Introduction

The Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) is a national examinations body approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria in December 2013. It was formally established in April 2014 by a consortium of ten (10) partnering universities led by the University of Lagos.

The board has the responsibility of conducting common and standard examinations for the candidates, who have been exposed to a minimum of one-year approved courses in the different Universities' Foundation and/or Diploma Programmes and are seeking Direct Entry admissions into University courses at the 200 Level in Nigerian and partnering foreign universities.

The following universities are:

Federal University of Agriculture, Abueokuta

Federal University of Technology, Akure

Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife

University of Benin, Benin City

University of Ilorin, Ilorin

University of Lagos, Akoka - Lagos

University of Nigeria, Nsukka

University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt