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JUPEB Physics Syllabus 2026/2027 & Textbooks

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The JUPEB Physics Syllabus 2026/2027 (PHY 001-004) covers core Advanced Level topics, including Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Waves, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics. Key areas include electrostatics, Capacitors, dynamics, gravitational fields, lenses, wave theory, radioactivity, and nuclear physics. The curriculum prepares students for direct entry into universities through 9 months of study.

The JUPEB Physics Syllabus is critical for providing a comprehensive foundation in mechanics, waves, optics, thermal physics, and modern physics. It serves as a direct bridge to university-level engineering and science courses, fostering analytical skills, experimental proficiency, and understanding of physical laws needed for technological advancement and academic success in Nigerian universities

JUPEB Physics Syllabus 2026/2027

JUPEB First Semester Courses Physics

COURSE CODECOURSE TITLE CREDIT LOAD
PHY001Mechanics & Properties of Matter3 Units
PHY002Heat, Waves and optiçs3 Units

JUPEB FIRST SEMESTER Physics SYLLABUS

 JUPEB PHYSICS SYLLABUS
SNTOPICSOBJECTIVES
 FIRST SEMESTER
 PHY001: MECHANICS & PROPERTIES OF MATTER
1UNITSi. Order of magnitude,

ii. Definition of units: Length, mass, time,

iii. Unit of conversion and measurements,

iv. Methods of measuring

v. Length, Mass and Time.

vi. Basic and Derived units, Dimensional Analysis (L.M.T only)
2VECTORSi. Vector representation,

ii. Addition and Subtraction of vectors (geometrical method only),

iii. Resolution of vectors.

iv. Vector multiplication, vectors in Cartesian,

v. Coordinate system.
3PARTICLE KINETICSi. Types of motion: translational, random, oscillatory, and rotational.

ii. Linear motion: uniform velocity motion, uniform acceleration motion,

iii. Graphs of kinematic equations.

iv. Instantaneous and Average velocity and Acceleration in two or three dimensions.

v. Relative motion in one or two dimensions,

vi. Free Fall,

vii. Projectile Motion.
4DYNAMICSi. Newton’s laws of motion,

ii. Types of force Newton’s universal law of Gravitational,

iii. Equilibrium of forces,

iv. Centre of Mass and Centre of Gravity, moment of a force,

v. Linear momentum and its conservation Laws,

vi. Elastic and Inelastic collisions.

vii. Collisions in two Dimensions.

viii. Motor in inclined planes,

ix. Frictional forces.
5THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELDi. Kepler’s law of Planetary Motion,

ii. Newton’s law of Gravitation,

iii. Field strength,

iv. G and its measurement,

v. Gravitational potential,

vi. Satellite motion and escape velocity.
6WORK, ENERGY & POWERi. Work, Energy and sources,

ii. Types of energy,

iii. Conversation and Conservation of Energy, Power, the Kilowatt hour,

iv. Principle of mechanical Energy Conservation
7CIRCULAR & OSCILLATORY MOTIONi. Angular Displacement,

ii. Angular Velocity,

iii. Torque and Angular Acceleration,

iv. Angular Momentum,

v. Centripetal Acceleration,

vi. Centripetal force,

vii. Rotational kinetic energy.

viii. Work done in Rotation,

ix. Conservation of Angular Momentum.

x. Simple Harmonic Motion,

xi. Damped and Forced oscillations,

xii. Resonance.
8ELASTICITYi. Hooke’s Law,

ii. Elastic Limit,

iii. Elastic and Plastic Deformations,

iv. Ductile and Brittle substances,

v. Stress,

vi. Strain,

vii. Elastic and Plastic Behaviour,

viii. Young’s Modulus,

ix. Energy stored,

x. Energy per unit volume,

xi. Shear modulus,

xii. Bulk modulus.
9HYDROSTATICSi. Matter (Solid, Liquid and Gases0,

ii. Density,

iii. Pressure in Fluids,

iv. Change of phases,

v. Archimedes’ principle.

vi. Principle of Floatation,

vii. Stoke’s law,

viii. Terminal velocity.

