Just In: JAMB Announces 2025 Admission Cut-Off Marks

By Bashir Muhammad

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the official minimum cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the 2025 academic session.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja.

According to JAMB, the minimum cut-off mark for universities is now 140, contrary to earlier reports suggesting it was pegged at 150. However, JAMB clarified that individual universities may set higher benchmarks based on their internal admission policies.

For other categories of tertiary institutions, the following cut-off marks were approved:

Colleges of Nursing Sciences: 140

Polytechnics: 100

Colleges of Education: 100

Colleges of Agriculture: 100

The Board made the update public via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, stating:

“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).”

The new benchmarks were adopted after deliberations among key stakeholders, including vice chancellors, rectors, provosts, and other heads of tertiary institutions.

More updates from the meeting are expected to be released in due course.