The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2025 academic session.
The decision was reached during the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, which took place on Tuesday at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
According to JAMB, the cut-off marks for other tertiary institutions were also reviewed and approved by education stakeholders, including heads of tertiary institutions across the country.
“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),” JAMB announced via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle.
The move sets the benchmark for institutions to begin their admission processes for the upcoming academic year, while also reinforcing the policy of standardization and merit-based selection in Nigeria’s higher education system.