ix. Bernoulli’s principle,

x. Pitot-static Tube Principle.
10HYDRODYNAMICSi. Molecular properties of Fluids,

ii. Viscosity,

iii. Surface tension,

iv. Adhesion,

v. Cohesion,

vi. Capillarity,

vii. Drops and Bubbles,

viii. Bernoulli’s principle,

ix. Pascal principle,

x. Reynold’s Number,

xi. Turbulent and Laminar Flow,

xii. Poiseuille’s Equation.
 PHY002: HEAT, ENERGY & POWER
11IDEAL GASESi. Gas Laws: Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law and Pressure Law.

ii. Equation of state,

iii. Kinetic Theory Of Gases,

iv. Pressure of a Gas,

v. Kinetic Energy of a molecule.
12TEMPERATURE & THEMOMETRYi. Heat Capacity,

ii. Specific Heat Capacity,

iii. Latent Heat,

iv. Internal Energy,

v. Thermal Conductivity,

vi. Blackbody radiation.
13THERMODYNAMICSi. Work done by Gas,

ii. Internal energy of Gas,

iii. First and Second law of Thermodynamics,

iv. Concepts Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes’.
14ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVESi. Electromagnetic spectrum.

ii. Applications of Components of the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
15GEOMETRICAL OPTICSi. Rectilinear Propagation of Light.

ii. Laws of Reflection and Refraction,

iii. Reflection on plane and curved mirrors,

iv. Refraction at Plane surfaces,

v. Total Internal Reflection,

vi. Critical Angle,

vii. Dispersion by Prism.
16LENSES & OPTICAL INSTRUMENTSi. Lenses,

ii. Formation of Images by Lenses, the eye,

iii. Defects of Vision.

iv. Optical Instruments (camera, refractor and reflector telescopes,

v. Simple microscope,

vi. Compound microscope and ophthalmoscope).
17OSCILLATION OF WAVESi. Lenses,

ii. Formation of Images by Lenses, the eye,

iii. Defects of Vision.

iv. Optical Instruments (camera, refractor and reflector telescopes,

v. Simple microscope,

vi. Compound microscope and ophthalmoscope.
18WAVE THEORY OF LIGHTi. Wave-Particle Nature of Light,

ii. Huygens’ Principle.

iii. Interference and Diffraction,

iv. Coherent Sources,

v. Young’s Double Slit Fringes.

vi. Diffraction of Light Waves,

vii. Resolving Power,

viii. Diffraction Grafting Polarization and its Applications.
19SOUND WAVESi. Pitch,

ii. Loudness,

iii. Quality,

iv. Intensity of Sound,

v. Decibel, Beats and Application.

vi. Doppler principle of Sound,

vii. Waves in strings and pipes.

JUPEB Second Semester Courses for Physics

COURSE CODECOURSE TITLECREDIT LOAD 
PHY003Electricity & Magnetism3 Units
PHY004Modern Physics  3 Units

JUPEB SECOND SEMESTER Physics SYLLABUS

 SECOND SEMESTER
 PHY003: ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM
20ELECTRONICSi. Coulomb’s Law,

ii. Gauss’s Law and application,

iii. Concepts of an Electric field,

iv. Force Between point charges,

v. Electric field at a point,

vi. Electric potential,

vii. Potential due to a point charge and charged sphere,

viii. Relationship between Electric field and Electric potential,

ix. Equipotential surfaces.
21CAPACITORSi. Capacitors and capacitance,

ii. Dielectric and Relative permittivity,

iii. Capacitors in series and parallel,

iv. Energy stored in a capacitor,

v. Effects of dielectrics,

vi. Charging and discharging in C-R Circuit Time constant.
22CURRENT ELECTRICITYi. Electric Current,

