MAU Urban and Regional Planning Cut-Off Mark 2027/2028

The MAU cut-off mark for Urban and Regional Planning is 160 in the UTME, the minimum Modibbo Adama University, Yola (formerly MAUTECH) set for its 2026/2027 screening, according to Myschool’s 15 July 2026 reprint of the university’s notice. MAU has not published a departmental cut-off for the course, and JAMB’s national minimum for universities is 150.

2027/2028 update: MAU cut-off marks usually stay the same from one year to the next, so the figures on this page are what 2027/2028 candidates should plan with. They come from MAU’s latest screening notice (2026/2027), as reprinted by Myschool. If the 2027/2028 notice changes anything, we will update this page.

Urban and Regional Planning (URP) is about how towns, cities and regions are laid out and managed. MAU’s subject rule for it is a little different from JAMB’s general rule, so this page sets both out, then covers Direct Entry, the screening process, a safe target score (my advice), CAPS steps and NUC’s record.

MAU cut-off mark for Urban and Regional Planning at a glance

MAU Urban and Regional Planning cut-off history

MAU has held its screening floor at 160 for two sessions in a row, ten marks above JAMB’s national 150. If you scored 150 to 159, JAMB’s rules allow a university to admit you, but MAU’s own notice did not let you register for its screening. Any blog page that prints a precise MAU figure for Urban and Regional Planning, such as 180 or 200, is guessing; no MAU document I could find carries one.

Safe target score for Urban and Regional Planning at MAU (my advice)

This is my judgement as an admissions adviser. MAU did not publish it, and you should treat it as a planning number only.

My safe target for URP at MAU is 185. Planning draws fewer applicants than Architecture but is often where Architecture and Building candidates are transferred, which pushes the scores of admitted students up. If you have 185 or more with a strong Geography credit, you are in a good position.

MAU’s Admission Office said in a November 2025 notice that some programmes were over-subscribed and asked candidates who missed out to move to programmes with similar JAMB subject combinations and O’level requirements that still had space. The table of affected programmes did not appear in the published text, so I can’t tell you whether Urban and Regional Planning was on it. It does show that MAU fills some courses before others, and a score just above 160 can leave you waiting for a transfer offer.

Catchment and quotas

MAU is a federal university in Adamawa State, so its first catchment is the North East, but it admits from every state. Federal universities generally share places between merit, catchment and educationally less developed states. MAU has not published its own split for Urban and Regional Planning, so plan on merit and don’t assume your state of origin will carry a lower score.

UTME subject combination and O’level for MAU Urban and Regional Planning

Under JAMB’s general rule, Mathematics is compulsory in the UTME for URP. MAU’s remark makes Geography compulsory and lets Mathematics be one of your two choices. Even so, you need a Mathematics credit at O’level, and I would still take Mathematics in the UTME if you can, because it keeps you eligible for URP at other universities as well.

Fine Art and Technical Drawing count as O’level extras at MAU, which helps candidates with a design background who may also be considering Architecture.

Direct Entry into Urban and Regional Planning at MAU

MAU’s Direct Entry remark accepts IJMB or two A level credit passes in Mathematics, Physics, Geography or another relevant subject. It also accepts an OND or HND at lower credit or above in URP, Urban Design, Architecture, Building, Civil Engineering, Geography, Surveying and Geo-Informatics or another relevant field.

That is a wide list of diplomas, so a polytechnic graduate in Building or Civil Engineering Technology can apply. Entry level was not published.

How MAU screening works for Urban and Regional Planning candidates

MAU runs one online screening for all UTME and Direct Entry candidates who chose it first. You apply to the university through the portal, and the department is matched to the course on your JAMB profile. Here is what the reprinted notices say about the last two exercises.

The 2025/2026 form asked for your best five O’level subjects from no more than two sittings, with result checker details, a passport photograph of 150 kb or less, your signature, next-of-kin details, an indigene form and a birth certificate. Expect something close to that again, but wait for MAU’s 2027/2028 notice before you pay.

Worked example for Urban and Regional Planning applicants

MAU has not published an aggregate formula, so I can’t show you a Post-UTME score calculation without inventing one. What you can work out is where your UTME score sits against MAU’s 160 floor and the safe target above. The names and scores below are illustrative.

Take Abubakar, from Jada, who scored 189 with B3 in Geography, C4 in Mathematics, C4 in Economics, C5 in English and C6 in Technical Drawing from two sittings.

1. Eligibility: 189 minus 160 = 29. Abubakar clears MAU’s screening floor by 29 marks.
2. Against my safe target: 189 minus 185 = 4. Abubakar is 4 marks above the score I would call competitive.
3. Subject check: Geography, Mathematics and Economics in his UTME fit both MAU’s remark and the general rule, and his O’level has English, Mathematics, Geography and two listed extras.
4. What I would advise: keep URP; his score is above my target and his subjects keep other universities open too.

