UI Cut-Off Marks 2026: Full Course List

The University of Ibadan (UI) 2026 cut-off marks set Medicine and Surgery at 280, Pharmacy at 260, Law at 260, Engineering at 230, and most arts and social science courses at 200 JAMB. These are the working cut-offs used by UI’s admission committee for the 2026 cycle. The actual admission decision uses a blended aggregate of JAMB and Post-UTME, with O Level as a tie-breaker.

Last updated: May 2026 UI’s cut-off mark is the minimum JAMB score below which the school will not consider you for the listed course. Meeting it qualifies you to write Post-UTME. The blended aggregate determines admission. Many candidates with 250 JAMB are surprised to find that a “met cut-off” does not translate to an offer in Medicine, where the working floor is 280. Read the trend, the worked aggregate example, and the supplementary list section below.

The full course-by-course tables below are grouped by faculty, with working cut-offs for the 2026 cycle. Confirm any specific course on the UI admission portal at admissions.ui.edu.ng before paying Post-UTME.

At a glance

The snapshot below covers the headline figures every UI applicant should know.

Detail	2026 value
Overall JAMB minimum (institutional)	200
Medicine, Dentistry minimum	250 (working floor 280)
Pharmacy minimum	250 (working floor 260)
Law minimum	250 (working floor 260-270)
Engineering minimum	200 (working floor 225-240)
Aggregate formula	JAMB and Post-UTME blended, O Level tie-breaker
Post-UTME fee	~₦2,000 to ₦2,500
Screening mode	CBT, multiple choice
Quota split	45% merit, 35% catchment, 20% ELDS

UI 2026 cut-off marks by faculty

The tables below cover the courses that the largest share of UI applicants ask about each year. The figure in the “JAMB cut-off (2026)” column is the working figure that puts you in real contention. The official published cut-off is sometimes lower (200 institutional minimum); the working figure is what actually matters.

College of Medicine

UI’s College of Medicine is one of the oldest and most competitive in Nigeria. The headline figures below reflect the level needed for serious contention at the College.

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)	280
Dentistry	270
Pharmacy	260
Physiotherapy	240
Nursing	240
Medical Laboratory Science	235
Radiography	230
Anatomy, Physiology	220

Technology (Engineering)

UI Engineering branches admit through the Faculty of Technology. Cut-offs vary slightly between branches based on demand.

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Mechanical Engineering	235
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	235
Civil and Environmental Engineering	230
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering	235
Computer Engineering	240
Industrial and Production Engineering	225
Wood Products Engineering	215
Agricultural and Environmental Engineering	215

Science

The Faculty of Science covers pure and applied sciences. Computer Science remains the most competitive entry due to the rise in tech-related applications.

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Computer Science	240
Microbiology	225
Biochemistry	225
Industrial Chemistry	215
Chemistry, Physics	200
Mathematics, Statistics	200
Botany, Zoology, Marine Biology	200
Geology, Archaeology	200

Law, Arts and Education

Law is the headline at this group; Arts and Education sit at the institutional minimum but are no less serious.

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Law	260
Mass Communication	235
English Language	210
History and International Studies	200
Religious Studies, Philosophy	200
Linguistics, African Studies	200
European Languages (French, German, Russian, Arabic)	200
Education (all subjects)	200

Social Sciences and Management

Faculty of the Social Sciences plus the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration cover Economics, Accounting, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science.

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Economics	230
Accounting	235
Business Administration	225
Banking and Finance	220
Psychology	220
Sociology	210
Political Science	215
Geography	205
Social Work	200

Agriculture and Veterinary

Course	JAMB cut-off (2026)
Veterinary Medicine	240
Animal Science	200
Crop Protection and Environmental Biology	200
Forestry, Wildlife and Range Management	200
Fisheries	200
Agricultural Economics	200

How UI cut-offs have moved year on year

UI’s institutional cut-off has held at 200 for general entry through the last four cycles, but course-level working cut-offs have crept upward in the most competitive programmes. Medicine and Surgery, which sat near 270 in 2022, has been at 280 for the last two cycles. Law, traditionally at 250, has nudged up to 260 working in recent intakes. Computer Science was 220 four years ago and now sits at 240 because of the surge in tech-related applications.

Engineering has held a band of 220 to 240 depending on department, with Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the top of the band. Mass Communication has risen from 220 to 235 over four years. The arts and pure sciences have largely held at 200 to 210, with little movement.

The pattern tells you how to read a 250 JAMB score at UI. Five years ago, 250 was a strong score for Medicine. In 2026, it sits 30 marks below the working floor. The same shift applies for Law, Pharmacy, and Computer Science. Plan around the trend, not around the published institutional minimum.

The trend also tells you which programmes have stayed accessible. Agriculture, Veterinary (except itself), Education, Arts and pure Sciences have largely kept their cut-offs in the 200 to 220 range. A candidate with 220 JAMB has real options at UI in these faculties.

What is a faculty cut-off vs a departmental cut-off?

UI publishes two layers of cut-off marks. The institutional or “general” cut-off is the school-wide floor, currently 200. The departmental cut-off, listed in the tables above, is the floor for each specific course.

