The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially pegged 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025/2026 academic session.

The announcement was made during the annual policy meeting on admissions held in Abuja on Tuesday, where JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, presided over a voice vote involving heads of tertiary institutions.

According to JAMB’s post on its official X handle, the agreed minimum scores are as follows:

  • 150 for universities
  • 140 for colleges of nursing sciences
  • 100 for polytechnics
  • 100 for colleges of education and agriculture

Prof. Oloyede explained that these scores represent the minimum permissible entry points. Institutions are free to set higher benchmarks based on their discretion and standards.

Indeed, some top-tier institutions like the University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, and Pan-Atlantic University have opted to maintain a higher cut-off at 200. Meanwhile, some newly licensed private universities had suggested cut-off marks as low as 120, but the JAMB Registrar advised 160 as a more appropriate minimum.

JAMB emphasized that no university will be allowed to admit candidates who score below the 150 threshold in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The meeting also reaffirmed JAMB’s policy that all admissions must be processed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) to ensure transparency and standardization.

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