NDA Entrance Examination Date: The first phase of the Post UTME screening will take place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, with the NDA screening exam for the 75th Regular course. The portal will reopen on March 22 and remain open through March 29 in 2023 for the selection of Exam Centers.
The names of applicants who achieved the necessary NDA Cut off Marks of 180 for all courses (with the exception of engineering, which is 210) will be uploaded to the platform as soon as the NDA is obtained from JAMB. Each candidate must enter their JAMB results into the platform as soon as they are made public.
Only those who perform well on the NDA Screening Test will be invited to the Armed Forces Selection Board (phase 2 of the screening test), and the list of accepted candidates will then be made available to the public.
NDA Entrance Exam Subjects Combinations
1. FASS Candidates
Applicants for the FASS must respond to ALL OF THE QUESTIONS in ANY THREE of the subjects below that apply to the course they have selected:
- Mathematics – (Compulsory for Psychology candidates)
- Economics
- Geography
- History
- Government
- French
- Biology – (Compulsory for Psychology candidates).
2. Candidates for Sciences
Applicants for courses in the Faculty of Science must respond to the following questions:
- Mathematics (Mathematics and any 2 of Physics, Chemistry, and Economics).
- Physics (Physics and any 2 of Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology).
- Chemistry (Chemistry and any 2 of Physics, Biology, and Mathematics).
- Biology (Biology and any 2 of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics).
3. Candidates for Engineering
Applicants for the engineering faculty must respond to ALL questions in the following 3 subjects:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
4. Candidates for Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
Applicants for the intelligence and cybersecurity studies program must respond to the following:
- Mathematics
- Physics and
- Anyone in Biology, Chemistry, or Economics.
Screening Test Date and Requirements
- The screening test will take place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, and it will serve as phase one of the POST-UTME screening.
- Therefore, to the Screening Test Center, each eligible applicant must bring their Acknowledgement Form, Screening Test Admission Card, JAMB Result slip, and two postcard-sized (3.5 x 5 inches) photos.
- The candidate’s name, exam number, state, exam center, course of study, and signature should be included at the back of the photographs, which should only show the candidate’s chest area.
- Only those who perform well in the NDA Screening Test will be invited to the Armed Forces Selection Board (phase 2 of the screening test), after which the list of accepted candidates will be made public.
NDA Examination Centre List
| S/No. | State | Centre |
| 1 | Adamawa | Government Day Secondary School, Opposite HQ 23 Armd Bde, Yola |
| 2 | Akwa Ibom | Community Secondary School, Aka Offot, Uyo. |
| 3 | Bauchi | Government Day Secondary School/Command Day Secondary School, Shadawaka Barracks, Bauchi. |
| 4 | Borno | Command Day Secondary School, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri |
| 5 | Edo | Army Day Secondary School NASST, Benin |
| 6 | Enugu | Command Day Secondary School, Abakpa Barracks, Enugu |
| 7 | FCT | Command Children School, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja |
| 8 | Imo | Holy Ghost College, Owerri |
| 9 | Kaduna | Nigerian Defence Academy, Old Site, Ribadu Campus, Kaduna |
| 10 | Kaduna | Nigerian Defence Academy, Permanent Site, Afaka, Kaduna |
| 11 | Kano | Air Force Comprehensive Secondary School, Kano |
| 12 | Kwara | Nigerian Army School of Education (NASE) Ilorin |
| 13 | Lagos | Command Day Secondary School, Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos |
| 14 | Lagos | Command Day Secondary School, Ojo, Lagos |
| 15 | Ondo | Command Secondary School, Akure |
| 16 | Oyo | Command Day Secondary School Odogbo, Ibadan |
| 17 | Plateau | Command Secondary School, Zaria Road, |