The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has retained 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2026/2027 academic session.
The decision was announced on Monday during the board’s annual policy meeting held in Abuja.
JAMB said the benchmark emerged after deliberations and voting by vice-chancellors and heads of tertiary institutions present at the meeting.
The board also disclosed that stakeholders unanimously agreed on minimum admissible scores for other categories of tertiary institutions.
According to the resolutions reached at the meeting, Colleges of Nursing will also admit candidates with a minimum score of 150, while polytechnics will adopt 100 as their cut-off mark for admissions.
The annual policy meeting brings together heads of tertiary institutions and education stakeholders to determine admission guidelines and benchmarks for the new academic session.
