JAMB CAPS Login: Check Admission Status and Accept on Time

JAMB CAPS login is inside eFacility. Go to efacility.jamb.gov.ng, sign in with the email and password from your JAMB registration, then click Check Admission Status and Access my CAPS. Checking is free. If you see an offer, accept it within four weeks, or JAMB withdraws it.

What your admission status means

What you see	What it means	What to do
No admission yet / Admission in progress	Your school has not sent a final decision to JAMB.	Keep checking weekly. Schools release admission in batches.
Proposed for admission / Recommended	Your school has put you forward; JAMB has not yet approved it on CAPS.	Wait and keep checking. Do not pay anyone who promises to “push” it.
Congratulations — admission offered	You have been offered provisional admission.	Accept on CAPS within four weeks, then print your admission letter.
Not admitted	Early in the cycle, your school may simply not have sent your details yet. Late in the cycle, your score, post-UTME, O’level or catchment did not meet the school’s cut-off for that course.	Ask the school’s admission office about other courses. A change of course or institution is done on eFacility.

How to check JAMB admission status (step by step)

Open efacility.jamb.gov.ng. On a phone, switch Chrome to Desktop site (three dots, then Desktop site). The mobile view often hides the menu.
Log in with the email and password from your JAMB registration.
Click Check Admission Status.
Select your exam year. For this admission cycle, pick 2026 UTME, or Direct Entry if that is how you applied.
Enter your JAMB registration number and click Check Admission Status.
Read the message on screen and match it to the table above.

CAPS (Central Admissions Processing System) is not a separate website. It is the section of eFacility where schools offer admission and you respond. From your eFacility dashboard, click Check Admission Status, then Access my CAPS.

Forgot your email or password

Use the password reset on the eFacility login page. The reset link goes to the email you registered with. If you no longer have that email, open a ticket at support.jamb.gov.ng with your registration number, or visit a JAMB state office with your registration slip and ID.

Login fails because of your NIN

If your NIN details do not match your JAMB record, fix the record with NIMC first, then update it on eFacility. JAMB reopened its NIN-alignment service on 16 October 2026.

Logged in but can’t see your status

The page only says “Welcome”. Switch to Desktop site in Chrome or use a laptop. The menu loads in desktop view.
Your O’level result is not uploaded. No school can admit you on CAPS without it. Since August 2026 you can do it from home: get a result verification code (it needs your NIN and a payment), then use O’Level Upload on eFacility or send VERIFY followed by the code to 55019 or 66019. Results uploaded earlier stay valid. A JAMB-accredited CBT centre can still do it for you. Check again after a few days (JAMB statement by Fabian Benjamin, TheCable, 24 August 2026).
Wrong exam year. Pick the year you wrote the UTME, not the current year.
The portal is slow or timing out. It gets crowded when schools release lists. Try early morning or late at night. CAPS also had an outage this season and was restored on 28 September 2026, so a bad day is not always your fault.
Your school hasn’t released your batch. Admission runs in batches for months. Silence is normal.

Accept or reject admission on CAPS

Logged in at efacility.jamb.gov.ng, click Check Admission Status, then Access my CAPS.
Open Admission Status in the CAPS menu.
Click Accept (or Reject) and confirm.

No data or the portal won’t load? Accept by SMS: from the phone number on your JAMB profile, send your registration number, a space, then ACCEPT to 55019 (66019 also works), for example 2026xxxxxxxxAB ACCEPT. Keep about ₦100 airtime on the line. You can also accept with your fingerprint at any accredited CBT centre or JAMB office (Legit, 11 September 2026).

You have four weeks. Under JAMB’s 2026 admission guidelines, an offer you do not accept within four weeks is withdrawn and can be logged against you as “refusal to accept”. Accept as soon as you see it.

Think hard before you reject. The slot goes to someone else, and you may not get another offer this cycle.

Print your admission letter (₦1,000)

After you accept on CAPS, log in to eFacility and choose Print Admission Letter. Pay the ₦1,000 fee, plus a service charge, with your card or with the Transaction ID at a bank. Download the PDF and print it on A4.

Schools ask for it at clearance and NYSC uses it at mobilisation. Full steps: how to print your JAMB admission letter. Our JAMB hub carries the latest changes.

Then confirm you are on the matriculation list

Once your school registers you, your name should appear on JAMB’s matriculation list. This check is public, with no login. Open efacility.jamb.gov.ng/CheckMatriculationList, choose your exam year and enter your registration number. Admitted but your name never shows? Go to your school’s admission office first.

