(DDM) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed October 30 to December 31, 2025, as the official window for all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to complete their admission exercises.
Diaspora Digital Media (DDM) gathered that the announcement was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Fabian Benjamin, the Board’s Public Communication Adviser.
Benjamin explained that the decision followed resolutions reached at the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held on July 18, 2025, and chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa.
According to him, public universities must forward their admission recommendations for first-choice candidates to JAMB on or before September 30, 2025, while private universities have until October 31, 2025, to do the same.
The deadline for completing admissions varies by institution type — public universities must conclude by October 31, private universities by November 30, and all other tertiary institutions such as polytechnics and colleges of education by December 31, 2025.
Benjamin stated that the structured timelines were designed to promote a predictable academic calendar and streamline admission processes across Nigeria’s education system.
“These timelines,” he said, “were carefully crafted to ensure a structured and predictable calendar that allows seamless admission processing for all tiers of tertiary education.”
However, JAMB expressed concern that some universities had failed to comply with the set timelines despite repeated reminders and clear directives.
The Board revealed that records from the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) indicated that several institutions had yet to submit any admission recommendations.
“It is particularly concerning,” Benjamin said, “that certain public universities have not made any submissions even after the September deadline.”
JAMB recalled that during the policy meeting, institutions were instructed to process and archive admissions even if they were not yet ready to resume academic activities.
As a result, the Board specifically named several defaulting institutions, including Northwest University (Kano), Nigeria Police Academy (Wudil), Kano State University of Science and Technology (Wudil), Benue State University (Makurdi), Abdulkadir Kure University (Minna), Nigerian Defence Academy (Kaduna), Emmanuel Alayande University of Education (Oyo), and the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences (Funtua).
Benjamin warned these institutions to immediately commence their 2025 admission processes, stressing that failure to do so would lead to automatic migration of unprocessed candidates to other institutions.
“The Board strongly urges these universities to begin their admissions without further delay,” he stated. “Any institution that fails to act within the approved timelines will lose its unprocessed candidates.”
JAMB reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, fairness, and orderliness in Nigeria’s admission system, assuring students and parents that no candidate would be unfairly denied placement due to institutional negligence.
