How to Do Change Institutions/Courses Third/More Times

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You can change institutions or courses three times through JAMB, contrary to the usual two-time limit, by following regularization processes if admission is given by a school not of your choice, or if further changes are required beyond the three allowed attempts, especially if discrepancies arise between JAMB and school admission details, ensuring compliance for NYSC eligibility.

You must have read that the change of institutions/courses is limited to two times. All candidates should know this by now. But the situation can warrant changing the third time. This poses the question, “Can I be able to change my institutions, or courses three times or more?”

The straight answer to this is YES. You can now change institutions and/or courses three times. Other changes remain once, however. 

Let's look at the picture below giving the summary of possible changes and the number of times you can effect them.

As you can see, Names, Dates of Birth, Passport, Gender, state/local government of origin, and profiles can be corrected or edited just "once". However, the change of institutions and/or courses can be made, as stated here, up to three times.

But the long answer should be attentively read as detailed below if you intend to do the changes more than three times.

You must have read elsewhere or in my post, “10 Things to Know About JAMB Change of Data, Institutions and Courses” that you couldn’t do the change of institutions/courses more than two times. That’s true. And what I’m about to explain to you here is equally true.

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Two Situations That May Lead You to Change Institutions and/or Courses More Times

There are two cases.

One will allow you to change the third time while the other will limit you to only two times.

1. You Have Not Been Offered Admission By Any Institution

In this case, you have already changed three times, as allowed, but none of these schools offered you space. Then you wish to change to another school and try your luck with their post-UTMEs.

Sorry for your situation, you can’t change any longer. You’re limited to that last change.

But …

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If by any means, another school gives you admission without choosing them in UTME, you can get your way through with condition #2 below.

2. You Have Already Changed Trice and Admission is Given, But...

Some candidates fall into certain complex situations. Let’s see these:

You changed three times but the school that gave you admission was the second choice. And you won’t be able to print the JAMB admission letter because that school is not in the first position.

In order to print the admission letter, you will have to change institutions. But now your three chances had been burnt. What can you do next?

The answer is “Don’t worry about the change of institution yet”. You can do that after you get to the school for freshers' registration.

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Proceed to the school that offered you admission and explain your situation. The school will instruct you to do JAMB regularization. This is the exercise designed by the body to handle these kinds of issues. Then you can then print your admission letter. Read more details about this below.

Another case is if a school you didn’t choose, at all, offered you admission. That is, the school was not even among your choices. They just gave you admission because you took part in their post-UTME – even without choosing them. Or you didn't take part in the post-UTME/screening, yet they offer you admission. 

In this case, the option you will turn to is the JAMB regularization, as earlier noted, if you've already used three chances for the change of institutions and/or courses.

After completing the regularization, you will take your print slip to the school that offered you admission for signing and stamping. The school will then forward it to JAMB in order to change you to them. After approval, you'll be able to print your JAMB admission letter in the name of the new school.

A sample of the Regularization print slip is to be signed by the school, then later sent to the JAMB office

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Other Special Situations and Solutions

If the Course Given by School is Different from the one by JAMB

Another complex issue is if you’ve been offered admission by a school but the one given by JAMB is different. Then, you must change the course on the JAMB portal.

Admitted candidates (before 2017) who had been offered admission by JAMB with different courses other than schools' will not be able to change courses. Rather, they’re only left with regularization. This is because they didn’t create a JAMB profile during their own UTME registration like candidates of 2017 and above.

This is the exact advice your school admission officer will give should you talk to one.

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Can’t I just Forget About Regularization and Continue with my Course?

Well, you can. But sooner or later, you will be forced to do it.

You will need it when you’re preparing for NYSC. This is because if your JAMB course and your school’s course differ, your name will not appear in the JAMB matriculation list until you do the right thing. This is the list that shows whether you’ll be going for service or not. 

And if your name appears even with courses that don't correspond, you'll be required to change that course on your NYSC portal when the time comes.

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Starting From 2022/2023 Admission Your Can Change Institutions/Courses Many Times

This is a new update to the post you've been reading. The good news is that starting from the 2022/2023 admission year, JAMB has opened the change of institutions/courses window as many times as a candidate can afford to pay for.

Let's check the new update in the picture below.

As you can see in the last option, changes can be made more times from now (though they still change this in the future, which I will be sure to update).

So, relax you may not eventually need the regularization in the end. You can keep changing as long as you're not tired to spend money on the board. And if there is the need to, there you've got the guide too.

Conclusion

With clouded issues students are facing while seeking admission, it’s not uncommon to fall victim to one or two situations explained above. If you have just done changes two times, you can still do it the third time. 

If you find yourself where the fourth or fifth change will be required, you don't need to panic. If you can't do the normal change of institutions and/or courses, you can still use the JAMB regularization to solve the same puzzle.

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