The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is the body generally in charge of admission into all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Every year, the body conducts nationwide exams for all the candidates who registered for the exams in order to assess them before finally admitting them into the tertiary institution.
Before now, most school of Nursing in Nigeria accepts students for admission into their school even without them writing JAMB. But this has changed over the years since the JAMB has fully enforced the policy that all tertiary institution in Nigeria will only admits students who have UTME results.
Also, now that graduates from the school of Nursing are being mobilised for NYSC, this has become compulsory for them to have UTME results.
However, not all the schools of Nursing have begun using JAMB for admission, but in this blog post, we are going to provide you with the updated lists of all the schools of Nursing that have now made it compulsory for all students to have JAMB before they can be admitted into the school.
So in this blog post, we are going to be listing all the schools of Nursing in Nigeria that require JAMB.
Lists of Schools of Nursing that require JAMB
Many schools of Nursing now make JAMB one of the requirements for admission. This means that you must write JAMB and score above the minimum cut-off mark in JAMB before you can be admitted to this school.
However, here is the updated list of all the School of Nursing in Nigeria that requires JAMB for admission:
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University of Calabar
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University of Ilorin
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Edo State University, Uzairue
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Obafemi Awolowo University
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Kaduna State University
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University of Port Harcourt
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Lagos State University, Ojo (LASU)
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Enugu State University of Science & Technology (ESUT)
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Benue State University, Makurdi
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Bayero University, Kano
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University of Uyo
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Osun State University, Osogbo
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Ekiti State University
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National Open University of Nigeria
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University of Lagos
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Federal University, Birnin Kebbi
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Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH)
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University of Ibadan
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Yobe State University
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Ahmadu Bello University
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University of Jos
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Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (EBSU)
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Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU)
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Gombe State University (GSU)
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Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma (AAU)
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Kwara State University, Malete (KWASU)
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University of Benin
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Rivers State University
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Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island (NDU)
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University of Nigeria
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Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun
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Usman Danfodio University
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Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Imo State University (IMSU)
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University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City (UNIMED)
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Taraba State University
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University of Abuja
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Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi
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Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye (OOU)
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University of Maiduguri
What is the JAMB Cut-off Mark for these Schools
Each of the school listed above have its specific cut-off mark. Some are higher while some are lower, and this depends on the number of applicants that the school is getting per year.
However, the minimum JAMB cut-off mark for admission into School Nursing is 140. Some schools have cut-off marks as high as 200, and these are mostly the popular schools of Nursing that always have tons of applications every year.
Does the School of Nursing Accept Students Without JAMB
Some school of Nursing still accepts students without JAMB results; however, the ones listed on this blog post no longer accept students with JAMB. This means that if you are applying for admission into any of the listed schools above and you don’t have JAMB or you didn’t write JAMB, you won’t be admitted into the school.
Conclusion
Schools of Nursing in Nigeria are now requiring students to write JAMB before they can be offered admission to the school. You are expected to score above the minimum cutoff mark before you can be admitted. Most school Nursing cut off mark is around 140, while top and competitive schools of Nursing their a cut off mark is 200 and above.