Start a JAMB UTME registration

Create a JAMB profile with your NIN, buy an e-PIN and complete registration at an accredited CBT centre.

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  1. Check the current JAMB registration dates and requirements on the official website.

  2. From your unique phone number, send NIN, a space and your 11-digit NIN to 55019 or 66019.

  3. Keep the profile code sent to your phone.

  4. Use the profile code to buy the current UTME e-PIN from a JAMB-listed payment channel.

  5. Take the profile code and e-PIN to a JAMB-accredited CBT centre.

  6. Give the centre your choices and qualification details, then check all displayed personal information carefully.

  7. Complete the photograph and fingerprint capture yourself and collect the printed registration slip.

Watch out

  • Registration dates, prices and age rules change each year. Confirm the current year's notice before paying.
  • Register only at a JAMB-accredited CBT centre, not a cybercafe, and never share your password or e-PIN.

Tips

  • Use JAMB's eligibility checker before choosing a course and UTME subject combination.
  • If a profile code is lost, JAMB says to send RESEND from the same phone number to 55019 or 66019.

Local variations

  • Direct Entry, foreign centres and candidates with biometric challenges follow additional JAMB instructions.
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