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NIGERIA POLICE ACADEMY WUDIL, KANO STATE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO THE 6TH
REGULAR COURSE OF THE DEGREE PROGRAMME

SALE OF APPLICATION FORMS
1. This is to inform the general public that the
sale of online application forms for admission
into the 6th Regular Course of degree
programme of the Nigeria Police Academy,
Wudil, will commence on Monday 19th March,
2018 and end on Sunday the 24th June, 2018 .
Admission into the Academy is open to both
male and female Nigerians of good character.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
2. Interested Applicants are advised to go to the
Nigeria Police Academy’s Website:www.polac.edu.ng
in order to obtain or generate
Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Code. The RRR
code obtained can be used to make payment of
N3,000.00 through any commercial Bank Branch
in Nigeria. Applicants must, in addition, apply
through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board [JAMB] as well as sit for the Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Candidates need not select the Nigeria Police
Academy, Wudil as a University of choice in the
JAMB form. However, only candidates who
obtained the minimum UTME scores of 180 which
is the Academy’s Cut-off mark in JAMB and
purchased the Academy online Application Form
will be eligible to sit for the Nigeria Police
Academy Selection Examination.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
3. Applications are to be submitted online. On
submission of the applications, candidates are
required to download Acknowledgement Form.
Only candidates who meet thecut-off mark will
be enabled to download and print their
examination cards.

COURSES OF STUDY
4. Courses leading to Bachelor’s degrees in the
following disciplines are available in the
Academy:

a. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES. BA in:
English
History & International Studies

b. FACULTY OF LAW: LLB

c. FACULTY OF SCIENCE: BSc in:
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Mathematics
Physics

d. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT
SCIENCES: BSc in:
Accounting
Management Sciences
Political Science
Sociology

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
5. The following are the admission
requirements:
a. Candidates seeking admission into the
Academy must be Nigerian citizens and must be
between 17 and 22 years of age, and must have
a height of not less than 1.67 Metres (5 Feet 6
Inches) if male, and 1.62 Metres (5 Feet 4
Inches) if female. In addition, male candidates
must have an expanded chest size of not less
than 86cm (34 Inches for those between 21 and
22 years of age). All candidates must be free
from any physical deformity or mental disability.
b. Candidates must have obtained a minimum of
SIX (6) credits at the Senior Secondary School
Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the
West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the
National Examinations Council (NECO) or the
National Business and Technical Examinations
Board (NABTEB) at not more than 2 sittings. All
Candidates must also have a credit pass in
English Language and Mathematics as well as
subjects relevant to the candidate’s chosen
course of study in the Academy.
c. Candidates must also obtain satisfactory
scores in both the written examination and the
interview and must pass physical and
psychological tests of fitness.

d. SSCE STATEMENT OF RESULTS OR
CERTIFICATES RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS
TAKEN BEFORE 2014 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SELECTION EXAMINATION DATE, CONDITIONS
AND REQUIREMENTS

6. The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Selection
Examination, may be Computer Based Test (CBT)
or Pencil and Paper. The examination shall
comprise of a General Paper (Section A) which is
compulsory for all candidates. It will cover
areas such as general knowledge and current
affairs, English Language and Mathematics.
Other sections are to be selected according to
candidate’s Faculty of choice. It will be
conducted on Saturday the 14th July, 2018 . Only
candidates who meet the Academy’s cut-off
mark of 180 in UTME and above will be eligible
to sit for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection
Examination at the 19 designated Centres. The
list of Centres is in the Academy Website.
Eligible candidates are to bring along to the
examination venue their Acknowledgement Form,
Examination Card, current JAMB Result Slip and
two Postcard size photographs (3.5x5 Inches)
which should show only from the chest upwards.
At the back of each of the two Postcard size
photographs, the candidates must write their
name, State of origin, Examination Centre and
signature.
7. Only candidates who are successful in the
Selection Examination will be invited for the
Nigeria Police Academy Selection Board
screening and interview . The list of successful
candidates will be published on our website and
in some national newspapers.

NATURE AND DURATION OF COURSE
8. Candidates admitted into the Nigeria
Police Academy, Wudil degree course will
undergo a combined Academic and Police
training for a minimum period of Five (5) Years
leading to Bachelor’s degrees and commission
into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP).

MOHAMMED GHALI USMAN psc, FCAI
ACADEMY REGISTRAR