UNILAG 2026/2027 UTME Merit Cut-Off Marks Released: Full List, Catchment Scores, and What Every Candidate Must Know

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has officially released the UNILAG 2025/2026 UTME Merit Cut-Off Marks, and thousands of admission seekers across Nigeria are now anxiously checking to see if their JAMB scores qualify them for their dream course. If you applied to UNILAG this year, this post is for you.

In this guide, we break down the UNILAG cut-off marks for all courses, explain how the merit and catchment scores work, show you how the marks are calculated, and answer the most common questions students are asking right now. The official announcement is published on the UNILAG website here.

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What Are UNILAG Cut-Off Marks?

A cut-off mark is the minimum aggregate score a candidate must reach to be considered for admission into a particular course. UNILAG uses two main categories:

• Merit Cut-Off: The general score for candidates from anywhere in Nigeria.
• Catchment Cut-Off: A slightly lower score reserved for candidates from UNILAG’s catchment states — Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo.

Catchment marks are usually lower than merit marks because Nigerian federal universities are required to give a percentage of their admission slots to candidates from nearby states. So if you’re from any of the six catchment states above, your chances are statistically better.

If you’re still preparing for upcoming exams, our JAMB Tips category has helpful posts to guide your study plan.

How UNILAG Calculates Your Aggregate Score

This is where many students get confused. Your UTME score is NOT your final aggregate. UNILAG uses a 50/50 weighting between your JAMB UTME score and your Post-UTME score (or O’Level grades, depending on the course).

The Formula

Aggregate Score = (JAMB UTME Score ÷ 8) + (Post-UTME Score ÷ 2)

Worked Example

Let’s say a candidate scored:

• JAMB UTME: 280
• Post-UTME: 70

Step 1: Divide the JAMB score by 8 → 280 ÷ 8 = 35 Step 2: Divide the Post-UTME score by 2 → 70 ÷ 2 = 35 Step 3: Add the two → 35 + 35 = 70.0 aggregate

With an aggregate of 70.0, this candidate would qualify for courses like Mass Communication (74.074 merit) only through catchment if they’re from Lagos (71.8) or Ondo (72.6) — but they would comfortably qualify for Economics catchment in Ondo (71.575) or Public Administration catchment in Lagos (68.475).

This is why a high JAMB score alone is not enough — your Post-UTME performance matters just as much.

UNILAG 2025/2026 UTME Merit Cut-Off Marks (All Faculties)

Below is the detailed and simplified table of cut-off marks for every course offered, organized by faculty. “NIL” means the course did not admit any candidate from that catchment state at this stage of admission.

Faculty of Arts

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Creative Arts	69.5	59.375	61.675	66.225	57.725	65.175	65.75
English	68.175	57.475	59.2	65.05	62.025	55.675	63.3
French	60.225	NIL	59.65	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Russian	58.775	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
German	60.95	NIL	NIL	53.625	NIL	51.675	52
History & Strategic Studies	70.725	58.75	60.175	67.675	65.725	61.625	65.1
Linguistics/Yoruba	64.1	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Linguistics	72.55	67.425	70.9	71.375	68.725	66.75	68.325
Chinese	68.95	64.9	NIL	68.775	NIL	NIL	65.65
Philosophy	66.075	58.225	54.6	60.6	57.3	57.725	55.5
Christian Religious Studies	54.625	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Islamic Religious Studies	54.675	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

College of Medicine

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Anatomy	72.4	71.5	70.35	70.125	71.65	66.475	64.75
Pharmacology	73.125	69.025	69.65	71.925	67.075	66.3	71.6
Physiology	72.875	66.45	63.8	70.225	57.3	70.925	67.95
Medical Laboratory Science	74.375	70.925	72	73	70.6	72.7	72.825
Medicine & Surgery	85.025	79.975	79.75	83.8	81.325	81.775	81.575
Nursing	79.8	73.2	73.7	77.5	77.1	77.85	77.65
Physiotherapy	74.725	66.25	72.975	74.2	73.6	72.25	73.175
Radiography	77.375	74.9	73.975	76.9	70.35	75.625	76.7
Dental Science	76.65	70.875	65.825	75.325	72.775	69.175	64.975

