Nigerian Universities Adopt 150 As Cut-off Mark For 2025/2026 Admission
Vice Chancellors of Universities in the country have adopted 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2025/2026 admission.
The decision was reached in a voice vote supervised by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, at the ongoing policy meeting on admission in Abuja on Tuesday, July 8
At the meeting, the minimum cut-off point for admission into polytechnics was pegged at 100, while the colleges of education and agriculture adopted 100 as the entry point.
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According to JAMB, 140 was approved as the minimum score for colleges of nursing science.
“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),”
JAMB announced via its official X account.