PAAU Releases 2025/2026 Post-UTME Cut-Off Marks for Admission

The Management of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, has released the approved departmental cut-off marks for the 2025/2026 Post-UTME admission exercise.

According to the university, the cut-off marks are based on an aggregate of candidates’ performance in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and WAEC results. The benchmarks will guide admission into various academic programmes, with candidates advised to carefully confirm the requirements for their chosen courses.

The institution stressed that no candidate will be considered for admission without meeting the approved departmental cut-off mark and urged applicants to monitor their status on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).

Below are the official departmental cut-off marks released by the university:

S/N PROGRAMME — CUT-OFF MARK

1 Agriculture — 44.0
2 Fisheries and Aquaculture — 32.0
3 Food Science and Technology — 53.5
4 Forestry — 31.2
5 Home Science — 31.2
6 Arabic Language & Literature — 31.2
7 Christian Religious Studies — 31.2
8 English Language & Literary Studies — 42.5
9 History and International Studies — 40.0
10 Islamic Studies — 31.2
11 Philosophy — 31.2
12 Theatre Arts — 30.5
13 Education & Biology — 47.5
14 Education & Chemistry — 31.2
15 Education & Mathematics — 31.2
16 Education & Physics — 31.2
17 Education & Christian Religious Studies — 31.2
18 Education & Islamic Studies — 31.2
19 Education & English Language — 31.2
20 Education & Economics — 31.2
21 Education & Geography — 31.2
22 Education & Social Studies — 40.0
23 Human Kinetics & Health Education — 31.2
24 Education Administration & Planning — 40.0
25 Library and Information Science — 31.5
26 Law — 66.5
27 Accounting — 50.5
28 Banking and Finance — 47.0
29 Business Administration — 50.0
30 Public Administration — 51.0
31 Animal and Environmental Biology (Zoology) — 41.5
32 Biochemistry — 53.5
33 Chemistry — 41.5
34 Computer Science — 54.4
35 Information and Communication Technology — 55.0
36 Software Engineering — 55.0
37 Cybersecurity — 55.0
38 Data Science — 55.0
39 Geology — 45.0
40 Applied Geophysics — 40.0
41 Industrial Chemistry — 48.0
42 Mathematics — 31.2
43 Microbiology — 55.5
44 Physics — 31.2
45 Industrial Physics — 31.2
46 Physics with Electronics — 31.2
47 Plant Sciences & Biotechnology (Botany) — 44.5 48 Statistics — 31.2
49 Economics — 49.0
50 Geography & Planning — 40.5
51 Mass Communication — 58.5
52 Broadcasting — 50.0
53 Film and Multimedia — 50.0
54 Advertising — 50.0
55 Journalism and Media Studies — 50.0
56 Public Relations — 50.0
57 Political Science — 54.5
58 Sociology — 50.5
59 Human Anatomy — 48.5
60 Human Physiology — 47.5
61 Medical Laboratory Science — 60.5
62 Nursing Science — 62.0
63 Pharmacology — 55.5
64 Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) — 65.5

The university reiterated its commitment to merit-based admissions and academic excellence.

The release was signed by the Registrar, Bar. Yahaya S. Alilu.