Post-UTME Screening Explained: Cut-offs, Dates and Aggregates
Post-UTME is each university’s own screening after JAMB. For the 2026/2027 cycle, JAMB fixed the national minimum at 150 for universities (100 for polytechnics, 150 for nursing colleges) at its 11 May 2026 policy meeting — but most competitive schools and courses demand well above that, with 200+ common for Medicine, Law and Engineering.
The 2026/2027 timeline
- 16–25 April 2026: UTME held; 2,243,816 candidates registered, per JAMB
- Late April: results released in batches — about 1.9 million within days
- 11 May 2026: policy meeting sets the 150 national cut-off
- June–September: universities open screening portals and hold post-UTME. UI, for example, registered candidates 22 June–19 July and tested 27–29 July 2026
Three kinds of screening
Universities screen one of three ways: a written CBT (UI, most federal universities), an online test you sit from home (UNILAG), or document/O’level screening with no test at all (ESUT, ABSU). Check your school’s admission portal — the format can change between cycles.
How aggregates work
Your admission score combines JAMB, the screening and sometimes O’level grades. The weightings differ by school:
| School | Formula (as reported, Aug 2026) | Example with JAMB 250 |
|---|---|---|
| UI | JAMB ÷ 8 + Post-UTME ÷ 2 | 250÷8 = 31.25; post-UTME 60 → 31.25 + 30 = 61.25 |
| UNILAG | 50% UTME + 30% post-UTME + 20% O’level (admission guides’ figure) | 250 → 41.7 of the 50 UTME points |
| Most others | 50:50 or 60:40 JAMB-to-screening splits | See your school’s portal |
Note the UI case: post-UTME can carry more weight than JAMB itself. A strong screening score rescues a modest UTME; a weak one wastes a great UTME.
Practise for your school
Question styles are stable — English comprehension and grammar, quantitative reasoning, general paper/current affairs — but each school has its own format and timing. Pick your school from the post-UTME packs page, where each school page shows its verified screening format, a worked aggregate example and free sample questions. Free practice by subject is in the past questions library.