Faculty of Engineering

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Biomedical Engineering	73.3	NIL	66.125	68.45	69.55	NIL	68.275
Chemical Engineering	72.8	68.25	62.35	64.9	NIL	57.65	59.325
Civil Engineering	75.625	65.525	74.5	72.075	65.575	72.375	71.05
Computer Engineering	82.875	71.8	78.3	80.75	77	81.475	79
Electrical/Electronics Engineering	79.5	63.35	69.775	77.1	68.525	72.1	72.125
Mechanical Engineering	78.525	71.6	73.825	75.85	66.3	72.5	72.575
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	59.8	58.975	NIL	57.95	NIL	NIL	NIL
Petroleum & Gas Engineering	70.725	64.125	65.2	67.75	NIL	65.225	65.6
Surveying & Geoinformatics Engineering	58.125	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Systems Engineering	78.225	65.475	73.475	75.875	58.35	70.6	73.95

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Architecture	75.575	60.725	72.025	72.15	70.35	72.175	72.825
Building	57.825	56.225	52.375	52.95	56.6	57.125	NIL
Estate Management	57.325	53.05	NIL	51.15	NIL	51.2	NIL
Quantity Surveying	64.3	56.3	56.75	54.825	59.625	NIL	NIL
Urban & Regional Planning	53.5	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

Faculty of Law

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Law	78.225	73.625	75.9	76.55	75.75	76.35	74.525

Faculty of Management Sciences

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Accounting	75.7	69.475	71.4	73.825	68.8	72.325	71
Actuarial Science	64.925	59.725	NIL	63.15	64.05	60.375	59
Banking & Finance	70.35	59.225	64	67.625	61.725	55.875	57.375
Business Administration	69.3	52.725	60.2	68.15	66.075	64.05	67.025
IRPM	60.775	55.65	59.6	54.5	60.025	58.15	53.925
Insurance	65.85	NIL	57.75	64.375	53.05	53.05	55.1
Taxation	66.4	57.025	62.65	63.725	61.45	62.25	59.025
Procurement	67.175	58.7	58.625	65.675	64.75	60.95	64.35

Faculty of Pharmacy

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Pharmacy	76.4	69.175	69.5	73.3	69.55	73.725	71.275

Faculty of Science

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Biochemistry	69.4	64.775	66.275	66.275	65	64.375	67.15
Biostatistics	52.125	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Botany	51.45	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Cell Biology & Genetics	68.975	63.325	63.85	66.55	65.75	56.125	64.225
Chemistry	59.5	NIL	59.3	54.325	NIL	54.15	NIL
Computer Science	83.425	80.125	79.6	82.025	77.5	79.2	78.1
Data Science	76.925	72.65	74.025	75.775	73.9	74.3	72.675
Environmental Standards	65.775	NIL	63.575	NIL	NIL	NIL	62.625
Geology	63.55	60.125	58.375	58.45	54.575	61.375	60.825
Geophysics	65.225	55.7	57.925	53.675	54.75	52.675	60.55
Marine Biology	55.45	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	54.725	NIL
Fisheries	52.475	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Mathematics	63.675	NIL	58.625	52.5	60.9	61.825	NIL
Industrial Mathematics	67.875	61.8	52.5	62.425	64.125	NIL	NIL
Statistics	65.925	NIL	64.1	60.9	63.775	NIL	60.925
Microbiology	68.075	61.2	65.95	64.9	62	57.175	54.95
Physics	60.25	52.225	54.925	55.125	55.35	NIL	NIL
Zoology	57.25	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

Faculty of Social Sciences

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Economics	73.475	54.925	66.575	71.575	63.625	65.45	66.125
Economics & Development Studies	65.725	NIL	59.8	62.425	58.175	NIL	61.8
Geography	57.475	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Meteorology & Climate Science	55.95	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Mass Communication	74.074	69.625	71.8	72.6	70.65	70.825	70.45
Library & Information Science	66.625	NIL	62.95	63.3	61.225	60.85	66.55
Political Science	68.15	58.325	62.75	64.275	58.75	52.075	60.9
Psychology	69.7	61.975	65.95	68.675	63.05	55.75	67.825
Public Administration	74.2	63.025	68.475	73.475	69.625	70.25	72.05
Social Work	67.35	59.725	55.15	66.025	60.575	63	52.125
Sociology	68.275	NIL	64.175	66.875	63.8	57	65.95
Social Standard	60.95	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

