Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has formally commenced the method for candidates who could have chosen incorrect topics, or who want to regulate their selections to appropriate topic mixtures for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
This was disclosed in a discover shared on the Board’s official X web page.
The replace comes as registration for the 2026 UTME approaches its closing deadline, and candidates are urged to finish obligatory adjustments promptly.
In accordance with JAMB, candidates who want to regulate their UTME topic mixtures can now achieve this by visiting any accredited centre to impact the adjustments.
The board additionally notifies that the sale of e-PINs for the 2026 UTME will shut at midnight on February 26, 2026.
The UTME is the annual computer-based examination used to rank candidates searching for admission into Nigerian tertiary establishments.
The 2026 UTME shall be held nationwide from April 16 to April 25, 2026.
Direct Entry registration is scheduled to run from March 2 to April 25.
The Board disclosed that as of February 17, 2026, greater than 1.5 million candidates have efficiently registered for the 2026 UTME.
Regardless of having a each day registration capability of 100,000 candidates, registration centres nationwide are working at roughly 30% capability, suggesting that numerous potential candidates are but to finish their registration.
The Board burdened that there shall be no extension of the registration deadline, noting that the UTME schedule is a part of a nationally coordinated examination calendar agreed upon by all examination our bodies in Nigeria.
The Board additionally dismissed widespread claims suggesting that undergraduates are barred from registering for the 2026 UTME, they nevertheless warned candidates registering for the 2026 UTME to disclose any current admission standing, noting that failure to take action may lead to forfeiture of each the earlier and new admission gives.
In a separate compliance measure forward of the 2026 registration cycle, JAMB mandated the usage of Microsoft Digicam programs at accredited CBT centres to strengthen identification verification and curb impersonation and image-blending malpractice noticed throughout earlier examinations.
The Board warned that centres that fail to conform threat delisting, because it strikes to strengthen registration integrity and keep examination credibility nationwide.
