National Open University of Nigeria – NOUN Application / Admission Forms 2024.
Welcome to the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN), which is proud, the one and only Nigerian University, which is dedicated to Distance Learning in the Country. Once again, I want to thank you for choosing NOUN as your choice of Institution to pursue your studies.
It is with Gladness of heart ♥ that I wish to inform you, that the NOUN 2024 Admission and Noun application form, is now on sale. Using this medium, I would love to inform and notify the general public, that the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has announced and commenced the sales of the 2024Noun Admission application form for admission into the following programs listed below,
- Certificate Program,
- Diploma Programme,
- Undergraduate Program,
- Post Graduate Diploma Programme,
- Masters Degree Program,
- Doctor of Philosophy Programmes
The above programs are available for registration, for the 2024 Academic Session, you can get more information by checking the National Open University Portal.
Using this podium, we are inviting all eligible and qualified candidates, who wish to study at NOUN, to start submitting their Applications for admission into NOUN.
is the National Open University Accredited by NUC?
I have received several messages from readers, asking if the National Open University of Nigeria is officially recognized by the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC), while some want to know, if the National Open University of Nigeria is approved by NUC to run their programs, and I want to assure you that the answer is YES.
NOUN is listed as the 21st most desirable institution in Nigeria for students, beating more than 100+ other academic institutions (both federal, state universities, Polytechnics and COE’s) to take this position.
NOUN Admission Requirement.
Here are the National Open University of Nigeria admission requirements for all candidates, seeking admission into the institution’s certificate, Diploma, Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Master and Ph.D. programmes.
Application for Admission.
* To start your application, you are required to pay (cash only) for the NOUN Application Form in any branch of the participating banks, which are listed below.
* Please ensure, that before you make payment, you are to obtain a Teller, which is specially designed for NOUN for Admission into the institution.
* When you walk into any of the participating banks, please make sure you go to the Bank customer care section and specifically ask for the NOUN Teller for payment of admission fee.
* You are expected to collect the APPLICATION PIN CODE, which is equivalent to the amount paid for your form.
* Once you have done this, click here to proceed with your application.
Prospective Student.
Once you have followed the above guidelines, you can continue with your acceptance of Provisional Admission. You are expected to do the following:
- Go for screening at any of the Official Noun study centres.
- Obtain a Clearance Code.
- Sign up on this portal with the clearance code, and you’ll be able to obtain your personalized Matriculation Number.
- After obtaining the matriculation number, proceed and pay for NOUN registration fees at any participating bank and obtain a receipt containing your Registration Transaction ID.
- If you have carried out the above steps, visit the Noun portal for guidelines. → http://portal.nou.edu.ng
Participating Banks.
- Zenith Bank
- EcoBank
- Skye Bank Plc
- First City Monument Bank
- United Bank For Africa(UBA)
- WEMA Bank Plc
- IBTC
CLICK HERE to apply for the National Open University of Nigeria Application Admission Form.
Important Information
For full information regarding Admission requirements, program details and a list of available programmes, CLICK HERE to see the official report.
NOUN Admission Form Closing Date For 2024:
This is one question most applicants are eager to know the answer. Well, unlike other varsities and academic institutions, the NOUN registration form for the 2024 academic session is still on. The Management of NOUN has not yet announced the date on which they will be closing the application portal.
However, I will advise all interested candidates to please commence their registration before it’s too late. Although the institution does not have a closing date for registration.
DURATION OF ALL NOUN PROGRAMMES.
Now, this is something that makes NOUN stands out among other universities in Nigeria. NOUN operates a very flexible mode of study, giving students ample opportunity to determine the pace, place, time and means of study. Students’ support facilities are available Nationwide, in what is generally known as Study Centres nationwide.
NOUN Registration Fee 2024.
When we say, what is the National Open University of Nigeria – Noun registration fee, what I mean is the Amount you pay to purchase the NOUN registration form and not the school fees.
These are the 2024 Noun registration fees for their different programmes.
UNDERGRADUATES PAYMENT SCHEDULE
New Students
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
Returning Students – 1st Semester
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
Returning Student – 2nd Semester
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semester Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
POSTGRADUATES PAYMENT SCHEDULE
New Students
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
Returning Students – 1st Semester
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
Returning Student – 2nd Semester
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semester Registration Fees | 6,000.00 |
PHD PAYMENT SCHEDULE
New Students
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application form | 10,000.00 |
| 2 | Registration fee per annum | 150,000.00 |
You can check the current National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN School Fee Schedule for the 2024/2025 academic session for all programmes by ⇒ Clicking Here.
