JAMB Admission Deadlines for all Schools 2025/2026 Session

JAMB admission 2025/2026 academic session deadline for all national tertiary institutions has yet to be set for public universities, private universities, and all IEIs, polytechnics, and colleges of education. However, all institutions are expected to close admission before the commencement of 2026 UTME.

Every tertiary institution in Nigeria has a closing date for admission. This date is always after the merit and other lists have been released. How soon it will be will depend on when the school conducts its PUTME.

According to the Board, all public universities are expected to finish their admission by October 31, 2025, while private universities have until November 30, 2025. All other tertiary institutions, including IEIs, polytechnics, and colleges of education, have been given a deadline of December 31, 2025.

Because of the above instruction, schools conducts PUTME few months before the admission deadline. This means schools are expected to conclude the admission process before the commencement of 2026 UTME. This is to let applicants know where they stand early and can partake of the UTME if they wish.

Leaders of the institutions might have agreed without disclosure when the first and second-choice admission exercise would start, and the deadline have been communicated to different institutions.

Instructions set for admission

• JAMB & Tertiary Institutions are to ensure that Admissions periods are sacrosanct and must be followed and adhered to
• 1st choice admissions must be done during the period earmarked for 1st choice
• Other choices must be processed during the timelines set out for them
• JAMB would communicate Admissions Programmes, Calendars & Timetables to Tertiary Institutions immediately after this Policy Meeting
• At the end of the 1st choice period, all candidates not admitted would be pulled out of the institutions’ platform on CAPS & be made available to other willing institutions
• Any candidate who has chosen an institution as 2nd, 3rd or 4th choice does not need any change of choice or payment to JAMB to be considered for admission during the period of the 2nd choice admission