How to Do JAMB Change of Course and Institution on CAPS eFacility Portal

Candidates can perform a JAMB change of course and institution by generating a payment transaction reference on the eFacility portal, completing the statutory processing tariff, and visiting an accredited CBT centre or board office to effectuate the data modification on the live database.

Following the release of entrance examination results, many candidates realize that their aggregate score falls short of the highly competitive cut-off marks required for their initially chosen course or preferred university. To prevent academic disenfranchisement, the examination board provides an official change of course and institution service, allowing applicants to re-align their academic aspirations with realistic institutional admission cut-offs. Candidates can alter their first, second, third, or fourth choice institutions, selecting federal universities, state universities, polytechnics, or colleges of education whose historical admission thresholds match their achieved score.

The procedural workflow begins by logging into the candidate’s personal profile on the eFacility portal. The user navigates to the Registration tab, selects the Correction of Data menu, and clicks on Change of Course/Institution. The portal generates a Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) code for the regulatory service fee of two thousand five hundred naira. Payment can be executed instantly via internet banking, debit card, or at any commercial bank branch nationwide. Once the transaction clears on the portal, the candidate must report in person to an accredited Computer-Based Test centre or an official board zonal office to finalize the changes via biometric verification, preventing unauthorized third-party modifications.

At the accredited centre, the technical operator unlocks the candidate profile, selects the newly preferred institutions and degree programmes, and verifies that the candidate’s UTME subject combination satisfies the statutory prerequisites of the newly chosen department as outlined in the official brochure. Once submitted, the operator prints an updated registration slip reflecting the new choices with an updated security barcode. The candidate must subsequently log into the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) dashboard to verify that the newly chosen institution appears on their institutional choices ledger.

Candidates must also confirm that when executing a change of course or institution on the eFacility portal, their O’Level results uploaded during initial registration remain intact on the CAPS repository. In instances where an applicant switches from an Arts programme to a Science or Commercial discipline, visiting the CBT operator to verify that all necessary secondary school credit subjects correspond to the newly selected course prerequisites guarantees that the departmental screening committee encounters zero compliance defects.

The regulatory authority managed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board allows candidates to perform multiple changes within the open administrative window, though each successive application requires a separate payment authorization.

University admissions offices overseen by the National Universities Commission continuously download updated applicant lists from the central database, ensuring candidates who completed modifications are incorporated into subsequent post-UTME screening and supplementary admission batches.

Strategic and timely execution of institutional adjustments enables candidates to salvage their admission prospects, securing legitimate placement into accredited higher education programmes.