…become a digital information, multimedia and communication expert!

Our B.Sc. degree programme in Information Science and Media Studies draws on advances in computer science and its application in diverse fields of media. The programme will prepare students to work in modern day industries as digital information and media experts. Career prospects for graduates of this course include computer software programming; web and mobile applications development; online broadcast design; audiovisual production including sound and visual effects; animation and games for entertainment, advertisement and various forms of instructional content.

Students of this course will also be trained to operate with a strong creative, innovative, entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial mindset.

Courses you will study include

• Computer-aided Design in Media
• Web-based Technologies & Multimedia
• Multimedia Database Management Systems
• Programming Languages & Packages for Digital Media
• Creativity and Innovation
• Media Production Process
• Fundamentals of Film & Cinematography
• Digital Colour Technology
• Interactive & Motion Graphics
• Audio and Visual Special Effects
• Computer Animation Production
• Digital Rendering
• E-publishing
• Internet Broadcasting
• E-commerce and Business Communication
• Entrepreneurship
• Communication in English
• Mathematical and Statistical Methods

UTME Entry Requirements

• Current JAMB approve cut-off mark
• O’ Level result
• Register for our screening at https://apply.pau.edu.ng
• Score the minimum JAMB approved cut-off mark for the year of admission.
• The required UTME subjects are any three from Arts or Social Sciences.

Direct Entry Requirements

To be eligible, an applicant is required to have one of the following qualifications:

1. Two advanced level passes in Arts, or Social Science subjects.
2. International Baccalaureate Diploma (IB) in relevant subjects.
3. NCE with merit in a relevant discipline.
4. An OND/HND credit level in a relevant discipline.

Inter-university Transfer Requirements

1. A transfer student must be a current student of the university from which he/she seeks to transfer and should have a clean disciplinary record.
2. A transfer student from a Nigerian University is required to possess a JAMB score that is not less than the minimum score of PAU students admitted into his/her intended department in his/her admission year or the minimum JAMB score as approved in the year of admission into the university.
3. A transfer student should possess the minimum Pan-Atlantic and inter departmental entry requirement and should have obtained these prior to entry into the university from where transfer is being sought.
4. A transfer student should have made a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 on a 5.00 point scale to qualify for consideration into 200 level. Students with a CGPA not lower than 1.50 may be considered for admission into 100 level.
5. The application should be accompanied by student’s transcript, which will be verified.
6. If at any stage irregularity is discovered in the papers presented by the students, such students shall be withdrawn from the University.
7. A student can only transfer into the same course of study – or a similar course where applicable – that he/she was engaged in previously in his/her original university.
8. The number of students offered admission by transfer shall not exceed 10% of the number of students in the class they are to join.
9. All applications for inter-university transfer will remain open until the close of the admission process.