Breaking: JAMB Sets 150 As Cut-Off Mark For University Admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025/2026 academic session.
JAMB disclosed this decision via its X handle on Tuesday after the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
According to the announcement, students are qualified to get admissions into any university of their choice with a 150 score in the just concluded JAMB exam.
It further reviewed the cut-off mark for colleges and polytechnics. Making it 140 for colleges of nursing, 100 for polytechnics, and 100 for colleges of education.
The post reads, “The minimum admissible scores for admissions for the next academic session have been fixed at 150 for universities, 100 for polytechnics, 100 for colleges of education, and 140 for colleges of nursing sciences by the stakeholders (Heads of Tertiary Institutions).”
The development comes months after JAMB admitted to technical glitches in the conduct of the 2025 UTME.
