How to Check JAMB Admission Status on CAPS (2026/2027 Guide)

Checking your JAMB admission status costs nothing, takes about two minutes, and right now it is urgent: JAMB directed public universities to conclude 2026 admissions by 31 October 2026, and that date has now passed. If you already have an offer, the four-week window to accept it still applies. Private universities have until 30 November 2026, and polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education until 31 December 2026. If you wrote UTME in 2026 and have not checked CAPS recently, check it today. Here is exactly how.

What You Need

• Your JAMB registration number
• The email address and password you used to create your JAMB profile
• A phone or computer with internet access
• For the SMS option: the phone number registered with JAMB, with at least ₦50 airtime

How to Check Your Admission Status on CAPS (Step by Step)

1. Go to the JAMB e-Facility portal: efacility.jamb.gov.ng
2. Log in with your registered email address and password.
3. Click Check Admission Status.
4. Select your exam year and enter your JAMB registration number.
5. Click Access my CAPS.
6. On the CAPS page, click Admission Status in the menu.
7. If your institution has offered you admission, you will see the course and the ACCEPT and REJECT buttons.

Checking on a phone? If the Accept/Reject buttons do not appear, open the portal in Chrome, tap the three-dot menu and tick Desktop site, then reload. CAPS was designed for a desktop layout, and the buttons often hide on the mobile view.

There is no charge for checking. Any website or agent asking you to pay just to “check admission status” is scamming you — the portal is free.

How to Accept or Reject Admission on CAPS

• Accept: click ACCEPT. Your admission is confirmed, and you can move on to printing your admission letter (below) and preparing for your school’s screening and clearance. Treat this decision as final.
• Reject: click REJECT if the course or institution is genuinely not acceptable to you. Rejecting does not blacklist you — it keeps you visible to other institutions, including through CAPS, where schools can pick up qualified candidates who have not yet been admitted. But reject only if you truly will not take the offer; once an offer lapses or is rejected, it does not come back.

Accepting or Rejecting by SMS

You can also respond by text message, from the phone number registered with your JAMB profile:

• Send ACCEPT to 55019 or 66019 to accept.
• Send REJECT to 55019 or 66019 to reject.
• Keep at least ₦50 airtime (main account, not bonus airtime) on the line before sending.

Whichever method you use, log in to CAPS afterwards and confirm that your status shows the decision correctly. The portal record is what your institution and JAMB will rely on.

What the CAPS Statuses Mean

• Admitted / “Congratulations” — you have an offer; accept or reject it within the window.
• Admission in Progress (AIP) — your institution has recommended you and JAMB is processing it. Keep checking; do not panic.
• Recommended — your application has been forwarded for approval.
• Not Admitted — no offer yet from that institution. Admissions are released in batches, so a “Not Admitted” today can change while the exercise is still open — but see the deadlines below.

After You Accept: Print Your JAMB Admission Letter

Your JAMB admission letter is one of the documents every institution demands at clearance. Print it from the same portal:

1. Log in to efacility.jamb.gov.ng.
2. Click Print Admission Letter. A Transaction ID is generated.
3. Pay the fee: ₦1,000 plus a ₦100 service charge (₦1,100 in total) through the portal’s payment options.
4. Enter your exam year and registration number.
5. Print the letter — print at least two copies, and keep a scanned copy on your phone.

You will also need your O’level result for clearance. If you have mislaid your WAEC details, our guide on how to check your WAEC result online shows how to retrieve your PIN free and print your result.

2026 Admission Deadlines You Must Know

JAMB announced these closing dates at its 2026 Policy Meeting:

• Public universities, 31 October 2026 (concluded)
• Private universities — 30 November 2026
• Polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education — 31 December 2026

Two warnings that come with them. First, the four-week acceptance window: once an offer is approved, you have about four weeks to accept it; after that, JAMB may delete the offer and record you as having refused admission. Second, JAMB has ended the practice of regularising admissions made outside CAPS. If a school offers you admission through a side channel and it is not on CAPS, it is not a JAMB admission — do not pay anyone to “process” it.

No Admission Yet? Do This

Keep checking CAPS at least twice a week while your institution’s category is still within its deadline, and make sure your O’level results are correctly uploaded on the portal (an upload problem is a common silent reason for delay). If the exercise ends without an offer, do not waste the gap year: review what went wrong and prepare properly for the next UTME with our guide on how to pass JAMB without studying too hard. And if you do get in, the work is just starting — see our advice on how to graduate with first class in the university in Nigeria. Public university admissions have now closed, so if no offer appeared, use the time to prepare for the next UTME cycle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it really free to check JAMB admission status?

Yes. Checking your status and accepting or rejecting an offer on CAPS are free. The only related payment is printing the admission letter, which costs ₦1,000 plus a ₦100 service charge.

I accepted admission on CAPS. What next?

Print your JAMB admission letter, then follow your institution’s instructions for acceptance fees, screening and clearance. Keep checking your school’s portal — those steps have their own deadlines.

Can I change my mind after accepting?

An acceptance is treated as final, so be sure before you click. If you reject an offer instead, you remain available for other institutions but the rejected offer will not be restored.

What does “Admission in Progress” mean?

Your institution has recommended you and the admission is being processed by JAMB. It is not yet an offer you can accept — keep checking CAPS.

When does the 2026 admission exercise end?

Public universities concluded on 31 October 2026. Private universities conclude by 30 November 2026, and polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education by 31 December 2026.

My admission shows on the school portal but not on CAPS. Is it valid?

Treat CAPS as the official record. Admissions are supposed to run through CAPS, and JAMB has stopped regularising off-CAPS admissions, so verify with the institution if there is a mismatch.

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Sources: JAMB CAPS guide — https://myschoolgist.com/news/jamb-caps/ ; admission letter fee (per JAMB’s fee schedule) — http://schoolnews.com.ng/jamb/print-admission-letter/ and https://lekkiheadmaster.com/jamb-admission-letter/ ; 2026 admission deadlines — https://businessday.ng/education/article/jamb-unveils-2026-admission-schedule-gives-candidates-four-week-acceptance-window/ and https://nairametrics.com/2026/05/11/jamb-announces-deadline-for-2026-admissions-issues-warning-against-side-door-offers/ ; JAMB e-Facility — https://efacility.jamb.gov.ng.