ii. Potential difference,

iii. Resistance and resistivity,

iv. Ohm’s law, ohmic and Non ohmic conductors,

v. Resistors in series and parallel,

vi. Electromotive Force and circuit,

vii. Electrical power,

viii. Electrical energy and efficiency, cells in series and parallel,

ix. Kirchhoff’s laws,

x. Temperature coefficient of resistance,

xi. Principle of potentiometer and Wheatstone Bridge,

xii. Galvanometer.
23MAGNETIC FIELDi. Earth’s Magnetic Field,

ii. Concepts of Magnetic Field,

iii. Magnetic Flux and flux density –B (of solenoids, straight Conductors and narrow Circular coil).
24FORCE ON A CONDUCTOR & MOVING CHARGEi. Force on a current-carrying conductor,

ii. Force Between current-carrying conductors,

iii. Fleming left-hand Rule,

iv. Torque, application to moving coil meters,

v. Ampere’s Law ,

vi. Biot-Savart’s law
25ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTIONi. Faraday’s law,

ii. Lenz Law,

iii. Fleming right-hand rule,

iv. Dynamo,

v. Transformer,

vi. Eddy current, current in L-R circuit, self and mutual inductance,

vii. Energy in coil, motors and Generators.
26ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) CIRCUITi. Characteristics Of alternating current(period ,frequency, peak value and Root-Mean-Square value as applied to an alternating current and voltage),ii. Resistive circuit,iii. Capacitive circuit,iv. Inductive circuit,v. Capacitance- Resistance Circuit, Inductance –Resistance circuit,vi. L-C-R Series circuit,vii. Resonance L-C-R circuit,viii. Power in A.C Circuit, parallel circuit.
 PHY004: MODERN PHYSICS
27ATOMIC STRUCTUREi. The Nucleus (proton and neutron),

ii. The Electron,

iii. specific Charge,

iv. Isotopes,

v. Milikan’s Experiment,

vi. Cathode Ray electroscope,

vii. Types of spectrum,

viii. Hydrogen Spectrum,

ix. Spectra Series
28ELEMENTS OF MODERN PHYSICSi. Defect of the wave theory,

ii. The Ultraviolent catastrophe,

iii. Photo Electric Emission,

iv. Bohr’s theory of the hydrogen Atoms, and Energy levels of the atom,

v. Excitation Absorption and Emission,

vi. Fraunhofer Lines.

vii. Interaction of Radiation with matter,

viii. Laser principle.
29X-RAYi. Nature and properties of X-rays,

ii. Crystal Definition,

iii. Bragg’s Law, moseley’s Law,

iv. X-ray,

v. Absorption spectra.
30WAVE PARTICLE DUALITYi. Electron Diffraction,

ii. De Broglie Formula.

iii. Momentum and Energy, Duality ,

iv. Compton Effect.

v. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle
31PRINCIPLES OF RADIOACTIVITYi. Radioactivity,

ii. Mass Excess and nuclear binding Energy.

iii. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion,

iv. Geiger-Muller tube,

v. Radioactivity Decay – half life and decay constant, ,

vi. Nuclear Relations,

vii. Isotopes,

viii. Nuclear Energy,

ix. Einstein Mass-Energy relation
32INTRODUCTION TO SEMI-CONDUCTORSi. Intrinsic Semiconductors,

ii. Energy Bands in solids,

iii. Doping of semiconductors; p-n junction diodes,

iv. Half and full wave rectification,

v. The bridge Rectifier,

vi. Transistor as an Amplifier and switch.
33APPLIED PHYSICSi. Basic Applications of physics to the Life Sciences,

ii. Fundamental principles and Application of Ultrasound,

iii. X-ray and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

JUPEB Physics Textbooks 2026/2027

  • Ike E.E (2014). Essential Principles of Physics, Jos ENIC publishers
  • Ike E.E (2014). Numerical Problems and Solutions in Physics, Jos ENIC Publishers.
  • Nelson M. (1977) Fundamentals of Physics, Great Britain, Hart Davis Education
  • 4. Nelson M. and Parker … (1989) Advanced Level Physics, (Sixth Edition) Heinemann
  • 5. Okeke, P. N., and Anyakoha, M. W. (2000). Senior Secondary School Physics, Lagos, Pacific Printers
  • 7. Olumuyiwa A. and Ogunkoya O. O (1992) Comprehensive Certificate Physics, Ibadan: University Press Plc.

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