UNILAG Cut Off Mark 2026/2027 | Jamb and Departmental

UNILAG Jamb and Departmental Cut Off Mark for the 2026/2027 Academic Session

Unilag cut-off mark 2024/2025 | Jamb and departmental — ***University of Lagos (UNILAG)***

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The management of the University of Lagos has announced the UNILAG cut off mark for admission for the 2026/2027 academic session to the general public (UNILAG).

The University of Lagos, also known as UNILAG, is a Nigerian public research university. It was formed in 1962 and is one of Nigeria’s five first-generation universities. In major education journals, it is considered among the best universities in the world. The University of Lagos provides undergraduate and postgraduate programs in a variety of fields. In the Lagos Mainland, the University currently has three campuses. The University of Lagos now enrols about 9,179 students and admits over 10,000 undergraduate students each year.

Check out the UNILAG Cut Off Mark For 2026/2027 Academic Session (JAMB & Departmental) recently released by the school management of University of Lagos.

Do take note that the UNILAG Post UTME cut-off marks have been published for both merit admission and catchment states.

The UNILAG Catchment states are:

Ekiti state

Lagos state

Ogun state

Ondo state

Oyo state

Osun State

What is cut off mark

Cut off mark is an agreed score set by a particular institution as a basis of admitting students into the department of study. This score is usually accredited to candidates based on their performance in a particular examination. However, students who have scored above the required cut off mark will be given admission and preferentially treated in the admission process above those who have met the exact cut off mark.

UNILAG General Cut Off Mark 2026/2027

This is the required cut off mark for a school to consider you for admission. If you score below a school’s general cut off mark. You will not be eligible to take their post-UTME, which means you will not be accepted into that institution. Take, for instance, UNILAG’s general cut off mark is 200, even if you had 199, you will not be able to register for their screening exercise/post UTME.

Schools are free to choose their own cut off mark. However, whatever cut off mark they choose should not be lower than the JAMB minimum.

UNILAG Departmental Cut off Mark 2026/2027

The minimum score required to get admitted to a school’s course or department is known as the departmental cut off mark. UNILAG, for example, has a general cut off mark of 200, but merit separate cut off marks for Pharmacy 76.4, for Common Law 78.225, and for Medicine 85.025. You can get that departmental through a simple calculation which we will explain here. The more competitive the course, the higher the cut off mark. Each university has a specific cut off mark for all disciplines each year. Some universities make their departmental cut off mark public, while others do not.

How to Calculate UNILAG Screening Aggregate Cut off Mark 2026/2027

O’Level → 20%

UTME → 50%

Post UTME → 30%

This is how you calculate UNILAG screening aggregate cut off mark;

O’level result:

A1 = 4.0 points

B2 = 3.6 points

B3 = 3.2 points

C4 = 2.8 points

C5 = 2.4 points

C6 = 2.0 points

Calculate your 5 Core subjects only.

UTME/JAMB Score:

Divide your JAMB/UTME by 8

Divide your post UTME Score by 2

NB: The Candidate must not score below 40% in Post UTME to stand a chance.

Take for instance, you had four As and one B in your O’level result (five core subjects), scored 280 in your JAMB, and scored 75 in your Post Utme.

O’level result:

Four As and one B = 19.6

Jamb/utme score:

280/8 = 35

Post utme score:

75/2 = 37.5

Your unilag aggregate cut off mark = 92.1

UNILAG Jamb and Departmental Cut Off Mark for the 2026/2027 Academic Session

University of Lagos 2026/2027 admission cut off marks are as follows:

FACULTY OF ARTS

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Creative Arts	69.5	59.375	61.675	66.225	57.725	65.175	65.75
2	English	68.175	57.475	59.2	65.05	62.025	55.675	63.3
3	French	60.225	NIL	59.65	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
4	Russian	58.775	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
5	History & Strategic Studies	70.725	58.75	60.175	67.675	65.725	61.625	65.1
6	Linguistics Igbo/Yoruba	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
7	Chinese	68.96	64.9	NIL	68.775	NIL	NIL	65.65
8	Philosophy	66.075	58.225	54.6	60.6	57.3	57.725	55.5
9	Christian Religious Studies	54.625	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
10	Islamic Religious Studies	54.675	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Accounting	76.325	68.225	72.175	74.625	70.575	69.825	71.45
2	Actuarial Science	69.475	61.35	64.275	67.125	63.55	62.875	64.2
3	Business Administration	72.875	64.775	68.35	70.425	66.95	65.725	67.6
4	Finance	70.625	62.45	65.775	68.35	64.275	63.85	65.5
5	Industrial Relations & Personnel Management (IRPM)	67.925	59.875	62.45	65.325	61.775	60.65	62.125
6	Insurance	65.475	57.25	60.175	63.425	59.875	58.95	60.725

