The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set January 31 as the official start date for registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, made this announcement during a presentation at a stakeholder meeting with media executives on Tuesday.
Professor Oloyede also mentioned that an advertisement with all necessary registration details will be published and broadcast on radio and television stations on Wednesday, January 29.
The 2025 UTME registration will run from Friday, January 31, until Saturday, March 8. Additionally, registration for Direct Entry (DE) will begin on Monday, March 10, and close on Monday, April 7.
Mock Trial
Mr Oloyede also announced the introduction of a UTME Mock Trial for underage students who are not eligible to register for UTME. The Mock Trial is to help them prepare ahead of the actual UTME after they must have reached the age of 16.
Last year, the Ministry of Education pegged the age for UTME and admissions into Nigerian tertiary institutions at 16.
Cost
Mr Oloyede also gave the cost for registration as follows. UTME (without Mock) is N7,200, UTME with Mock UTME is N8,200, Direct Entry fee is N5,700 and Trial Testing Mock only (for underage candidates) for N3,500.
“Candidates will not pay any money as service charge to any CBT centre,” he said.
About 1.5 million candidates are expected to sit the computer-based test which serves as entry examination into Nigerian tertiary institutions.
