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An admitted candidate to a school decides not to go for that institution, for any reason known to him. Then, he wants to change to another institution that he truly and really wants. Now, he wants to know if this possible for him or not.
A situation like this can be very rare, yet it is possible. You may not even be on this page if you're not a victim or you have someone who is in the situation right now.
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First, let's look at a few situations that might lead to considering changing from a school that had already offered you a course to another you're just hoping for.
First, let's look at a few situations that might lead to considering changing from a school that had already offered you a course to another you're just hoping for.
- The school that admitted you was none of your choices. Of course, this is possible. Candidates chose 4 institutions during the UTME registration and even wrote or partook in the post UTME exercises of those chosen schools. However, a different institution offered him admission. This situation was well addressed in my post, "Given Admission by A School You Didn't Choose? See Why and What To Do".
- You've got the offer before someone assured you of admission into another. This is pretty common too. A candidate has been offered admission by an institution before a brother, professor or lecturer got back that he would help into another university.
- You'd rushed to change the institution to the university or polytechnic that offered you admission before the former school gave you admission too. This is another rear situation but it's possible. I discussed this in, "After Changing Institution, Can The Previous School Offer Admission?"
- You got admitted and you later changed your mind because of the course, school fee, security or the location of the school. This is not uncommon as well.
Whatever the situation, what matters here is you had been admitted, yet you want to consider the change of institution and you don't know if it's possible or how to go around this.
You Can Still Change Institution After Being Offered Admission
Yes, it's possible. But not in all situations.
There are things to know before you start throwing yourself into the air.
There are things to know before you start throwing yourself into the air.
1. Change of Institutions on JAMB Portal
It is possible to do the change of the institution directly on the JAMB portal if you'd not accepted the admission on JAMB CAPS. In other words, after being offered admission by JAMB, you'll be opened to options to Accept or Reject. If you haven't accepted the offer, you're so lucky and you can just do the change of institution right away. In other words, you'll be better to choose to Reject if you want to change to another school. See What JAMB and Schools Do When You Reject Admission on CAPS.
If you'd accepted the offer before a change of mind, your situation is a bit complicated. You will need to visit the school that offered you admission (the one you're changing from) and asks for a rejection of the admission letter from the admission office. After this, you will submit a copy to the JAMB office and the new school that's ready to offer you space. After the official conclusion among the former school, the new school, and JAMB, you'll be allowed to do the change of institution and offered admission by the new school.
If you'd accepted the offer before a change of mind, your situation is a bit complicated. You will need to visit the school that offered you admission (the one you're changing from) and asks for a rejection of the admission letter from the admission office. After this, you will submit a copy to the JAMB office and the new school that's ready to offer you space. After the official conclusion among the former school, the new school, and JAMB, you'll be allowed to do the change of institution and offered admission by the new school.
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2. Change of Institution Through Transfer Admission
If the number one option will not work or get too complicated, especially if you'd already accepted the offer, you may go for Admission by Transfer.
With this, you may need to spend your first year at the institution you're changing from before you can go for this option. Processing this is only possible to a few universities out there. You can be lucky with UNILORIN, ABU, UNN, UNIOSUN, LAUTECH, etc.
Transfer admission allows an undergraduate student of a university to move from his or her present university to another. For example, a 200 level student of Ladoke Akintola University may seek transfer admission to the University of Ilorin.
With this, you may need to spend your first year at the institution you're changing from before you can go for this option. Processing this is only possible to a few universities out there. You can be lucky with UNILORIN, ABU, UNN, UNIOSUN, LAUTECH, etc.
Transfer admission allows an undergraduate student of a university to move from his or her present university to another. For example, a 200 level student of Ladoke Akintola University may seek transfer admission to the University of Ilorin.
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Please I did change of institution when a polythecnic offered so I won't miss any chance. Can I still change it back to the university??
ReplyDeleteIf you've accepted the polytechnic admission on the JAMB CAPS, NO.
DeleteJAMB can't offer you admission form two schools. 👇
https://www.schoolcontents.info/2018/07/can-jamb-caps-give-admission-from-two.html
And you may not be able to reject the admission form the polytechnic after being accepted.👇
https://www.schoolcontents.info/2021/02/can-i-reject-admission-after-accepting.html
Before i was offered admission I had done a change of institution already and now jamb is asking me to change it back before printing my admission letter which I tried doing but it's not working. How do I go about it please
ReplyDeleteYou can still do change of institution/course for three times. Use the service of an accredited CBT center or JMAB office.
DeleteI was offered another course in my transfer approval and I accepted it but my caps is still showing my old course and I have not been admitted
ReplyDeleteThe thing is that now, I want to change my Institution and course,is it possible as it stands now
If transferred, the next thing is to accept and change to the course on the JAMB portal. That's the only when your school can offer you the admission finally.
