What is the Best Course to Study in Nigeria? Today, I shall list the 15 Hot Cake Courses to Study in Nigerian Universities. These courses are the most sought-after among Jambites.
Don’t feel bad if you aren’t studying or didn’t study any of these courses. Irrespective of your course of study, when you show yourself worthy, employers will seek your services and you can become self-employed.
The 15 Hot Cake Courses to Study in Nigeria right now are:
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15. Geology
Geologists study earth processes such as floods and earthquakes. Since oil is the major source of revenue in Nigeria, Geologists are in a good position to penetrate the sector. Just know what you are doing, then you will be fine.
14. Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship has moved one step forward. This is a newly introduced course in many Universities. With the economic situation of the country, developing entrepreneurial skills is the way. It is a very promising hot cake course.
Entrepreneurship isn’t restricted to studying in school. You can become a successful entrepreneur irrespective of what you studied in school. Nevertheless, studying entrepreneurship in school isn’t a waste of time at all.
13. Marketing
The demand for marketers is on the increase. Every company wants to make a profit and as well as establish its brand. This factor makes marketing a hot cake course.
Although you can do Marketing without studying it in school, yet studying Marketing places you at an advantage.
12. Biochemistry
Biochemistry as a course is becoming more popular in Nigeria. You won’t have any regret studying it. It is a hot cake course right now.
11. Economics And Statistics
Over the years, Ecostat has grown to be a very hot course in Nigeria. Economics and statistics work hand in hand. It is a course you should think of studying. It pays.
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10. Mass Communication
Mass communication gives you the golden opportunity to meet new people daily and as well penetrate both the public and private sectors. They can work in TV stations, Newspaper publishing firms, and so on.
9. Mathematics
This dy/dx has been the nightmare of many students right from primary school. Because many persons are afraid to major in mathematics, the demand for mathematicians has increased astronomically. Many firms are actively recruiting mathematicians. The course is currently a hot cake.
8. Architecture
Architecture is a very great course to study. One thing about architecture is that it makes you self-employed. Architecture is a top course.
7. Nursing
Nursing as a course is seriously getting more exposure in Nigeria. Gone are the days when it was classed as a female occupation. These days, more guys are going into nursing.
The rate at which people are rushing nursing would make it to the top 5 hot cake courses in Nigeria a few years from now. Trust me, Nursing is a hot cake course.
6. Estate Management
You help people to manage their property and you get rewarded. This is what estate management is about. There are so many opportunities for estate management professionals both at home and abroad.
If you can practice estate management while you study, then you are a big boy or girl. This course is indeed a hot cake.
5. Law
Law moves one step upward this year. This puts Law in the top 5 list of hot cake courses in Nigeria. The fact that lawyers are less patronized these days due to the level of corruption in the country is not a strong signal that the course is not lucrative or profitable.
You don’t need to limit yourself to the courtroom. There are many other opportunities for you as a lawyer. Law as course is marketable. You can become an attorney for a big company or even a family lawyer and start earning big.
4. Accounting
As the name implies, accounting is the language of serious business. It is a very marketable and hot cake course in Nigeria. The number of candidates who fill accounting in their Jamb form yearly is alarming.
This speaks of the high level of exposure accounting has gotten in Nigeria. Accounting is a very good art course to study in any Nigerian University.
3. Pharmacy
Meet the big guy. This course is very interesting especially when you study it in Uniben; you become a Doctor of pharmacy immediately after graduation. Generally, Pharmacy is a lucrative, marketable, and very hot cake course in Nigeria.
Just the way Pharmacy is a hot cake course, it is very hot to study as well. Pharmacy is very demanding in any University. However, as a pharmacy graduate, self-employment will not be a major problem for you.
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2. Engineering
Meet the guys that intimidate law and management science students with their lab coats and drawing boards. They do not joke with ELA, EMA, and MEE. They are called Engineering students.
There is no year you will not find Engineering in the list of hot and most sought-after courses in Nigeria. Engineering as a whole is a very nice course to study. Engineering courses sell in all major industries around the world. The following are top Departments under the faculty of Engineering:
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechatronic Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
- Petroleum and Gas Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- Production and Industrial Engineering
One thing about Engineering graduates is that they can do anything. Yes, engineers can do anything. For example, the person writing this article is an engineering graduate but he does many other things outside Engineering. Engineering is one of the most marketable courses in the world.
1. Medicine And Surgery
Medicine is the most applied course in Nigeria. It is high paying and marketable both at home and abroad. Medicine and Surgery retain its spot as the number one hot cake course in Nigeria.
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Bertha mark says
pls sir! is office technology management a good course to study?
James says
Yes
Chris says
Please between insurance or management, which is the better course to study?
Anonymous says
is biochemistry not a lucrative course
Purity Sommy says
Please I want to study law in the university
So what are the subjects I need to focus more
and the best university for the courses.
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Entrepreneurship is the way forward… It is what we need now in Nigeria. Political science is also not a bad course, however, I would prefer entrepreneurship to pol science…
Delcy says
I got 216 in JAMB can I get admission for medicine in a very good university
SlimzyBankz says
please Where Can Somebody that Study Home and Rural Economics get Employed???
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Sure
Sezzybb says
Computer science ought to be there
obu kingdom says
I want to study dentistry at unimed ondo how competitive it is?
Esther says
Medical laboratory science should also be mention too,its more lucrative than biochemistry sef
vince says
please which one is better between medical lab science and biochemistry, pls is urgent.
Isaac Inegbenehi says
They are both cool and in the same scale…. However, I prefer medlab (personal opinion)
Christian says
Pls which course can i study wit this resurt mathc5 engc5 igboc6 marketin:A1 economicE8 comerceA1 biologyC5 govermentA1 civicC4
obasi precious says
medlab n medsurg which is more lucrative n Gud for a girl
Isaac Inegbenehi says
MedSurg
Margaret says
But, studying Computer engineering in Nigeria is just like a waste of time
Okoro joshua says
Pls as an art student, what are the subject you need to wright in waec
Isaac Inegbenehi says
See waec subjects here http://flashlearners.com/waec-compulsory-subjects-science-arts-commercial-students/
olga julia says
plz hw can i get jamb past questions on fine art? cause datz d course i want 2 go for plzz i have no idea of how d question gonna be, help me tnx a lot.
DR IDRIS says
WAT ABOUT AGRICULTURAL
teejay says
accounting is it a best cause to study nowadays in countries and with out economic can I study account
agili paul says
sir is computer computer science a hot cake course in nigeria, where are the places they can be employed
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Computer is very hot right now…. Everything today is about computer
dorcas olanrewaju says
is it true dat courses dat are not common admit student easily nd is quantity surveying a gud course to study in the university
Isaac Inegbenehi says
It is true that less competitive courses admit candidates easily…
chigozie says
sir please is estate management a marketable in nigeria… Estate management and chemical engineering which one do u think is marketable.
Isaac Inegbenehi says
They both are. However, I prefer chemical Engineering…
Ekesiobi chi says
Pls which federal uni or state can a person with the score 177 be admitted into?
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Check them out here
harrison says
what are the subjects need in waec to study Estate management?
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Check out the Jamb combination here and add any other four Subjects (Maths and English Compulsory?
John says
Please is public administration is a good course to study?
Isaac Inegbenehi says
Sure! It’s a beautiful course
Joshua says
I have OND in bus admin from poly and I want to study accounting or estate mgt in university. Is it possible?