Faculty of Education

Programme	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
Adult Education	53.525	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Economics	56.175	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Business Education	59.65	NIL	55.425	56.425	NIL	56.6	52.575
Education English	68.05	62.625	63.025	64.2	58.825	63.875	65.45
Early Childhood Education	60.25	NIL	54.775	60	NIL	52.6	NIL
Education Yoruba	62.025	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education French	59.3	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education History	53.9	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Christian Religious Studies	56.275	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Islamic Religious Studies	56.125	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Educational Administration	58	NIL	50.8	52.55	NIL	NIL	53.125
Educational Foundations	60.025	59.65	54.05	55.625	NIL	52.525	57.575
Health Education	52.675	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Human Kinetics Education	53.35	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Biology	53.5	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Chemistry	53.875	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Home Economics	58.125	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Integrated Science Education	56.1	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Mathematics	51.075	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Education Physics	63	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Technology Education	55.125	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
Special Education	58.2	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

Key Observations from the 2025/2026 Cut-Off Marks

A few patterns stand out from this year’s release:

• Medicine & Surgery remains the most competitive course at UNILAG with a merit cut-off of 85.025, followed closely by Computer Science (83.425) and Computer Engineering (82.875).
• Tech-related courses are climbing fast. Data Science (76.925) and Systems Engineering (78.225) now rival traditional top picks like Pharmacy and Architecture.
• Catchment candidates have a real advantage — for Medicine, a Lagos catchment candidate needs only 79.75 versus 85.025 for merit, a difference of over 5 points.
• Several courses recorded NIL for catchment, meaning either no candidate from that state applied or none met the bar at this stage.

What Happens Next If You Meet the Cut-Off?

Meeting the cut-off is only the first step. Here’s what you should do immediately:

1. Check your JAMB CAPS portal regularly. UNILAG advised candidates to monitor CAPS for their official admission status.
2. Accept the admission offer on CAPS as soon as it appears. Failing to accept within the window can cost you the slot.
3. Pay your acceptance fee through the UNILAG payment portal.
4. Begin online registration through the student portal.
5. Print your admission letter and JAMB letter — both are required for screening.

If you’re unsure how university student portals work, our guide on the Federal University Kashere Student Portal gives you a clear walkthrough that applies to most Nigerian universities, including UNILAG.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. I scored higher than the merit mark but I’m from a catchment state. Will I be admitted on merit or catchment?

You will be considered on merit first. Catchment slots are filled by candidates whose scores meet the catchment bar but didn’t reach the merit cut-off. So a high score works in your favor either way.

2. What does NIL mean in the catchment column?

NIL simply means UNILAG did not record an admission from that state for that programme at this point. It doesn’t mean the course is closed — supplementary lists may still be released.

3. Can I change my course if I didn’t meet the cut-off?

Yes. Through the JAMB Change of Course/Institution portal, you can switch to a course with a lower cut-off, but only if your aggregate score qualifies. For more JAMB-related guidance, visit our JAMB Tips section.

4. Is the cut-off for direct entry candidates the same?

No. This list applies to UTME merit candidates only. Direct Entry (DE) admissions have separate criteria based on A-Level, ND, or NCE results.

5. When will UNILAG release the supplementary list?

UNILAG typically releases supplementary admission lists 2–4 weeks after the merit list. Keep monitoring CAPS and the official UNILAG admission page.

6. Does my O’Level result still matter after meeting the cut-off?

Absolutely. You must have five credit passes (including English and Mathematics) at not more than two sittings. Without this, your admission can be revoked even after meeting the cut-off. Our WAEC Timetable 2025 guide and How To Check NECO Result can help if you’re still sorting out your O’Level results.

Final Words

The release of the UNILAG 2025/2026 UTME merit cut-off marks is a major milestone, but remember — admission is a process, not an event. Stay calm, follow up on CAPS, complete your registration on time, and don’t panic if your name isn’t on the first list. Supplementary admissions, change of course, and other windows still exist.

For more updates on Nigerian admissions, exams, and university portals, keep visiting cmfanskills.com.ng — Latest Education Report, and explore our category pages on University, JAMB Tips, and NECO Tips.

You can also confirm the official announcement directly on the UNILAG website here.

Wishing every UNILAG aspirant a successful admission into the 2025/2026 academic session — Akoka, here you come!

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