DeleteWith the look of things, you have not changed to the transferred course.
If by now, you still want to change to another school, you can. That will cancel the possibility of being offered the last admission again.
I applied for an institution, another institution offered me admission. If i open the data page all i see is the new institution name, telling me to accept or reject. I clicked accept, it will show green and say recorded and that's all, if i leave the page and come back to it, it will still say accept or reject . Kindly help please am tired , i dont understand again
ReplyDeleteWhat will I do after mistakenly accepting my admission on caps
ReplyDeleteI accepted admission from the previous after doing change of institution please is it possible to change it back to the previous school
ReplyDeleteRead the post below for better explanation.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/08/after-changing-institution-can-previous.html
After accepting admission mistakenly,did Change of course to another school but on my caps it still showing congratulations of what I previously accepted hope it won't affect the new institution if they want to admit me
ReplyDeleteJAMB won't give a candidate two admissions the same year.
DeleteIt's possible to do change of curse after a mistake of accepting admission from faculty of education then decide to change it to any management curse, will it still work sir
ReplyDeleteI don't think so.
DeleteI'm currently a fresher and a student of Eksu studying computer Science but my dream is to study computer science in OAU... Is there a way to do transfer from Eksu to OAU?
ReplyDeleteCan you please tell me all the possible ways I can make it our sir?
Would appreciate it
It's nearly impossible. Most federal universities may not accept transfer from state universities. But it's possible if you have the right connection. Read more through the link below.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/02/transfer-admissions-into-universities.html
I have be given admission by a school that was in my first choice but not jamb that gave me the admission,then I applied for change of institution because I wanted to put polac as my second choice unfortunately the guy mistakenly change my first choice and put the school I was given admission in my second choice,,I tried changing it back and is saying you cant change to these school,,,and have be given admission in the school,,,pls what will I do pls
ReplyDeleteGo to the school to complain. They may subject you to do regularization to do that correction. Sorry about the mess.
DeleteI have changed from BUK to polytechnic so now I have been told to do registration as fast as possible in BUK school of continuing education is there a to get admission in BUK school of continuing education
ReplyDeleteI don't you will need JAMB to do registration to BUK school of continuing education.
DeleteIf my second choice university gives me admission is it possible to change that second choice university to first choice
ReplyDeleteSure, go to any CBT centre to change it.
DeleteI'm a fresher in OAU and I don't like the course given to me,can I retake jamb and putme to UI without the inter University transfer
ReplyDeleteYes. By next year, you can obtain another JAMB and process a new university.
DeletePlease can I do change of institutions after writing the post utme for the previously choosen school.
DeleteYes. But once you do change the institution, you should not expect admission form that previous institution again. Read the post below for more.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/08/after-changing-institution-can-previous.html
Hi sir, I'm a DE applicant. Can I be given admission by a private university I chose for my second choice before change of institution or do I have to do change of institution before I can be admitted
ReplyDeleteWhat usually works is choosing a school as the first choice.
DeleteHi, sir I'm a 200level student in an institution, I want to transfer to another university but I have no idea on how to go about it, can you help me out?
ReplyDeleteSure. Read the guide to do that below.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/02/transfer-admissions-into-universities.html
Please I want to to change institution but I've already accepted jamb admission to another university
ReplyDeleteRead the posts below.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/09/can-i-do-change-of-institution-after_30.html
I gained admission into lautech and I have paid for the admission letter.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible for me to do a change of institution?
You may need to read the post below.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/09/can-i-do-change-of-institution-after_30.html
Please sir I was in a university before but I left to take jamb again, and now I have gotten a new admission in another school but my jamb portal keeps showing the first admission I got before and it's not showing the second one. Please what do I do?
ReplyDeleteGood Day Sir can I change my choice of institution after writing JAMB
ReplyDeleteYes. Read the post below about that.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2020/02/can-i-do-jamb-change-of-institution.html
Was given admission to university of Ilorin and Kwara state polytechnic and I went for Unilorin but later on, unilorin admission was forfeit due to the issue of unacceptable result after payment of acceptance fees which now lead to going for polytechnic and now that I want to do jamb regularization, it the admission of unilorin that's there instead of polytechnic, how will I go about that sir .
ReplyDeleteIs it still change of institution?
If the admission is 2021, you can still do change of institution. If it's earlier than 2021, you will go for regularization. The post below will guide you on the two options.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2018/06/jamb-regularization-compulsory.html
https://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/05/change-of-institutionscourses-do-it.html
Can I change my first choice institution after Jamb ???And how will I go about it
ReplyDeleteYes, you can. And the right time to do change of institutions is after JAMB results are out so you can make the right decision. After the results are out, go to the nearest CBT center to make the changes. Read more through the link below.
Deletehttps://www.schoolcontents.info/2019/05/change-of-institutionscourses-do-it.html