission to all courses, candidates must satisfy the admission requirements of the University. For some programmes and courses, additional Faculty/Departmental requirements have to be satisfied.

✔New admissions will normally be made only at the beginning of every academic session.

✔At the time of registration in the University, each candidate shall be required to present the originals of the certificates (including birth certificate) or any other acceptable evidence of qualifications on the basis of which the offer of admission has been made.

✔If it is discovered at any time that a candidate does not possess any qualification which he/she claims to have obtained, he/she will be expelled from the University.

✔Students shall, on admission pay to the University, the fees prescribed by the regulations.

2. General Admission Requirements

Courses in the Faculty of Arts, Education, Management and Social Sciences and Faculty of Science are of four (4) years durations, while those in the Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering have duration of five (5) year. Admission to all courses is mainly through University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (U.T.M.E)

✔All courses offered in the University require a minimum of at least a credit pass in English Language.

✔FUOYE accepts a minimum of pass at Upper Credit level for Direct Entry candidates from NABTEB and JUPEB.

✔Advanced (A) Level candidates must have at least 6 points aggregate.

✔Foreign students with their results in another language should have their results confirmed by their departments.

The University accepts results from government approved examination bodies such as WAEC, NECO,

3. Direct Entry Admission

Candidates must satisfy the University SSCE/NECO/GCE O/Level requirements and in addition have GCE A/Level, JUPEB, OND or ND Upper Credit as stated for each course.

4. Guidelines for the Admission of Students from other University by Transfer to FUOYE

✔Candidates wishing to transfer from other Universities shall be required to hold minimum qualification for entry into the University.

✔Application forms for admission by transfer are obtainable from the Academic Affairs office on payment of a prescribed fee. Completed application forms should be returned to the Academic Affairs Office not later than the end of session preceding the one for which the admission is sought. All information must be received by the Registry before forwarding the application forms to the Faculty for consideration.

✔The student must have the pre-requisite qualification for admission to the Faculty/Department and the Degree Programme.

✔The student must be or have been a matriculated student of a recognised University.

✔The Faculty/Department Admissions Committee and the Board of Studies must satisfy itself from the candidate’s academic transcripts that the courses so far taken by the student are requisites to the course to which admission is being sought and that the grades obtained are high enough for the candidate to cope with the proposed programme.

✔A confidential report obtained directly from the candidate’s former Dean/Head of Department should testify to the student’s character and the cause(s) of withdrawing from the University to FUOYE.

✔No student will be admitted by transfer to any level in a degree programme that does not require the student to spend a minimum of three academic sessions in this University before graduating.

✔Admission to any degree programme by transfer shall be subject to vacancies to be filled in the quota approved for the proposed degree programme.

✔No student who has been previously rusticated, dismissed or expelled from any University shall be considered for admission by transfer. This shall be confirmed by the Registry.

✔In presenting the candidate’s application to Senate or Committee of Deans, the Faulty must indicate all equivalent courses of FUOYE already passed with appropriate grades using the template below:

5. Courses taken at candidates’ University Unit Grade Equivalent courses in FUOYE

✔The list of outstanding courses to be taken at the desired level if approved must also be presented.

✔No student shall be admitted into 100 level by transfer.

✔Admission by transfer shall always be at the beginning of a academic session and the exercise shall be done just once in a year and must be completed before matriculation.

6. Guidelines for Considering Request for Deferment of Admission

✔Every application shall be considered on its own merit.

✔Consideration of application for deferment shall be subject to the payment by the applicant of a prescribed fee.

✔Deferment of admission shall not be considered unless the candidate(s) shall have fully satisfied Faculty and Department requirements for registration and have been matriculated.

✔Application based on the involvement of the candidate in an accident or on protracted illness covering the period of registration up to matriculation, shall be subject to the production of a sick report, issued by a registered medical practitioner and certified by the University Health Centre.

✔Application received after the middle of the first semester shall not be considered.

✔Applications based entirely on the late receipt of the admission letter shall not normally succeed.

✔All applications for deferment shall be determined by Senate.

7. Application for Change of Degree Programme

✔Application for change of degree programme shall be approved only when there is a strong justification for it. As much as possible the students should be required to pursue to the end, the degree programme to which they have been originally admitted.

✔Permission to change to a new degree programme shall be strictly subjected to availability of vacancy in the desired programme. The approved student quota would be considered before granting the change.

✔Any change of degree programme within a faculty shall be subject to the approval of the Dean of the faculty and the two Heads of Department concerned.

✔Any change of Faculty shall be subject to the approval of both the Deans of the present Faculty and of the proposed Faculty.

✔The Dean of the Faculty shall, for good cause and in consultation with the Board of Studies of the Faculty, have the right to approve or withhold approval of the Student’s application to transfer from or into the Faculty.

✔For a student to change from one Faculty to another he/she shall have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3. 50.

✔A candidate who is on first and second probation may be allowed to change to another degree programme.

✔No student shall be allowed to change his/her degree programme more than once in the University.

✔No change of degree programme shall be allowed beyond five (5) weeks of the commencement of lectures in the first semester of each academic session. This ensures that the candidate can still meet the 75% attendance in the course of the new programme.

✔Once the Board of Studies of the two Faculties concerned have approved the change of the degree programme for the student(s), the change would become effective subject to Senate ratification.

✔Final approval or rejection of the student’s request to change degree programme shall be formally communicated to the affected student by the Registrar.

✔No change of degree programme shall be permitted until the student had spent at least two semesters in the University.