List of Faculties in NOUN.
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
- Faculty of Arts.
- Faculty of Education.
- Faculty of Health Sciences.
- Faculty of Law.
- Faculty of Management Sciences.
- Faculty of Sciences.
- Faculty of Social Sciences.
- CEMBA/CEMPA.
- Centre for Access and General Studies.
- Centre for Lifelong Learning.
- School of Postgraduate Studies.
List Of Registerable Courses
Faculty of Sciences
POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES:
- MSc. Information Technology
- PGD. Information Technology
- PGD. Digital Communication
- PGD. Mobile (Wireless) Communication Technology
UNDERGARDUATE PROGRAMMES:
- BSc. Mathematics
- BSc. Financial Mathematics
- BSc. Computer and Mathematics (Combined Hons)
- BSc. Computer Science
- B.Sc. Chemistry
- BSc. Data Management
- BSc. Communications Technology
- BSc. Agricultural Extension and Management
- BSc. Biology
- BSc. Environmental Science and Resource Management
- BSc. Physics
Faculty of Health Sciences.
- BSc. Nursing (Old Nursing / New Nursing Registrable Courses)
- BSc. Public Health
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.
You can download the faculty of health sciences in a PDF file format and go through it. Click Here to download the faculty of agricultural science registerable courses.
Faculty of Law.
Here is the list of NOUN registrable Law courses. You can now download the complete list of noun registrable courses for Law. CLICK HERE to download.
Faculty of Education
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES:
- B.Sc (ED) Agric Science
- B.Sc (ED) Biology
- B.Sc (ED) Chemistry
- B.Sc (ED) Computer Science
- B.Sc (ED) Physics
- B.Sc (ED) Integrated Science
- B.Sc (ED) Mathematics
- B.Sc (ED) Business Education
- B.A (ED) Primary Education
- B.A (ED) Early childhood Education
- B .A (ED) English
- B.A (ED) French
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES:
PDGE
MASTERS PROGRAMMES:
- M.Ed Admin & Planning
- M.Ed Science Education
- M.Ed Guidance & Counselling
- M.Ed Educational Technology
Faculty of Management Sciences
You can now download the NOUN Management Science registrable courses by Clicking Here
Faculty of Social Sciences
PROGRAMMES:
- IS Registrable Courses
- CSS Registrable Courses
- CTH Registerable Courses
- Mass Communication Registerable Courses
- Peace, Conflict and Resolution Registrable Courses
- Tourism Registrable Courses
- English Registrable Courses
- French and International and Studies
- Economics
- B.Sc. International and Diplomatic Studies
- Political Science Registrable Courses
Faculty of Arts
Here is a list of registrable courses for the faculty of Arts. Click Here to download.
Centre for Life-Long Learning and Workplace Training
- CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING AND WORKPLACE TRAINING:
- CERTIFICATE COURSES FOR RETURNING STUDENTS:
Access and General Studies
- Registerable and examinable GST courses:
- List of registrable & examinable courses for access programme:
NOUN e-Courseware.
All students should take note that the e-Courseware is a repository, which contains all available digital course material of the National Open University of Nigeria, which will help students in their cause of studies.
The National Open University of Nigeria’s e-Courseware is a downloadable PDF format, that contains the lists of all courses offered in the institution.
WARNING:
Before using the noun e-coursewares, you should be aware that the academic institution prohibits the use of its e-courseware for the following uses;
- Commercial,
- Financial purposes other than Educational.
Instructions On How to Download NOUN Course Materials
All candidates who wish to download any of the NOUN course materials should take note, that for them to be able to read any of the course materials in this library, they must have fully installed the Adobe Acrobat reader on their computers and mobile phones.
The good news, however, is that most computers and mobile devices come with a pre-installed Adobe reader.
To read any of the course materials of your choice, you are required to click on the Title of the material. The material will then open in a new window.
Once you are done reading it, simply close the window to return to this e-courseware. However, if you choose to download and print out the course material, you can do so.
