Resources & Guides

JAMB (the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board) runs the UTME — the computer-based test that most Nigerian universities use as a first filter. Your JAMB score alone doesn't guarantee admission; it's combined with your school's Post-UTME screening and your O'level results into an aggregate.

Your best five relevant WAEC/NECO grades feed directly into your admission aggregate, and schools also check that you meet the minimum credit requirement (commonly five credits including English and Mathematics) for your course. Weak grades in a required subject can disqualify you even with a strong JAMB score.

Post-UTME is a screening exercise each university runs on its own shortlisted candidates, on top of JAMB. It can be a short CBT test, a document/credential check, or both, depending on the school. It typically carries real weight in your final aggregate, so don't treat it as a formality.

Legitimate scholarships are usually announced through your university's financial aid office, state government education boards, or established organisations — never through a random social media DM asking for an upfront 'processing fee'. If a scholarship asks you to pay money to receive money, treat it as a red flag.

Spaced, active practice beats long passive re-reading — answering practice questions and reviewing your mistakes teaches you faster than re-reading notes. Study your weakest subject first while your concentration is freshest, and keep sessions to focused 45–60 minute blocks with short breaks.

Match a course to subjects you already do reasonably well in, not just to prestige or what a course allegedly pays. Use the Course Finder to see what a course actually involves day-to-day before committing four or five years to it.

The most common ones: not checking JAMB CAPS regularly once admission lists start, missing an acceptance-fee deadline, paying an agent instead of the school's official portal, and submitting O'level results with a name mismatch against JAMB records.

Scanned copies of your O'level results, birth certificate, JAMB result slip and passport photos; your acceptance fee receipt; and a rough sense of your department's typical first-semester courses so orientation week isn't your first exposure to them.