Admission 2024: University of Ibadan releases cut-off marks

The University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has released cut-off marks for the 2024/2025 admission exercise.

All Nigerian universities had unanimously agreed that no university would admit candidates with less than 140 points in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) administered by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The decision was taken at the policy meeting, an annual gathering chaired by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, organised by JAMB with tertiary institutions as participants, to decide on procedures for admission.

Each university, however, has the liberty to raise the minimum tolerable UTME score (cut-off) for admission.

JAMB has also explained that candidates’ UTME scores alone are not enough to guarantee them admission.

The admission cut-off point is determined by calculating the candidates’ UTME score, post-UTME score, and their senior secondary school examination results.

UI cut-off

For the 2024/2025 admissions, the University of Ibadan, candidates seeking admission into the College of Medicine need at least 60 points to be considered for admission on merit. The university, however, has slightly lower cut-off points for candidates from catchment areas and those from Educationally Less Developed States (ELDS).

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The breakdown for the 2024/2025 admission cut-off was signed by the university registrar, Ganiu Saliu.

According to the breakdown, candidates seeking admission for Medicine and Surgery need at least 78.125 points to be considered for admission on merit or from the catchment area. Candidates from ELDS can, however, secure a medicine and surgery admission with 76.25 points. The requirement for Nursing Science is 71.875 points and 63.375 for ELDS.

For Medical Laboratory Science, candidates need at least 65 points for merit and catchment states and 58.75 for ELDS. The cut-off points for Pharmacy are 68 points and 65.625 points for ELDS.

The requirement for securing admission to study Law on merit or catchment state is 67.25 and 66.75 for ELDS.

In the Faculty of Science, Social Sciences and Education, the minimum cut-off point is 50.

Below are the complete cutoff points for all courses

Faculty	Programme	Merit	Catch	ELDS
Agriculture	Agric. Economics	50.375	50.375	50.375
	Agric. Extension and Rural Development.	50	50	50
	Crop and Horticultural Sciences	50	50	50
	Soil Resources Management	50	50	50
	Animal Science	50	50	50
	Crop Protection and Environmental Biology	50	50	50
Arts	Anthropology	50	50	50
	Arabic Language and Literature	56.5	56.5	56.5
	Archaeology	50	50	50
	Classical Studies	50	50	50
	Communication and Language Arts	61.875	61.875	58
	European Studies – French	50	50	50
	European Studies- German	50	50	50
	European Studies- Russian	50	50	50
	English	57.125	57.125	55.25
	History	50	50	50
	Islamic Studies	50	50	50
	Linguistics	58.125	58.125	51.625
	Linguistics- Igbo	50	50	50
	Linguistics- Yoruba	50	50	50
	Music	50	50	50
	Philosophy	50	50	50
	Religious Studies	50	50	50
	Theatre Arts	55.75	55.75	53.125

College of Medicine	Biochemistry	56.125	56.125	51
	Dentistry	69.125	69.125	63.625
	Environmental Health Science	52	52	52
	Human Nutrition and Dietetics	57.125	57.125	53.125
	Medical Laboratory Science	65	65	58.75
	Medicine and Surgery	78.125	78.125	76.25
	Nursing Science	71.875	71.875	63.375
	Physiology	60.375	60.375	54.25
	Physiotherapy	64.75	64.75	61.125
Economics & Mgt Science	Economics	58.5	58.5	52.375
	Accounting	65.25	65.25	59.5
	Banking and Finance	52	52	52
	Marketing and Consumer Studies	51.75	51.75	51.75
Education	Adult Education	50	50	50
	Business Education	50	50	50
	Early Childhood Education	50	50	50
	Education and Arabic Studies	50	50	50
	Education and Biology	50	50	50
	Education and Chemistry	50	50	50
	Education and Christian Religious Studies	50	50	50