National Open University of Nigeria School Fees.
I want to share more details regarding the NOU Fees Schedule for the 2024/2025 academic session. Here are the school fee schedules for undergraduates, Postgraduate and Ph.D.
Please take note that the Course and examination registration fees for all categories of students remain unchanged at the time of writing this article (2024 updated)
For New UNDERGRADUATES Students, the total compulsory Fee is Forty-One thousand Naira Only (41,000.00)
For Returning Students – 1st Semester undergraduates, the total compulsory Fee is Twenty-three thousand Naira Only (23,000.00)
For Returning Students – 2nd Semester, the total compulsory Fee is Thirteen thousand Naira Only (13,000.00)
Post Graduate Programme School Fee
For Postgraduate programmes, the total compulsory fee is Forty Thousand Naira Only (40,000.00)
For Postgraduate returning Students – 1st Semester undergraduates, the total compulsory Fee is Twenty-three thousand Naira Only (23,000.00)
For Postgraduate returning students – 2nd Semester, the total compulsory amount payable is Thirteen thousand Naira Only (13,000.00).
For Ph.D programme, they don’t have a compulsory total fee payable by applying candidates, however, you can check the list of all payment requirements for new students below.
New Students
| S/N | PAYMENT FEES | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application form | 10,000.00 |
| 2 | Registration fee per annum | 150,000.00 |
| 3 | Course Registration Fee (where applicable, per courses) | 10,000.00 |
| 4 | Laboratory Access Fee (where applicable, per courses) | 20,000.00 |
| 5 | I.D. Card | 2,500.00 |
| 6 | Library Fees | 10,000.00 |
| 7 | ICT Administrative Charges | 10,000.00 |
| 8 | E- Facilitation | 6,000.00 |
| 9 | Examination Fee | 3,000.00 |
| 10 | Re-sit Examination fee per course (where applicable) | 4,000.00 |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION; Here is the breakdown of all the NOUN Compulsory School Fee Payments. This will give you in detail, the payment fees and amounts.
How to Pay NOUN School Fees 2024.
Here is the step by step guidelines for all new students, on the payment for the Online Application for Admission into NOUN.
1. The very first step, is to visit and log into the school registration Portal.
2. Proceed and click on Make Payment on the Remita Link.
3. When the Remita Link loads up, you are to insert/enter the amount you want to pay in the provided input box.
4. Once you’ve entered the amount, click On the Generate Remita Payment Reference(RRR) Button.
5. Please, make sure that you write down the displayed Payment Reference Number (RRR), this Number is important.
6. With the RRR number, visit any commercial bank branch to make a payment on the Remita Platform, using the RRR number you generated.
7. After a successful payment, the amount will take less than 20 Minutes to reflect in the student’s e-wallet.
Important Note:
All students should be informed that payments can also be made from Internet Banking Applications using the generated RRR. This will help ease the trouble of going to the Bank and standing in a queue.
Noun Nursing Programme Requirement and Admission 2024.
The full details and guidance for all aspiring Nurses, who are seeking admission into NOUN have been published on this portal.
Here is a quick rundown of the requirements.
Subject Requirement for Admission
- English Language
- Biology or Health Science,
- Chemistry,
- Mathematics,
- Physics or any other science subject.
Here is the Noun Nursing Programme Requirement and Admission 2024.
National Open University of Nigeria Postgraduate Courses.
| Postgraduate Diploma in Distance Education (PGDDE) |
| Information Technology |
| Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) |
| PGD Agricultural Extension and Management |
| Mobile Communications Technology (Wireless) |
| Digital Communications |
| PGD HIV/AIDS Education and Management |
| Business Administration |
| Public Administration |
| Financial Management |
| Criminology and Security Studies |
| Journalism and Mass Communication |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution |
| Christian Theology |
NOUN Postgraduate Admission Requirements: Masters, PhD
NOUN Study Centres 2024.
For all aspiring Noun students, please take note that the noun study centres have been updated for the 2024/2025 academic session, as some have been demolished, others built in all states of the country.
Here, I will be listing out, the list of all the current nou centres and lecture halls in Nigeria. These include;
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in North East
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in North West
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in North Central
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in South East
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in South-South
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in South West
- List of NOUN Approved Study Centres in North West
You can check out the complete list of NOUN Study centers Here.