During a meeting with education commissioners in Lagos, the JAMB registrar stated that enrolling in multiple undergraduate programs at the same time is against the law. Candidates who fail to disclose prior admissions will face penalties.
Only applicants who will be at least sixteen years old by the end of September 2026 are eligible to take the UTME and seek admission. Younger candidates must undergo a strict evaluation and score at least eighty percent in all required exams to qualify for a waiver.
The sale of application documents will start before registration begins. The UTME registration process will open on January 26, 2026, and close on February 28, 2026, at all accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centers nationwide.
Prospective candidates can purchase the UTME application document (ePIN) from January 19 to February 26, while registration at CBT centers will be active between January 26 and February 28.
The examination body clarified that the ePIN sales will begin ahead of registration. The mock exam selection deadline is February 16, and Direct Entry (DE) application sales will run from March 2 to April 25.
Results for underage candidates will only be released after a full assessment. All registration centers will be monitored in real time from JAMB headquarters, and any center not visible in the live feed may have its registrations canceled.
Over nine hundred centers have been provisionally approved but must pass final checks before accreditation. Candidates are not required to pay extra fees to registration centers.
JAMB does not assign candidates to exam towns outside their chosen location. Late applicants risk missing their preferred center, and selecting a group of towns means they may be placed in any town within that group.
