The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to complete their 2025 admissions before the close of the year.
In a bulletin released on Monday, the Board stated that public universities must finalise admissions by October 31, 2025, while private universities have until November 30, 2025.
Other institutions, including polytechnics, colleges of education, and innovation enterprise institutions, were given a December 31, 2025 deadline.
The directive, JAMB explained, stems from resolutions reached at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, which was presided over by the Minister of Education.
According to the Board, the move is aimed at stabilising Nigeria’s academic calendar and ensuring that admission opportunities remain accessible across all categories of institutions.
Schools were reminded that they must adhere strictly to the timelines, regardless of whether or not their academic sessions had commenced.
“Even where an institution is not ready to begin a new session, such an institution should conduct its admission and archive it,” the bulletin stated.
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JAMB also called on institutions that are still carrying out post-UTME screening exercises to conclude the process quickly to avoid missing the deadlines.
“By this directive, all admission processes must be completed within the prescribed timelines,” the Board cautioned.
