UNIJOS Catchment Area For Admission

Catchment areas are those states set out by the Federal Government for Federal Universities, that candidates from that state have more chances of gaining admission into the University which they have been specified to be among the catchment state.

Students from the states specified as Catchment states are considered privileged as they have more chances to be offered admission in that school where they are among the Catchment area.

Now that You know what the catchment area is,  what are the catchment area for the University Of Jos (UNIJOS)? Keep reading Friend!.

UNIJOS Catchment Area (ADMISSION)

The Catchment Area for the University Of Jos (UNIJOS) are:

1. Benue
2. Kebbi
3. Kogi
4. Kwara
5. Nasarawa
6. Niger
7. Plateau

Another set of states which also has more chances of gaining admission are called the Educationally less developed states (ELDS). To see the General ELDS States Click Here.

Let’s assume you know the University Of Jos Catchment area for admission, let’s now look at the various ELDS state in UNIJOS.

UNIJOS ELDS For Admission

The ELDS Area for the University Of Jos (UNIJOS) are:

1. Adamawa
2. Bauchi
3. Bayelsa
4. Benue
5. Borno
6. Cross River
7. Ebonyi
8. Gombe
9. Jigawa
10. Kaduna
11. Kano
12. Kebbi
13. Kogi
14. Katsina
15. Kwara
16. Nasarawa
17. Niger
18. Plateau
19. Rivers
20. Sokoto
21. Taraba
22. Yobe
23. Zamfara

It must however be noted that this does not mean the UNIJOS does not admit students outside the catchment area rather the catchment areas are given special considerations. 

JAMB admission is defined in areas of merit, catchment areas, and educationally less developed states (ELDS).

Merit 45%, 35% is for catchment area and 20%  to those from educationally less developed states.

The fact is that if a candidate from another state outside the catchment area beats the MERIT cut-off mark of the University of Jos for the chosen course, he or she will be admitted regardless of the Catchment Policy.

And if you are from any of the catchment States and you failed to meet the catchment cut-off you will not be admitted into the University Of Jos.

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