The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results of all underage candidates for viewing.
An underage candidate, according to JAMB, is any applicant who will be below 16 years of age as of September 30, 2026.
To check their results, candidates are required to use the same phone number they registered with for the UTME and send the word “RESULT” as a text message.
The message should be sent to
The candidate’s result will be sent back via SMS shortly after.
JAMB, however, clarified that viewing the result does not automatically qualify a candidate for admission.
The scores can only be used for admission purposes by candidates who meet the conditions for exceptional admission, which include a minimum UTME score of 320 and at least 80 per cent in relevant subjects in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Candidates who do not meet these conditions have been warned against presenting their results to institutions or individuals in an attempt to obtain admission outside the approved process.
