THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has retained 150 as the cut-off mark for admission into universities for the 2026/27 academic session.
News Point Nigeria reports that JAMB announced this during its policy meeting in Abuja on Monday, where it said the decision followed a vote of vice-chancellors available at the meeting.
The federal government also set 150 as minimum admission cut off mark for colleges of nursing across the country.
The committee placed the cut-off mark for polytechnics at 100, noting that any institution that admits below the agreed benchmark would be sanctioned.
It was also stated at the meeting that any institution that wants to screen candidates is free to do so but must not charge more than N2,000.
On further admission guidelines, the committee set a 60:40 ratio for conventional universities and colleges of education, noting that their admissions must reflect 60 percent science courses and 40 percent arts courses.
The committee, however, pegged that of specialised universities and polytechnics at 80:20.
At the 2025 admission policy meeting held in July, JAMB set 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities.
The minimum cut-off for colleges of nursing was set at 140, colleges of agriculture at 100, and colleges of education at 100.
After the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) each year, JAMB holds the admission policy meeting to agree on student intake criteria for the year.
At the policy meetings, tertiary institutions propose cut-off marks for their respective categories, which are then deliberated on and approved.
