JAMB UTME Cut-Off Mark
To be eligible to apply for UI’s Post-UTME screening exercise, candidates must have scored a minimum of 200 in the JAMB UTME. This is the general JAMB cut-off mark for all courses at the University of Ibadan, but meeting this alone is not sufficient for Nursing Science. To be competitive, a much higher score is recommended.

Departmental Cut-Off Mark for Nursing Science
For the 2025/2026 admission cycle, the University of Ibadan has set the departmental cut-off mark for Nursing Science at 72.5. This figure represents the minimum aggregate score required for candidates to be considered for admission, and it applies across all categories, including merit, catchment areas, and Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

This cut-off mark reflects the high demand for the Nursing program and UI’s commitment to admitting only top-performing candidates.

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• Biochemistry
• Dentistry
• Environmental Health Science
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Medical Laboratory Science
• Medicine and Surgery
• Nursing Science
• Physiology
• Physiotherapy

UI Cut-Off Marks For All Courses 2025/2026

• ADULT EDUCATION – 200
• AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: – 200
• AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS – 200
• AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – 200
• AGRICULTURE – 200
• AGRONOMY – 200
• ANIMAL SCIENCE – 200
• ANTHROPOLOGY – 200
• ANTHROPOLOGY (BIOLOGICAL) – 200
• AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT – 200
• ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE – 200
• ARCHAEOLOGY – 200
• ARCHITECTURE – 200
• BIOCHEMISTRY – 200
• BOTANY – 200
• CHEMISTRY – 200
• CIVIL ENGINEERING – 200
• CLASSICAL STUDIES – 200
• COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ARTS – 200
• COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION – 200
• COMPUTER SCIENCE – 200
• DENTISTRY AND DENTAL SURGERY – 200
• EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION – 200
• ECONOMICS – 200
• ECOTOURISM & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT – 200
• EDUCATION AND ARABIC – 200
• EDUCATION AND BIOLOGY – 200
• EDUCATION AND CHEMISTRY – 200
• EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS – 200
• EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE – 200
• EDUCATION AND FRENCH – 200
• EDUCATION AND GEOGRAPHY – 200
• EDUCATION AND HISTORY – 200
• EDUCATION AND ISLAMIC STUDIES – 200
• EDUCATION AND MATHEMATICS – 200
• EDUCATION AND PHYSICS – 200
• EDUCATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE – 200
• EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES – 200
• EDUCATION AND YORUBA – 200
• EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT – 200
• ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS
• ENGINEERING – 200 ENGLISH
• LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE – 200
• ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE – 200
• ESTATE MANAGEMENT – 200
• FISHERIES – 200
• FOOD TECHNOLOGY – 200
• FORESTRY / FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – 200
• FRENCH – 200
• GEOGRAPHY – 200
• GEOLOGY – 200
• GERMAN – 200
• GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING – 200
• HEALTH EDUCATION – 200
• HISTORY – 200
• HUMAN KINETICS – 200
• HUMAN KINETICS AND HEALTH EDUCATION – 200
• HUMAN NUTRITION AND DIETETICS – 200
• IGBO – 200
• INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY – 200
• INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION ENGINEERING – 200
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS – 200
• ISLAMIC STUDIES – 200
• LAW – 200
• LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE – 200
• LINGUISTICS – 200 LINGUISTICS /YORUBA – 200
• MATHEMATICS – 200
• MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – 200
• MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE – 200
• MEDICINE AND SURGERY – 200
• MICROBIOLOGY – 200 MUSIC – 200
• NURSING/NURSING SCIENCE – 200
• PETROLEUM ENGINEERING – 200
• PHARMACY – 200
• PHILOSOPHY – 200
• PHYSICS – 200
• PHYSIOLOGY – 200
• PHYSIOTHERAPY – 200
• POLITICAL SCIENCE – 200
• PSYCHOLOGY – 200
• RELIGIOUS STUDIES – 200
• RUSSIAN – 200
• RUSSIAN WITH FRENCH/GERMAN – 200
• SOCIOLOGY – 200
• SPECIAL EDUCATION – 200
• STATISTICS – 200
• TEACHER EDUCATION SCIENCE – 200
• THEATRE ARTS – 200
• URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING – 200
• VETERINARY MEDICINE – 200
• WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT – 200
• WOOD PRODUCTS ENGINEERING – 200
• YORUBA – 200
• ZOOLOGY – 200

Cut-Off Marks for Courses at UI

Below are the courses and their respective cut-off marks:

Agric. Economics
Merit: 50.375
Catch: 50.375
ELDS: 50.375

Agric. Extension and Rural Development
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Crop and Horticultural Sciences
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Soil Resources Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Animal Science
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Crop Protection and Environmental Biology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Anthropology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Arabic Language and Literature
Merit: 56.5
Catch: 56.5
ELDS: 56.5

Archaeology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Classical Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Communication and Language Arts
Merit: 61.875
Catch: 61.875
ELDS: 58

European Studies – French
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

European Studies – German
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

European Studies – Russian
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

English
Merit: 57.125
Catch: 57.125
ELDS: 55.25

History
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Islamic Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Linguistics
Merit: 58.125
Catch: 58.125
ELDS: 51.625

Linguistics – Igbo
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Linguistics – Yoruba
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Music
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50

