Nigeria Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the key dates for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. In this info-article, you’ll find out about the JAMB registration 2023 and JAMB UTME dates.
Here is everything you need to know about UTME dates and JAMB Registrations 2023.
JAMB UTME DATES 2023
JAMB Registration 2023 Start and End Dates - the Key dates for JAMB UMTE this year in summary.| JAMB Event | Date (2023) |
|---|---|
| Registration starts | 14th January |
| Registration ends | 14th February |
| DE Registration starts | 20th February |
| DE Registration ends | 20th April |
| UTME Mock | 16th March |
| 2023 UTME starts | 19th April |
| 2023 UTME ends | 12th May |
JAMB Registration Date
The JAMB registration for 2023 will start on Saturday, 14th January 2023 and end on Tuesday 14th February 2023. Students and schools have 31 days for registration.
According to JAMB (Nigeria’s Exam Board), the Direct Entry Registration will take place between Monday 29th February 20, to Thursday 20th April 2023.
Read the latest on JAMB 2023 Results, click here
JAMB UTME dates 2023
According to the statement, JAMB fixed the:
- optional mock UTME for Thursday, March 16, 2023.
- 2023 UTME starts on Saturday, 29th April 2023 and ends on Monday,12th May 2023. (This date was rescheduled to 25th April, 2023)
How much is JAMB Fee?
Candidates will pay an N1,000 service charge for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for the conduct of mock examination at the point of registration.
The fee is meant to prevent candidates from indicating their interest to do the 2023 mock UTME at exam centres pull out on the day of the examination
Create JAMB Registration 2023 Profile
The Board advises the 2023 UTME candidates to immediately creates their JAMB profile (creation of profile code) prior to the start of the 2023 JAMB registration.
JAMB advised that it is likely to be a ‘bottleneck’ effect at the last minute when everyone rushed to create their profile.
Therefore, candidates must create their JAMB profile – the creation of the JAMB profile code – so that they do not have to face any restraints at the start of registration.
How to Get JAMB Profile Using Code
You’ll need your phone to send an SMS to generate a unique profile code prior to creating the JAMB profile. You’ll receive a 10-characters profile code which you’ll need to create your JAMB profile.
Here is how to get the profile code:
- 1: Open the SMS pad on your phone.
- 2: Enter your NIN in this format – NIN (one space) enter your 11-digit NIN number, see the *example.
- 3: Send to 55019 or 66019
For *example, if your NIN number is 12345678912 must enter NIN 12345678912 and hit send.
How to avoid error messages?
If you do not get the SMS text, please be patient. Wait for the SMS alert, your 10-character profile code will be sent to your phone.
Sending another message can complicate things. Also, when you send another message you’ll be charged an additional network fee of #50.
Knowing that the network will be slow when busy and waiting patiently will help you avoid error messages and incurring additional charges.
Here are the past JAMB Results Release Dates to check out while your do your registrations.