FUTMINNA

FUTMINNA UPASE: still open, closing 4 October

UPASE runs to midnight Sunday, October 4, 2026

If you read anywhere, including on this page before today, that FUTMINNA had closed in August, ignore it. The application is open.

FUTMINNA’s UPASE application for the 2026/2027 session is still open, extended to midnight on Sunday, 4 October 2026. Confirmed September 24, 2026. We checked the registration portal ourselves. The university has indicated there may be no further extension, so treat the 4th as the date that governs you.

One thing to be clear about before you start: UPASE isn’t a document check. It includes a test you actually sit, and your score on it combines with your JAMB score into the aggregate FUTMINNA admits on. The two work together, so a strong UTME result won’t carry a weak UPASE performance by itself. With the deadline this close, that’s the difference between applying and preparing.

What you actually need

Applications close

Midnight Sunday, 4 October 2026, extended from an original August close. Confirmed September 24, 2026. We checked the registration portal ourselves and it is still active. There may be no further extension.

What UPASE involves

An actual test that you sit. It isn’t a review of documents you submitted.

How the score is used

Your Post-UTME score combines with your JAMB score into the final admission aggregate. The aggregate is what FUTMINNA ranks candidates on.

General cutoff

150, and that’s a floor rather than a target. Many departments sit well above it.

Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing

Up to 250 for Medicine, 230 for Pharmacy, 220 for Nursing.

Your department, though

Architecture, Computer Science, Cyber Security Science, Software Engineering, Mechatronics and Civil Engineering all need 200. Biochemistry, Microbiology, Data Science, Information Technology and several SIPET tracks fall between 170 and 200. Don’t assume 150 covers you.

Screening fee

Not stated here. We haven’t confirmed the current figure, and it’s a payment, so ask before you send anything.

Sitting near the cutoff for your course?

150 is the general floor, not what most competitive departments actually take. Medicine at up to 250, Pharmacy at 230 and Nursing at 220 are the obvious ones, but they aren’t the only departments well above the floor: a good deal of engineering and computing sits at 200, and a spread of science courses lands between 170 and 200. A score that clears 150 comfortably can still be short for the course you actually want.

And because the two scores combine, clearing your department’s figure doesn’t settle your position either. Don’t guess at yours. Message us with your course and your score and we’ll tell you the number that actually applies to you before you pay.

Don’t pay a fee we haven’t confirmed

We’re not printing a screening fee for FUTMINNA, because we haven’t verified the current one. With the close set for 4 October, that’s the point at which somebody confident and wrong can cost you money. Ask us and we’ll confirm the amount before you send anything.

One honest caveat

This page said the opposite of what it says now, until 9 September 2026. We had FUTMINNA closed since August and the university’s own portal says otherwise, so we corrected it. We’d rather tell you that than quietly change the date and hope nobody noticed. Everything else here was checked that day, and the closing date again on 11 September 2026, on 18 September 2026, and once more on 24 September 2026. On that last check we confirmed on the registration portal ourselves that the window runs to 4 October. The university’s own notice page has not been updated and still displays the original August dates, which is a page that is behind rather than a reason to doubt the extension. If any of it doesn’t match what you’re seeing, tell us and we’ll confirm which is current.

Where people actually get this wrong

The expensive assumption at FUTMINNA is that screening is paperwork. Candidates who believe that walk into a test they haven’t prepared for, and some who cleared the cutoff comfortably still finish with an aggregate that doesn’t rank. The other one is reading 150 as the number that matters, when the department you picked may sit at 170, or 200, or higher. With the window closing on 4 October, there isn’t room to discover either of those late.

Message us if you’d written FUTMINNA off

If you saw an August closing date, here or anywhere else, and moved on, this is the page to act on. The application is open until 4 October and there’s a test to prepare for as well as a form to complete. Tell us your score and your course and we’ll tell you whether it’s worth it. If you want us to handle the application, that’s Post-UTME / School Application Assistance, ₦3,500 plus the university’s own fee.