The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian tertiary admissions and matriculation board. The board also administers the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for prospective undergraduates in Nigerian universities.
The board is also in charge of administering equivalent exams to applicants to Nigeria's public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of education.
All of these candidates must have completed the West African School Certificate, currently known as the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, or its Nigerian equivalent, the National Examinations Council (NECO). It's also worth noting that JAMB is not the same as the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB).
Mr. Michael Saidu Angulu was the organization's first Registrar, serving from 1978 to 1986.
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the current registrar of Jamb, was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2016.
The numerous sites and centers in Nigeria recognized by JAMB for the registration of the UTME examination are known as Jamb CBT (Computer Based Test) Centres. In Nigeria's 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), there are several JAMB CBT centers/locations.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board administers an examination each year to determine whether a student will be admitted to higher education. Over 2.1 million people have registered for the 2020 exam, which is a new high.
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has a one-year validity period and a grade range of 0-400.
Following the completion of the year's examinations, the board meets to discuss the cut-off marks for universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, with some requiring higher scores.