Philosophy
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Religious Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Theatre Arts
Merit: 55.75
Catch: 55.75
ELDS: 53.125
Biochemistry
Merit: 56.125
Catch: 56.125
ELDS: 51
Dentistry
Merit: 69.125
Catch: 69.125
ELDS: 63.625
Environmental Health Science
Merit: 52
Catch: 52
ELDS: 52
Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Merit: 57.125
Catch: 57.125
ELDS: 53.125
Medical Laboratory Science
Merit: 65
Catch: 65
ELDS: 58.75
Medicine and Surgery
Merit: 78.125
Catch: 78.125
ELDS: 76.25
Nursing Science
Merit: 71.875
Catch: 71.875
ELDS: 63.375
Physiology
Merit: 60.375
Catch: 60.375
ELDS: 54.25
Physiotherapy
Merit: 64.75
Catch: 64.75
ELDS: 61.125
Economics
Merit: 58.5
Catch: 58.5
ELDS: 52.375
Accounting
Merit: 65.25
Catch: 65.25
ELDS: 59.5
Banking and Finance
Merit: 52
Catch: 52
ELDS: 52
Marketing and Consumer Studies
Merit: 51.75
Catch: 51.75
ELDS: 51.75
Adult Education
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Business Education
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Early Childhood Education
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Arabic Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Biology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Chemistry
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Christian Religious Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Communication and Language Arts
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Economics
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and English
Merit: 57.75
Catch: 57.75
ELDS: 52.375
Education and French
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Geography
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and History
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Islamic Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Mathematics
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Physics
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Political Science
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Education and Yoruba
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Educational Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Guidance and Counselling
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Health Education
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Human Kinetics
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Library, Archival and Information Studies
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Special Education
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Architecture
Merit: 51
Catch: 51
ELDS: 51
Estate Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Urban and Regional Planning
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Quantity Surveying
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Law
Merit: 67.25
Catch: 67.25
ELDS: 66.75
Pharmacy
Merit: 68
Catch: 68
ELDS: 65.625
Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Forest Resources Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Wildlife & Ecotourism Management
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Social and Environmental Forestry
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Anthropology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Archaeology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Botany
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Chemistry
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Computer Science
Merit: 71
Catch: 71
ELDS: 60.875
Geography
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Geology
Merit: 51
Catch: 51
ELDS: 51
Industrial Chemistry
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Mathematics
Merit: 52
Catch: 52
ELDS: 52
Microbiology
Merit: 52.75
Catch: 52.75
ELDS: 52.125
Physics
Merit: 51
Catch: 51
ELDS: 51
Statistics
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Zoology
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Geography
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Political Science
Merit: 55.875
Catch: 55.875
ELDS: 55.375
Psychology
Merit: 53.75
Catch: 53.75
ELDS: 53.75
Sociology
Merit: 50.5
Catch: 50.5
ELDS: 50.5
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Civil Engineering
Merit: 61.625
Catch: 61.625
ELDS: 53.625
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Merit: 67
Catch: 67
ELDS: 50.25
Food Technology
Merit: 51
Catch: 51
ELDS: 51
Industrial and Production Engineering
Merit: 50.25
Catch: 50.25
ELDS: 50.25
Mechanical Engineering
Merit: 68
Catch: 68
ELDS: 55.125
Petroleum Engineering
Merit: 61.25
Catch: 61.25
ELDS: 53.625
Wood Products Engineering
Merit: 50
Catch: 50
ELDS: 50
Automotive Engineering
Merit: 54.125
Catch: 54.125
ELDS: 54.125
Veterinary Medicine
Merit: 60
Catch: 60
ELDS: 60
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JAMB Cut-Off Mark for 2025/2026
The University of Ibadan has set the JAMB cut-off mark at 200 for all degree programmes.

Only candidates who achieve 200 or above in the JAMB examinations will qualify to participate in the UI Post UTME screening.

This mark serves as a threshold, ensuring that only candidates with adequate preparation proceed in the admission process.

UI Nursing Admission Tips

• By scoring high in JAMB: Scoring above 250 in JAMB significantly boosts your chances, especially when paired with a strong Post-UTME result.
• Prepare Intensely for the Post-UTME: Since it contributes 50% of your aggregate score, do not take it lightly. Use official materials and past questions to prepare.
• Monitor Official Updates: Always check the University of Ibadan’s official website or trusted education news platforms for updates on screening dates, application procedures, and admission lists.
• Consider Alternative Plans: If your score falls slightly below the required mark, you may consider changing your course to another health-related field with a lower cut-off or applying to other institutions with similar standards.

Frequently Asked Questions About UI Cut-Off Mark for Nursing

1. What is the cut-off mark for Nursing Science at the University of Ibadan for 2025/2026?

The departmental cut-off mark for Nursing Science at UI is 72.5 for the 2025/2026 academic session. This is the aggregate score required for consideration across all admission categories.

2. What is the minimum JAMB score required to apply for Nursing in UI?

The minimum JAMB score to be eligible for Post-UTME at UI is 200. However, for a competitive course like Nursing, a score of 250 and above is advisable.

3. How is the aggregate score for Nursing Science calculated?

UI calculates aggregate scores using this formula:


JAMB score ÷ 8

Post-UTME score ÷ 2
Aggregate Score = (JAMB ÷ 8) + (Post-UTME ÷ 2)

4. Is 72.5 the same for merit and catchment areas?

Yes. For Nursing Science, the cut-off mark is 72.5 across all categories, including merit, catchment, and Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

5. What are my chances with a 70 aggregate score?

A 70 is close but below the cut-off. You may not be considered for admission into Nursing Science, but you can explore options like changing your course to a related field with a lower cut-off.

6. Can I change my course if I don’t meet the cut-off?

Yes. UI allows you to apply for a Change of Course if you do not meet the cut-off for your original program. This can be done through the JAMB portal.