JAMB Admission Deadline Extension — The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced an admission deadline extension, giving candidates offered admission from 2021 to date until Wednesday, 30 September, 2026 to either accept or reject such offers. The Board had earlier fixed Monday, 31 August, 2026 as the deadline for all candidates to indicate their acceptance or rejection of admission offers.

JAMB has described the extension as a final opportunity for affected candidates, including those with pending regular or CUIIA admission offers, to state clearly whether they are accepting or rejecting the admission recorded against them.

Candidates Urged to Act Immediately

Candidates with pending admission offers who have not yet accepted or rejected (regular or CUIIA) such offers are strongly advised to do so before 30 September, 2026. The Board cautions that candidates should not wait until the deadline, as failure to take action within the stipulated period will have consequences for the status of such admissions.

Candidates who accept their admission offers will be able to print and obtain their admission letters.

Those who reject their offers will have their dashboards reverted to “Not Admitted,” enabling JAMB to update its records and ensure that admission data accurately reflects the current status of candidates.

Special Cases Clarified

For candidates who are no longer in the institution where the previous admission was offered, or who are currently in a different programme from the one for which the previous admission was offered, such candidates may accept the outstanding admission and subsequently apply for the appropriate correction or deletion of the admission. This will enable the Board to appropriately update the candidate’s admission status and records.

Similarly, candidates who are currently pursuing a second degree but still have a previous admission offer that remains unaccepted may go ahead and reject such an offer and continue with their current programme.

The Board further clarified that candidates who have been offered admission in the 2026 admission exercise but still have a previous admission offer pending should not be apprehensive. Such candidates may reject the previous admission offer, and doing so will have no adverse effect whatsoever on their 2026 admission.

Final Warning on JAMB Admission Deadline Extension

According to JAMB, this extension is being provided to give all affected candidates one final opportunity to indicate clearly whether they wish to accept or reject their outstanding admission offers. It also ensures that the Board maintains accurate, current, and reliable national admission records.

The Board emphasised that there will be no further opportunity after the expiration of the extended deadline on Wednesday, 30 September, 2026. At that point, all outstanding admission offers from 2021 to date that have neither been accepted nor rejected will automatically be reverted to “Not Admitted” status and will remain so on the Board’s records.

All affected candidates are therefore strongly urged to act immediately and not wait until the deadline. Failure to accept an admission offer within the stipulated period will render the offer invalid.