Students desirous of studying Engineering courses have dominated the list of top scorers for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with the best candidate scoring 375.
The list was released on Tuesday by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
According to the JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, one of the students, Okeke Chinedu Okeke, attained the highest score with 375 out of 400.
The JAMB boss noted that Okeke, an indigene of Anambra stated selected the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as his institution of choice and is desirous to study Mechanical Engineering.
According to JAMB, followed by Okeke is Ayuba Simon-Peter John from Gombe state, who scored 374. John picked Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), and just as Okeke, picked Mechanical Engineering as his choice of course.
The third on the list is Jimoh Olayinka, with Kwara State as his origin, and he got 373. Olayinka selected UNILAG as his first choice, and wants to study Mechanical Engineering as his first choice, just as Okeke and John.
FULL LIST OF 2025 UTME Top Ten Scorers
1. Okeke Chinedu Christian – Score: 375
State of Origin: Anambra
Institution of Choice: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Course of Choice: Mechanical Engineering
Gender: Male
2. Ayuba Simon-Peter John – Score: 374
State of Origin: Gombe
Institution of Choice: Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD)
Course of Choice: Mechanical Engineering
Gender: Male
3. Abdulmalik Olayinka Jimoh – Score: 373
State of Origin: Kwara
Institution of Choice: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Course of Choice: Mechanical Engineering
Gender: Male
4. Roberts Ayibo Damiete – Score: 373
State of Origin: Rivers
Institution of Choice: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Course of Choice: Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Gender: Male
5. Ononugbo Chibueze Chigozirim – Score: 373
State of Origin: Enugu
Institution of Choice: University of Ibadan (UI)
Course of Choice: Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Gender: Male
6. Olawepo Tunmise Gertrude – Score: 373
State of Origin: Kwara
Institution of Choice: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Course of Choice: Computer Science
Gender: Female
7. Afenitan Leslie Ofeoritse – Score: 373
State of Origin: Delta
Institution of Choice: Covenant University (CU)
Course of Choice: Mechanical Engineering
Gender: Male
8. Azoyenime Samuel Chukwuemeka – Score: 372
State of Origin: Delta
Institution of Choice: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU)
Course of Choice: Aerospace Engineering
Gender: Male
9. Oyebode Emmanuel Oluwapelumi – Score: 372
State of Origin: Ogun
Institution of Choice: University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Course of Choice: Petroleum & Gas Engineering
Gender: Male
10 Omigie Cecil Osaigbovo– Score: 372
State of Origin: Edo
Institution of Choice: University of Ibadan (UI)
Course of Choice: Mechanical Engineering
Gender: Male
JAMB pegs 150 as cut-off for varsities, admission age to tertiary institutions at 16
Meanwhile, JAMB has set 150 as the cut-off mark for admission into universities.
The exam body made this known during the 2025 Policy Meeting on Admissions, held at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja.
It added that the cut-off mark for colleges for nursing is 140, colleges of agriculture 100, and colleges of education 100.
“The minimum admissible scores for admissions for the next academic session have been fixed at 150 for universities, 100 for polytechnics, 100 for colleges of education, and 140 for colleges of nursing sciences by the stakeholders (Heads of Tertiary Institutions),” JAMB wrote on its X handle.
It also pegged the admission age to tertiary institutions at 16.
These followed after JAMB admitted to technical glitches in the conduct of the 2025 UTME.
It thereafter rescheduled an examination for the affected students across the country.
The age requirement will be enforced through its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), with efforts made to accommodate candidates who would turn 16 by 31st August 2025.
