The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Monday released the minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, cut-off marks approved by universities across Nigeria for the 2026 admission exercise.
The cut-off marks were announced after the 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja.
According to the approved list, Pan-Atlantic University fixed the highest minimum cut-off mark at 220.
Several institutions, including University of Benin, University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Covenant University, Air Force Institute of Technology and Obafemi Awolowo University adopted 200 as their minimum benchmark.
JAMB stated that the approved figures represent the minimum thresholds for admission consideration across the institutions.
The Board, however, noted that individual universities may still set higher requirements for highly competitive courses such as medicine, engineering, pharmacy and law.
Other institutions and their approved minimum UTME scores include Lagos State University and Lagos State University of Science and Technology with 195, while Ahmadu Bello University, University of Ilorin and Nigeria Police Academy fixed theirs at 180.
Also on the list are University of Jos, Babcock University, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and Nasarawa State University with 170.
Universities that adopted 160 as their minimum score include Bayero University, Kano, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Osun State University and Redeemer’s University.
Meanwhile, institutions such as Adamawa State University, Adeleke University and African School of Economics, Abuja approved 150 as their minimum benchmark for the 2026 admission exercise.
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