An Ekiti-born candidate, Owoeye Jesudunsin, has emerged as the highest scorer in the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after scoring 372 out of 400.

The announcement was made by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board during its 2026 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions held in Abuja on Monday.

UNILAG medicine applicant leads 2026 ranking

According to JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, Jesudunsin, who sat for the examination in Ogun State, applied to study Medicine and Surgery at University of Lagos.

Her score of 372 places her at the top of the national ranking for the 2026 UTME exercise.

The result is slightly below the highest score recorded in 2025, when Anambra-born Chinedu Okeke scored 375.

Computer science and software engineering dominate top choices

Ikenna Enwere from Imo State emerged second on the list after scoring 370.

He selected Nile University as his first-choice institution and intends to study Computer Science.

Closely behind him was Ayomide Bamisile from Ondo State, who scored 369.

Bamisile applied to study Software Engineering at Federal University of Technology Akure.

JAMB releases top scorers list

The examination body released the list of the highest-performing candidates during the policy meeting attended by education stakeholders and tertiary institution heads.

The development comes amid wider reforms in Nigeria’s admission process, including new policies announced by JAMB and the Federal Ministry of Education for the 2026/2027 academic session.