The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and other stakeholders have announced the dates for completing the 2025/2026 admission process for tertiary institutions across the country.
The decision was made on Monday at the 2026 JAMB Annual Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions, which was held in Abuja.
According to the meeting’s recommendations, all public colleges are expected to complete their admissions processes by October 31, 2026, while private universities have until November 30, 2026.
Similarly, polytechnics, monotechnics, and colleges of education must complete their admissions by December 31, 2026.
It was also decided that all colleges must perform admissions according to the authorized schedule.
“All institutions are to conduct their 2026 admission exercise within the approved schedule,” the board said.
The board warned that institutions that fail to conclude admissions within the stipulated period would lose access to candidates on the Central Admissions Processing System platform.
“At the expiration of the period, any institution that failed to conduct its admission will no longer have the candidates on its platform on CAPS,” the board added.
The board also announced a four-week grace period for candidates to accept admission offers after approval by institutions.
“There will be a grace period of four weeks within which all approved admissions must be accepted by the candidates,” JAMB stated.
It also warned that candidates who fail to accept admissions within the stipulated time risk losing the offer and may face sanctions.
“Failure to do so will lead to such admissions being deleted, based on the request from the institutions, and the candidates will be placed under the ‘refusal to accept category’ punishable by ineligibility to be admitted again,” the board said.
The policy meeting, which brought together vice-chancellors, rectors, and other education stakeholders, focused on streamlining the admission process and maintaining uniformity in admission deadlines across the country’s higher institutions.
