The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Post UTME (PUTME) and Post Direct Entry (PUDE) Admission Screening Exercise for the 2025/2026 Academic Session is scheduled to hold between Monday 1st September 2025 and Saturday 6th September 2025 in designated centres within Ugbowo Campus of the University.
Candidates are expected to fulfill the following criteria:
a. Only candidates who applied through JAMB for the 2025/2026 UTME and DIRECT ENTRY Admission, chose the University of Benin as their First Choice, and scored 200 and above (for UTME Candidates) are eligible for this Screening Exercise.
b. Obtained at least Five (5) credit passes at GCE O/L, SSCE, NECO, or their equivalent. The subjects must include English Language, and Mathematics (for courses for which a credit in mathematics is required) and three other relevant subjects (four if excluding mathematics); at not more than two sittings.
c. Candidates are advised to have a valid e-mail account before commencing the application process.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
- All applications should be made between 8.00 a.m. on Monday 4th August 2025 and Midnight of Friday 22nd August 2025.
The procedure for the 2025/2026 Admission Screening (Post UTME and Post Direct Entry) Application is as follows:
1. Visit http://www.uniben.edu
2. Click on the Application Menu
3. Read the instructions and Click/Tap Here to proceed
4. Read the instructions carefully and click at the bottom of the page “Begin Application Process”
5. Enter your JAMB Registration Number, JAMB Score and Set your Password
6. Login with your User Id (JAMB Registration No.) and your Password to begin your application
7. Supply the required information
8. To pay for the Application, Click on “Pay with Remita” button. Follow the instructions to pay the application Screening Fee of Two Thousand Naira (N2, 000.00) only (Excluding Portal Access Charges), using a valid ATM-Enabled Card from any Commercial Bank in Nigeria
9. Preview and confirm your information before submitting your application online (No correction will be accepted after submission).
10. Go back online on the appointed date to print out the acknowledgment slip that contains your specific screening schedule
Grouping of the Courses for the Screening Exercise:
S/N GROUP COURSE CATEGORIES / FACULTY
1 PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Engineering
Environmental Sciences
Physical Sciences
Education – Physical Sciences
Technical Education
Statistics (Pure Science option)
2 LIFE SCIENCES
Medicine
Dentistry
Basic Medical Sciences
Pharmacy
Life Sciences
Education – Life Sciences
Agricultural Sciences
Home Economics
Veterinary Medicine
3 SOCIAL SCIENCES Social Sciences
Education – Social Sciences
Early Childhood Education
Library and Information Science
Guidance and Counseling
Special Education
Adult Education
4 MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
Management Sciences
Mathematics & Economics
Estate Management
Statistics
Economics
5 ARTS
Law
Arts
Education – Arts
PLEASE NOTE:
a. CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TO GO BACK ONLINE AS FROM WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2025 TO CHECK FOR THEIR SPECIFIC DAY, VENUE AND TIME FOR THE SCREENING.
b. ALL CANDIDATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEATED, LATEST ONE HOUR BEFORE THE STIPULATED TIME FOR THEIR SCREENING EXERCISE.
c. MOBILE PHONES AND CALCULATORS ARE NOT ALLOWED
Candidates are to come to the Screening Centre with the following:
i. Acknowledgment slip
ii. Screening Invitation Slip that contains the screening schedule
Application Closing Date:
- Application website closes by Midnight of Friday 22nd August 2025 (i.e., all applications must be concluded online not later than Friday 22nd August 2025). Candidates, who pay after the deadline of Midnight of Friday 22nd August 2025 will not be screened.
Signed:
A. A. Bobola, mnim. Registrar
