The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mop-up exercise, setting the stage for the commencement of the admission process for eligible candidates.
The announcement was made on Tuesday by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, in a statement.
According to the Board, candidates who participated in the mop-up examination conducted on June 13 can now check their results through JAMB’s official result-checking platforms.
JAMB also disclosed that it has commenced the ranking of candidates following the release of the mop-up results. The printing of admission-related result slips is expected to begin before the end of the week.
“Following the successful conclusion of the mop-up exercise and the release of the results, the Board will commence the ranking of candidates. Thereafter, the printing of results for admission purposes is expected to begin before the weekend,” the statement said.
The Board expressed appreciation to candidates, institutions, and other stakeholders for their cooperation throughout the conduct of the 2026 UTME and the subsequent mop-up exercise.
The mop-up examination was organised for candidates who were unable to sit for the main UTME despite completing biometric verification. JAMB had earlier announced the exercise on June 12, stating that it was designed to accommodate candidates affected by technical glitches, biometric verification challenges, and cases involving withdrawn results linked to examination malpractice investigations.
The 2026 UTME was conducted between April 16 and April 25 at accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.
Following the examination, JAMB released 632,752 results from the April 16 session and later published an additional 1,264,940 results for candidates who sat the examination on April 17 and 18. This brought the total number of results released from the first three days of the exercise to 1,897,692.
For the 2026 admission exercise, JAMB retained its existing admission benchmarks. Universities and Colleges of Nursing Sciences will continue to admit candidates with a minimum UTME score of 150, while polytechnics will maintain a benchmark score of 100.
The Board also retained 16 years as the minimum age requirement for admission into tertiary institutions.
Meanwhile, JAMB announced a policy change that will take effect from the 2027 admission cycle. Under the new arrangement, candidates seeking admission into Colleges of Education for education-related courses and non-engineering agriculture programmes will no longer be required to sit the UTME.
