The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026/2027 academic session.
The decision was announced during the board’s annual policy meeting attended by vice-chancellors, rectors, provosts, and other education stakeholders in Abuja. According to JAMB, candidates seeking admission into universities must score at least 150 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB also approved 150 as the minimum admissible score for Colleges of Nursing, while polytechnics will admit candidates with a minimum score of 100.
The board clarified that the approved scores are only baseline requirements. Individual institutions are allowed to fix higher cut-off marks depending on the competitiveness of courses, admission capacity, and institutional policies.
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Highly competitive programmes such as Medicine, Law, Pharmacy, and Engineering are expected to maintain significantly higher admission benchmarks in many universities across the country.
JAMB stated that the decision was aimed at balancing wider access to tertiary education while maintaining academic standards within Nigeria’s higher education system.
Prospective candidates are advised to monitor updates from their preferred institutions, prepare for post-UTME screenings where applicable, and aim for scores above the minimum benchmark to improve their admission chances.
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