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Adult Education	61.275	54.225	56.75	58.425	55.175	54.65	55.9
2	Business Education	63.875	56.775	59.425	61.575	58.125	57.65	58.925
3	Education Biology	64.875	57.35	59.625	61.775	58.425	57.9	59.175
4	Education Chemistry	63.55	56.125	58.475	60.625	57.35	56.875	58.225
5	Education Christian Religious Studies	58.925	52.775	55.125	57.225	53.975	53.45	54.725
6	Education Economics	67.275	60.45	63.175	65.225	61.875	60.95	62.55
7	Education English	68.625	61.775	64.25	66.375	63.125	62.275	63.85
8	Education French	58.475	52.225	54.6	56.175	53.275	52.95	54.125
9	Education Geography	61.925	54.875	57.25	59.175	55.825	55.35	56.475
10	Education History	60.775	53.625	56.175	58.225	54.975	54.45	55.725
11	Education Igbo	52.35	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
12	Education Integrated Science	62.775	55.45	57.925	59.875	56.625	56.1	57.275
13	Education Islamic Religious Studies	59.175	53.125	55.475	57.625	54.275	53.85	55.025
14	Education Mathematics	65.175	58.125	60.775	62.95	59.475	58.825	60.125
15	Education Physics	63.875	56.775	59.225	61.375	57.925	57.45	58.775
16	Education Yoruba	53.275	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL
17	Educational Administration	64.45	57.275	59.875	61.925	58.625	58.15	59.45
18	Guidance and Counselling	66.125	59.225	61.85	64.175	60.775	60.15	61.475
19	Health Education	62.575	55.275	57.625	59.775	56.425	55.95	57.175
20	Human Kinetics	61.875	54.625	57.175	59.225	55.875	55.35	56.625
21	Integrated Science Education	60.925	53.775	56.225	58.275	54.925	54.45	55.675
22	Technology Education	59.875	52.625	55.125	57.175	53.875	53.35	54.575
23	Early Childhood Education	63.225	56.125	58.725	60.875	57.425	56.95	58.275

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Biomedical Engineering	78.225	70.175	74.625	76.55	72.425	71.875	73.35
2	Chemical Engineering	76.875	68.75	72.475	74.95	70.825	69.675	71.425
3	Civil Engineering	79.325	71.625	75.275	77.85	73.55	72.775	74.45
4	Computer Engineering	82.675	74.925	78.85	80.775	76.625	75.875	77.425
5	Electrical & Electronics Engineering	81.225	73.55	77.425	79.625	75.35	74.575	76.15
6	Mechanical Engineering	80.475	72.875	76.65	78.95	74.725	73.95	75.525
7	Metallurgical & Materials Engineering	69.775	61.45	64.925	67.25	63.55	62.875	64.15
8	Petroleum & Gas Engineering	77.625	69.95	73.775	75.95	71.725	70.85	72.325
9	Surveying & Geoinformatics	68.425	59.875	63.35	65.775	61.925	60.775	62.55
10	Systems Engineering	75.925	67.625	71.55	73.875	69.825	68.95	70.425

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Architecture	74.625	66.575	70.45	72.875	68.325	67.95	69.775
2	Building	68.475	60.225	63.875	66.425	62.55	61.775	63.35
3	Estate Management	66.925	58.775	62.35	64.875	60.975	59.85	61.425
4	Quantity Surveying	69.875	61.65	65.275	67.725	63.85	62.975	64.625
5	Urban and Regional Planning	64.725	56.575	59.95	62.475	58.625	57.775	59.35
6	Fine and Applied Arts	67.375	59.225	62.875	65.225	61.475	60.65	62.125

FACULTY OF LAW

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Law	82.575	76.225	79.875	81.45	77.625	76.95	78.725

FACULTY OF PHARMACY

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Pharmacy	81.275	74.625	77.85	79.475	75.95	74.825	76.575
2	Pharmacology	74.85	67.275	70.425	72.65	68.975	67.825	69.55
3	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	73.625	66.45	69.575	71.85	67.95	66.775	68.625
4	Pharmaceutical Technology & Industrial Pharmacy	75.275	68.125	71.35	73.575	69.725	68.45	70.225
5	Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacy Administration	76.625	69.85	72.975	74.825	71.225	69.95	71.875
6	Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Microbiology	72.975	65.875	68.95	71.225	67.425	66.35	68.175

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Medicine and Surgery	84.575	79.625	82.475	83.15	80.775	79.95	81.625
2	Dentistry	80.725	74.85	77.625	79.175	76.45	75.825	77.275
3	Pharmacy	78.975	72.625	75.85	77.425	74.375	73.95	75.625
4	Nursing	79.625	73.775	76.95	78.35	75.475	74.825	76.275
5	Physiology	72.475	66.35	69.225	70.875	67.95	66.725	68.575
6	Physiotherapy	77.825	71.625	74.975	76.525	73.675	72.85	74.45
7	Radiography	76.425	70.25	73.575	75.225	72.175	71.45	73.125
8	Medical Laboratory Science	77.275	71.15	74.325	76.075	73.25	72.425	74.175

