JAMB begins the sales of registration E-PINS for the 2026 UTME. You are required to present your already generated PROFILE CODE from your phone, and make payment for either UTME ONLY without mock (N7,200) or UTME with mock (N8,700). After purchase, the E-PIN will be sent directly to your registered phone number as SMS. You can buy the E-PIN at any NIPOST, Banks, MMOs, MFBs and other participating financial institutions. The sales of E-PINS stops on 26th February, 2026.

Update: Online Purchase Now Available: You can now obtain your JAMB 2026 registration ePIN from approved online vendors without visiting a bank or centre. You may also purchase your JAMB ePIN via Quickteller, Moniepoint, Remita. These are the platforms that are confirmed to be working at this time. More will be added as we confirm their status.

After purchasing your e-PIN, candidates can check the List of approved JAMB CBT registration centres, for 2026 UTME/DE, to see the registration centres that are closest to them and prepare for registration, which begins on Monday, 26th January, 2026. The payment for the e-PIN covers UTME/DE JAMB application fee (N3,500), the reading text (N1,000), the CBT centre registration service charge (N700), the CBT centre UTME server charge (N1,500), bank charges (N500) and the OPTIONAL CBT mock-UTME centre charge (N1,500).

Kindly note that Direct Entry e-PIN sales will begin on Monday, 2nd March, 2026.

You can check the complete JAMB 2026 UTME/DE registration document - step-by-step application guide, if you need the detailed official information released by JAMB about the entire registration process. If you face any challenges getting your registration e-PIN for the 2026 UTME, let us know in the comments section so that users and admin can provide some assistance.