Computer Science at NUTM

B.Sc · Faculty of Computing & Science

Computer Science

Programming, systems and applied intelligence, from first principles to a supervised final-year project.

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Award: B.Sc
Duration: 8 semesters
Placements: 2 × SIWES
Entry: Through UTME

The programme.

The B.Sc. Computer Science unlocks the essential ideas of the discipline through programming, networking and the technologies now reshaping how software is built. It is taught as a four-year sequence of eight consecutive semesters, on campus in Apapa.

The degree is deliberately practical. Students write code from the first semester, work in teams from the second year, and spend two mandatory industrial placements inside Nigerian companies before graduating. The theory is not skipped. It is taught so that the practice makes sense.

Teaching is shared between resident faculty and adjunct academics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford, which is why the syllabus tracks what those departments are teaching rather than what a decade-old curriculum specifies.

Undergraduate students working together at a laptop — Four years, full-time, on the Apapa campus.

What you study.

4 terms. Full-time, on campus.

7 courses

Foundation year, shared across the Faculty of Computing & Science

Introduction to Programming
Discrete Mathematics
General Physics
Calculus and Linear Algebra
Communication in English
Nigerian Peoples and Culture
Personal Mastery

7 courses

First mandatory SIWES placement at the close of the session

Data Structures and Algorithms
Computer Architecture and Organisation
Object-Oriented Programming
Probability and Statistics
Database Systems
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Professional Skills Studio

7 courses

Second mandatory SIWES placement at the close of the session

Operating Systems
Computer Networks
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Human–Computer Interaction
Research Methods in Computing
Venture Design Lab

6 courses

Final-year project, supervised and examined

Distributed and Cloud Systems
Machine Learning
Information Security
Professional Ethics in Computing
Technology Entrepreneurship
Final-Year Project

Getting in.

A UTME score that meets the cut-off for the programme you are applying to.
Your O'Level results. Credits may be combined across two sittings.
A JAMB result slip. Applications submitted without one are rejected.
A short personal statement.
A telephone screening followed by a panel interview, both by video.
Subject combinations are confirmed with our admissions office at application.

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What it costs.

Tuition: ₦2,000,000Per academic year. Payable annually or by semester.
tuition: 200000Per academic year. Payable annually or by semester.

Intake · September, annually

Where it leads.

Software engineering across product, platform and infrastructure teams
Machine learning and applied research roles
Technical founding roles in early-stage ventures
Postgraduate study, including NUTM's own MSc programmes

Related programmes.

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