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Biochemistry	74.325	66.225	70.175	72.425	68.575	67.825	69.45
2	Botany	63.575	55.425	58.175	61.225	57.65	56.875	58.2
3	Cell Biology & Genetics	71.875	63.775	67.25	69.625	65.95	64.725	66.5
4	Chemistry	68.425	60.35	63.175	66.125	62.45	61.725	63.1
5	Computer Science	81.775	74.225	78.45	80.125	76.575	75.825	77.65
6	Geology	66.325	58.225	61.175	64.425	60.575	59.85	61.4
7	Industrial Chemistry	69.875	61.775	65.35	67.925	63.95	62.725	64.6
8	Marine Biology	64.275	56.125	59.25	62.175	58.45	57.725	59.3
9	Mathematics	67.575	59.475	62.175	65.225	61.35	60.625	62.1
10	Microbiology	78.425	70.325	74.275	76.625	72.575	71.825	73.45
11	Physics	65.775	57.625	60.35	63.425	59.575	58.825	60.2
12	Statistics	66.925	58.875	61.725	64.625	60.775	59.95	61.55
13	Zoology	62.775	54.625	57.35	60.225	56.475	55.825	57.1

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

S/N	Programmes	Merit	Ekiti	Lagos	Ogun	Ondo	Osun	Oyo
1	Economics	78.425	69.875	73.65	75.925	71.55	70.475	72.825
2	Geography	66.275	58.125	61.475	64.225	60.35	59.275	61.125
3	Mass Communication	79.875	72.45	75.925	77.625	73.775	72.325	74.875
4	Political Science	74.625	66.55	69.875	72.425	68.65	67.725	69.475
5	Psychology	72.875	64.225	67.55	70.175	66.425	65.35	67.125
6	Social Work	68.725	60.55	63.275	66.475	62.825	61.925	63.45
7	Sociology	71.425	63.875	66.95	69.525	65.775	64.625	66.375

Important Information About the UNILAG Cut Off Mark for the 2026/2027 Academic Session

It’s time to clear up some doubts about UNILAG’s 2026/2027 admission. In collaboration with the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) and other stakeholders, the Federal Government of Nigeria has set the cut off scores for 2026/2027 university admissions at 150, while polytechnics and colleges of education (COE) have been set at 100.

Frequently Asked Questions UNILAG Cut Off Mark 2026/2027 | Jamb and Departmental

Can I gain admission into UNILAG if my JAMB score is exactly the general cut-off mark?

Yes, but meeting the general JAMB cut-off mark alone does not automatically guarantee admission into University of Lagos. Competitive courses such as Medicine, Law, Mass Communication, Accounting, and Computer Science usually require much higher aggregate scores during the admission process. Candidates with scores close to the minimum benchmark are advised to apply for less competitive programmes where their chances may be stronger.

Does UNILAG use the same departmental cut-off mark every year?

No. The departmental cut-off marks for the 2026/2027 academic session may differ from previous years because admission scores are influenced by several factors, including applicants’ performance in JAMB, Post-UTME results, number of candidates applying for a course, and the admission quota approved for each department. A course with heavy competition may experience a significant increase in its cut-off mark.

Is post-UTME performance more important than JAMB score in UNILAG admission?

Both are important because UNILAG combines JAMB and Post-UTME performance when calculating aggregate scores for admission consideration. However, a strong post-UTME score can sometimes improve the chances of candidates whose JAMB scores are slightly lower than expected for their preferred course.

Can candidates change to another course if they do not meet their departmental cut-off mark?

Yes. Candidates who do not meet the required cut-off mark for their original course may still be considered for a change of course, especially if they satisfy the requirements of another department with lower competition. The university occasionally opens a supplementary or change-of-course portal for eligible applicants during the admission process.

Does catchment area affect UNILAG departmental cut-off marks?

Yes. University of Lagos may apply catchment area considerations during admission, which is why departmental cut-off marks can vary for candidates from different states. Applicants from Lagos and some South-West states may sometimes have slightly different admission benchmarks depending on the programme and admission policy for that session.

Conclusion

The UNILAG cut-off mark for the 2026/2027 academic session remains one of the most searched admission topics among Nigerian students because of the university’s highly competitive admission process. Understanding the difference between JAMB cut-off marks and departmental cut-off marks can help candidates make smarter admission decisions and improve their chances of securing placement into their preferred courses.

Candidates are encouraged to focus not only on scoring high in JAMB but also on performing well in the post-UTME screening exercise, choosing courses strategically, and staying updated with official admission announcements from University of Lagos. Proper preparation, accurate information, and realistic course selection can make a major difference during the 2026/2027 admission process.

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