The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has announced 150 as the minimum admission benchmark for universities for the 2025 admission exercise.
The decision was reached on Monday during the 2026 annual policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions held in Abuja.
The approved scores, officially referred to as the National Minimum Tolerable UTME Scores, mean that no university is permitted to admit candidates who score below the benchmark.
However, tertiary institutions are at liberty to fix higher cut-off marks for prospective applicants.
Last year, universities also adopted 150 as the minimum benchmark, while polytechnics and colleges of education retained 100.
The benchmark was approved after deliberations and voting by stakeholders in the tertiary education sector, including vice-chancellors and heads of institutions.
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