The University of Ilorin has pegged 180 marks in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as the minimum required by candidates to get admission in the 2020/2021 academic session.
According to a document from the Joint Admissions Matriculation Examination (JAMB), the Kwara State University will be taking candidates with 160 marks.
Though the examination body has announced 160 as the official (minimum) cut off mark for admission into Nigerian universities for the 2020/2021 academic session, however, about 51 degree-awarding institutions in the country will not admit candidates who scored below 180 in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for any programme.
There are 182-degree awarding institutions in Nigeria, 10 of these said their minimum cut off mark is 200 and above, 11 institutions said theirs will remain at 190 and above.
About 51 institutions said their cut off mark is benched at 180 and above. Also 64 institutions’ cut off mark will be from 170 and above; 112 institutions said their cut off mark is pegged at 160 and above while 69 said their cut off mark is benched at 160 and below.