BREAKING: 2026 JAMB Cut-off Marks Announced [UPDATED]

JAMB Cut-Off Mark 2026: This is the 2026 JAMB Cut-Off Marks for Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, and Others.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), established in 1978, is a critical part of the university admission process in Nigeria. Every year, JAMB sets a minimum cut-off mark that prospective applicants must meet to qualify for admission into Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education.

The JAMB cut-off marks are the minimum scores required by prospective students to be considered for admission into various tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

JAMB Statement;

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“The Heads of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria had unanimously agreed that the Minimum Admissible Scores for admissions into Universities should be 150, Colleges of Nursing, 150, and Polytechnics, 100.

The Policy Meeting approved the following as the minimum tolerable admissible scores for the 2026 admission exercise:

Universities — 150
Colleges of Nursing Sciences — 150
Polytechnics — 100

Candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education would no longer be required to sit for the UTME examination.
Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D., OrgExpert”

Is JAMB 2026 Cut-Off Marks Out

YES, IT’S OUT! This is to inform you that the 2026 JAMB Cut-Off Mark for Universities is 150!

Accordingly, universities are at liberty to decide individual cut-off marks but no university will be allowed to admit any candidate who scores below the 150 cut-off marks.

This was disclosed by the JAMB registrar, Prof.Ishaq Oloyede, during the 2026 policy meeting ongoing in Abuja.

For instance, the University of Jos proposed 180 as cut-off mark for admissions; the University of Ibadan proposed 200; University of Benin proposed 200; the University of Lagos proposed 200; and the Federal University of Technology proposed 180, among others.

For the polytechnics, the minimum benchmark score was 100 for admissions, while Colleges of Nursing adopted the benchmark of 150 for admissions.

See also: Cut-off Marks for All State universities and Federal Universities.

Is JAMB 2026 Cut-Off Marks Out

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