The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced the gross sales of registration varieties for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) admissions for the 2026/2027 educational session.
JAMB acknowledged this in a submit on its X deal with on Tuesday evening.
“UTME is open to suitably certified candidates for admission into Nigerian tertiary establishments for the 2026/2027 educational session,” the picture assertion signed by its Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, learn.
“Registration commences January 2026 and closes March 2026 (precise dates to be introduced by JAMB),” the submit learn, disclosing that the UTME examination is scheduled to carry in April 2026.
“The interval of registration for UTME candidates, together with these from international international locations, is from Monday, twenty sixth January, 2026 to Saturday, twenty eighth February, 2026,” the assertion learn partially.`
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ATTENTION PROSPECTIVE 2026 UTME/DE CANDIDATES pic.twitter.com/SZflLaoZH8
— JAMB (@JAMBHQ) January 13, 2026
In line with JAMB, candidates should have obtained their Nationwide Identification Quantity (NIN) earlier than registration.
The company stated, “Solely candidates who is not going to be lower than 16 years outdated by thirtieth September, 2026 are typically eligible to use/be thought-about.”
Nevertheless it clarified that, “Candidates lower than 16 years outdated by thirtieth September, 2026 must bear an intensive analysis to find out their eligibility for a waiver. Such should have scored not lower than 80% in every of UTME/ALEVEL, PUTME, SSCE, and within the distinctive candidate evaluation.”
“The UTME outcomes of the underage candidates might be launched solely on the conclusion of the entire analysis course of,” JAMB stated.
For Direct Entry candidates, the “Sale of 2026 Direct Entry (DE) software paperwork and E-PIN merchandising would begin from Monday, 2nd March, 2026, and finish by Saturday, twenty fifth April, 2026, and would solely be on the Board’s State and Zonal Places of work.”
“The 2026 UTME will begin on Thursday, sixteenth April, 2026 and finish on Saturday, twenty fifth April, 2026,” JAMB wrote. “Mock-UTME (non-compulsory) shall maintain on Saturday, March twenty eighth, 2026.”
