JAMB Conducts UTME For Foreign Candidates In 10 Countries

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has conducted the foreign component of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for Nigerians and non-Nigerians seeking admission to tertiary institutions in the country.

The examination was held last Friday and Saturday across designated foreign centres, according to a statement in the JAMB weekly bulletin released yesterday.

The foreign centres are London, United Kingdom; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Banjul, The Gambia; Accra, Ghana; Cotonou, Benin Republic; Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Buea, Cameroon; and Johannesburg, South Africa.

The statement, however, explained that the examinations would be conducted on dates to be announced later in centres in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Buea, Cameroon, due to unforeseen exigencies that prevented them from participating alongside other centres.

A total of 379 candidates registered for the examination across the 10 foreign centres.

The foreign UTME initiative was introduced to position Nigerian tertiary institutions in the global education market and has continued to attract growing interest from foreign nationals seeking admission to institutions in Nigeria.

Officials of the board were deployed to the foreign centres to monitor and supervise the conduct of the examination.