Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) for the 2017/2018 Academic Session.
The sale of registration form for UTME starts from Monday 20th March to Wednesday 19th April 2017 while registration closes on Saturday 22nd April 2017. For Direct Entry, the application will be on sale from Sunday 23 April, 2017.
Registration fee for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination or Direct Entry is Five Thousand Naira (₦5,000) only. Candidates are also to pay Five Hundred Naira (₦500) only to obtain the reading text- ‘In Dependence’ and ”The Last Days at Forcados High School” for UTME candidates and Direct Entry Candidates respectively.
All andidates should note that e-PINS being purchased are tied to individual profile and are not transferable. Candidates are advised to treat as confidential the following details;
*registration numbers
*Password/ numbers of ATM Cards
*E-mail addresses and E-Pins.
Each candidate must personally create a JAMB profile on the JAMB portal using the JAMB Mobile App available on Android, Windows and iOS platforms OR visit a Bank, NIPOST to create his/her JAMB profile on the JAMB portal: www.jamb.org.ng. Name, date of birth, personal e-mail address and place of origin are required to create the profile.
At the CBT centre, candidate’s ten fingers biometric and image will be captured and uploaded. O-level and/or A level grades are to be provided by candidates.
Candidates who are awaiting result should supply the result online as soon as the results are available on JAMB’S portal. No recommendations from any Institution will be considered by JAMB if the candidate has not supplied his/her O/L result on the portal of JAMB.
Each Candidate is to collect his e-slip at the end of registration as evidence of registration. In line with the Board’s regulated registration exercise, only the accredited Computer Based Test Centres and JAMB States and FCT Offices will be allowed to register candidates. This is to avoid exploitation, off-line registration, mismatch of candidates’ particulars and other registration-irregularities.
The 2017 UTME will commence on 6 May and end on 20 May, 2017 (excluding May 12, 2017 because of Candidates sitting for WAEC’s Further Mathematics examination). The venue of the examination will be at any centre in the candidate’s chosen examination town.
