Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced October 31st, 2025, as the deadline for all federal universities in the country to conclude their admission process for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
For private universities, JAMB fixed 30 November 2025 as the deadline to round up the admission process.
The board said all other institutions, including polytechnics and colleges of education, are expected to complete their admission process by 31 December.
The decision and the timelines were set on 8 July during the 2025 Policy Meeting held in Abuja, which heads of all tertiary institutions in the country participated in.
In its weekly bulletin published on Monday, JAMB encouraged the institutions to meet the deadlines as agreed.
“Even where an institution is not yet ready to commence the new academic session, such an institution should conduct its admission and archive it,” JAMB said.
“By this policy directive, all admission processes must be concluded within the prescribed timelines.”