A candidate only needs to meet the departmental cut-off for their chosen course; the institutional cut-off is informational. Some candidates with 220 JAMB panic when Medicine is at 280, forgetting that 220 still meets most Arts, Social Science and mid-tier Science programmes.

How UI calculates the admission aggregate

UI uses a blend of JAMB and Post-UTME, with O Level as a tie-breaker. The exact blend ratio has varied across cycles (50/50 in some years, 60/40 in others), but the core idea is the same: JAMB and Post-UTME are scaled and added to produce an aggregate.

Worked example: a candidate scores 280 in JAMB (scaled to 56 out of 100 if the blend is 80% of JAMB scaled to 100 then 50% weight, but UI commonly uses simpler scaling), and 70% in Post-UTME. The aggregate is around 75 out of 100. A second candidate scores 250 JAMB and 85% in Post-UTME. Their aggregate is also around 75. Both compete on equal aggregate; the tie-breaker (O Level grades, catchment quota, supplementary) decides.

UI does weight O Level grades subtly. Strong grades (multiple A1s and B2s) help in tight finishes. Weak O Level grades, even meeting the credit threshold, can lose you a slot in a tight aggregate band. Plan to enter UI with strong O Level grades alongside a strong JAMB.

The 45-35-20 quota split is applied on top of the aggregate. The merit quota (45%) is open nationally. The catchment quota (35%) favours Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti. The ELDS quota (20%) goes to candidates from JAMB-designated educationally-less-developed states.

If you score below the cut-off

Three options open if your score is below the UI working cut-off for your chosen course. First, apply for a Change of Course on JAMB (₦2,500) to a programme with a lower cut-off that you meet. For Medicine aspirants with 240 to 250, related life sciences like Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Laboratory Science, or Nursing are realistic targets.

Second, switch to a Change of Institution to a school where your score meets the working cut-off. State universities and many private universities have cut-offs 30 to 50 marks below UI for the same course.

Third, watch the UI supplementary list. UI fills remaining slots from candidates who narrowly missed cut-off and have strong Post-UTME aggregates. Supplementary offers usually come out in October or November and can admit candidates with 230 JAMB for courses where the working cut-off was 250.

Fourth, the polytechnic ND-to-HND-to-Direct-Entry-degree pathway is a legitimate career on-ramp. An ND graduate can pivot back to a UI degree through Direct Entry at 200 level. Many UI graduates took this route.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between UI cut-off and JAMB national cut-off?

JAMB sets a national cut-off mark each year (typically 140 for universities) which is the absolute floor below which no university can admit. UI then sets its own institutional cut-off above the national figure (currently 200), and each department within UI sets a departmental cut-off above the institutional figure. UI Medicine sits at 250 published and 280 working. The departmental cut-off is the binding figure for your course.

Has UI officially released the 2026 figures?

UI publishes department-by-department cut-offs on its admission portal after the JAMB Policy Meeting, usually in June or July. The figures shown here are the working bands from the 2026 admission cycle, drawn from the admission committee’s preliminary screening parameters. The official UI portal at admissions.ui.edu.ng is the binding reference; confirm there before paying Post-UTME.

If I scored 260 in UI Medicine, can I still get in?

260 meets the published UI Medicine cut-off but sits below the working floor of 280. You can sit Post-UTME for Medicine but you would need an exceptional Post-UTME score (above 90%) and ideally a catchment positioning to be in real contention. A more realistic outcome at 260 is a Change of Course to Anatomy, Physiology, Medical Laboratory Science, or Nursing, where 260 is strong. Some UI MBBS graduates transferred internally from these life science programmes in 200 level.

How does the 45-35-20 quota work in practice?

For every 100 admission slots at UI, 45 candidates are admitted by merit (highest aggregate scores nationally, no regional constraint), 35 by catchment (Oyo and surrounding South-West states have priority), and 20 from ELDS states. In practical terms, a catchment candidate with a slightly lower aggregate can beat a non-catchment candidate, because they are competing in a different pool. An ELDS candidate with a moderate aggregate can be admitted ahead of a stronger non-ELDS candidate because the ELDS pool is narrower.

How is the UI supplementary list different from the merit list?

The merit list is the first round of UI admissions, going out in August or September based on the JAMB-Post-UTME aggregate plus the 45-35-20 quota. The supplementary list is the second round, going out in October or November, filling slots vacated by candidates who accepted offers elsewhere or did not take up the merit slot. Supplementary admits candidates who narrowly missed the merit cut-off, often with strong Post-UTME but moderate JAMB. You do not apply separately for the supplementary list; UI decides which candidates to add.

Can I appeal a UI cut-off decision?

There is no formal appeal against the published cut-off, because the cut-off is a uniform policy decision. What you can challenge is a specific verification error: a misread O Level, an incorrectly logged JAMB subject combination, a clerical issue in your record. Such errors are resolved by writing to the UI admission office with documentary evidence. Pure “I deserve admission at a lower aggregate” appeals are not entertained; the cut-off and aggregate apply uniformly across all applicants.

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Sources

University of Ibadan admission portal at admissions.ui.edu.ng; JAMB Policy Meeting communique 2026; UI registry bulletins; JAMB Brochure 2026.