Only a CAPS admission counts

JAMB said it twice in October 2026, and it decides your NYSC later.

12 October 2026, JAMB on X: “An admission offered by an institution outside the approved JAMB admission process may not be recognised as valid… Verify before you accept.” JAMB’s 2026 guidelines add: “Any offer of admission from any tertiary institution without JAMB Admission Letter is illegal and is not recognized by the Board.” (Vanguard, 12 October 2026)
15 October 2026, Registrar Prof. Segun Aina: receiving a Veritas University delegation, he said universities have no statutory power to issue admission letters. Only the JAMB/CAPS admission letter counts for NYSC mobilisation and other official purposes. The Federal Ministry of Education has mandated all admissions through CAPS, and anything outside it is “null and void”. (The Sun, 19 October 2026; Arise News, 20 October 2026)

If a school hands you its own admission letter:

Check your status on CAPS. If it does not show an offer, you are not admitted in JAMB’s eyes.
Insist the school uploads you on CAPS before you pay acceptance or school fees.
Accept on CAPS and print the JAMB letter.
Don’t pay “agents” who claim they can get you onto CAPS. Only your school can recommend you, and only JAMB approves.

2026/2027 admission deadlines

Institution	Admissions must conclude by
Public universities	31 October 2026
Private universities	30 November 2026
Polytechnics, colleges of education and others	31 December 2026

Dates as reported by The Guardian, 28 October 2026. That same day, Hon. Oboku Oforji, chair of the House Committee on Basic Education, asked JAMB to extend the 31 October deadline (Vanguard, Guardian, Independent). As of 1 November 2026, JAMB had not announced an extension.

Don’t panic if your status still says “admission in progress” after a deadline passes. Institutions upload in batches and JAMB approves on CAPS, so a status can still change. Keep checking.

Holding an offer from 2021 to 2025? Decide by 30 November

JAMB set 30 November 2026 as the final date to accept or reject admission offers left hanging from the 2021 to 2025 exercises (statement by Fabian Benjamin, Acting Director, Public Affairs, 30 September 2026; The Sun, TVC). The date had already moved from 31 August to 30 September before the CAPS outage.

Accept the old offer and you can go on to print the admission letter.
Reject it and your dashboard reverts to “Not Admitted”. Rejecting an old offer does not touch a 2026 admission.
Do nothing and the offer reverts to “Not Admitted” on JAMB’s records on its own. Any request after 30 November to change that record attracts JAMB’s penalty fee.

Not admitted? What you can do

First, check your score against the 2026/2027 minimum cut-offs, set at JAMB’s policy meeting on 11 May 2026. Many courses demand more.

Institution	Minimum UTME score
Universities	150
Colleges of nursing	150
Polytechnics and monotechnics	100
Colleges of education (NCE)	No UTME needed

Ask about another course. The school’s admission office can tell you which courses still have space for your score.
Change course or institution on eFacility. Steps: how to change course or institution on the JAMB portal.
Fix your O’level upload. A missing result blocks every offer, whatever your score.
Plan for the next cycle. If nothing comes through, register for the next UTME and choose a school where your score clears the cut-off.

FAQs

Is checking JAMB admission status free?

Yes. Logging in to eFacility and checking your status costs nothing. The only fee in this process is ₦1,000, plus a service charge, to print the admission letter after you accept.

Can I check JAMB admission status with just my registration number?

No. There is no public page that shows admission status from a registration number alone; you need your eFacility email and password. The matriculation list is the one check that works with only your registration number, and your name appears there only after your school registers you.

How long after post-UTME does admission show on CAPS?

There is no fixed time. It varies by school and course. Schools upload candidates in batches, then JAMB approves on CAPS. Two friends in the same school can see offers weeks apart.

Has JAMB extended the 31 October deadline?

As of 1 November 2026, no. A House of Representatives committee chair asked for an extension on 28 October, but JAMB had not announced one.

My school gave me its own admission letter. Is that enough?

No. JAMB’s Registrar said on 15 October 2026 that only the JAMB/CAPS admission letter counts for NYSC mobilisation. Make sure the offer shows on CAPS, accept it there and print the JAMB letter.

I accepted admission. Do I still need to do anything on JAMB?

Yes. Print your admission letter, then check the matriculation list once your school registers you. Those two documents follow you to clearance and NYSC.

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