Rhoda scored 167 with Geography, Biology and Chemistry. 167 minus 160 = 7, so she can register, and her subjects fit MAU’s remark, although they would not fit the general rule at universities that require Mathematics. At 18 marks below my target, she should be ready to consider Geography if MAU offers a transfer.

How to apply for Urban and Regional Planning at MAU, step by step

1. Get your JAMB profile code: send NIN, a space and your 11-digit NIN to 55019 or 66019 from the phone line linked to your NIN.
2. Register the UTME correctly: choose Urban and Regional Planning with Use of English, Geography and two of Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics or Economics, and make Modibbo Adama University, Yola your first choice. If you did not, do a JAMB change of institution before MAU’s screening opens.
3. Upload your O’level to CAPS: do it at an accredited CBT centre or JAMB office. MAU’s notices tell candidates to keep their O’level results uploaded and to check them again after any change of course.
4. Register for MAU screening: when the notice comes out, open the admissions link on mau.edu.ng, verify with your JAMB registration number, create an account and confirm your email.
5. Pay the screening fee: generate the Remita RRR on the portal and pay. Last year’s fee was ₦2,000.
6. Complete the form: upload your passport photograph and signature, enter your best five O’level subjects and result checker details, add next-of-kin details, upload your O’level result, indigene form and birth certificate, then print your slip.
7. Accept on CAPS: when MAU offers you a place, log in at efacility.jamb.gov.ng, open Check Admission Status, then Access my CAPS, and accept. JAMB gives four weeks to accept or reject. Our JAMB CAPS guide explains every status.
8. Pay acceptance and clear: MAU’s acceptance fee was not in any source I reached, so confirm the amount on the MAU portal before you pay anything, then complete physical clearance with your original documents.

Myschool reported around 3 October 2026 that MAU’s 2026/2027 admission list was out on JAMB CAPS. JAMB set 31 October 2026 as the 2026/2027 deadline for public universities to admit; that date has now passed. If you missed out this year, your route is the 2027 UTME, so start with when JAMB 2027 registration starts.

Studying Urban and Regional Planning at MAU

URP sits with MAU’s environmental sciences programmes; NUC lists it under Environmental Sciences for MAU. MAU’s faculty page could not be read, so treat the faculty name loosely. Planning degrees in Nigeria usually run four or five years; MAU’s length was not confirmed.

Accreditation

NUC’s Accreditation Results 1990 to 2025 lists Urban and Regional Planning at MAU with Full accreditation and a maturity year of 2026, after Interim, Full, Full, Full in earlier visits. A 2026 maturity means a review is due now.

Town planners register with TOPREC (the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria). I found no TOPREC notice naming MAU, so that is not confirmed here.

What you study

• Planning theory and history: how settlements grow and how planning law shapes them.
• Analysis: land use surveys, population and transport studies, GIS and statistics.
• Studio: site layouts, neighbourhood plans and regional development plans.
• Practice: planning law and administration, SIWES and a final-year project.

Careers after Urban and Regional Planning

Planners work in state ministries of lands and physical planning, urban development authorities, local governments, consulting firms, housing and real estate developers, and international development projects. TOPREC registration is needed to practise as a town planner.

Related MAU courses

• MAU Geography cut-off mark
• MAU cut-off mark for Architecture
• MAU Surveying and Geo-Informatics cut-off mark
• MAU Building cut-off mark

If Biology is one of your UTME choices, use our JAMB Biology syllabus. For offers and transfers on CAPS, see our JAMB CAPS guide.

Mistakes that cost Urban and Regional Planning applicants a place at MAU

• No Geography in the UTME: MAU’s remark makes it compulsory for URP.
• Assuming Mathematics is optional everywhere: it is optional in MAU’s UTME remark, but the O’level credit is still required.
• Treating 160 as an admission score: it only lets you register for screening.
• O’level missing on CAPS: MAU cannot offer you anything until JAMB can see your results.
• Accepting on CAPS and stopping there: acceptance fee payment and clearance at MAU are separate steps.

Did you end up with the wrong course or the wrong subjects on your profile? Read JAMB change of course before the 2027 registration closes.

MAU Urban and Regional Planning cut-off mark: frequently asked questions

Is Mathematics compulsory in JAMB for URP at MAU? Not on MAU’s remark. You need Geography plus two of Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Mathematics and Economics, but an O’level Mathematics credit is required.

Is 175 enough for Urban and Regional Planning in MAU? 175 clears MAU’s 160 screening floor. I would aim for 185 or more for a comfortable chance.

Is URP at MAU accredited? Yes. NUC’s results table lists Full accreditation maturing in 2026, so the next review is due. TOPREC status was not confirmed.

Can I use an ND in Civil Engineering for URP Direct Entry at MAU? Yes. MAU’s remark lists Civil Engineering among the OND and HND fields it accepts at lower credit or above.

Sources and updates

MAU’s 160 screening minimum and the 20 July to 31 August 2026 window come from Myschool’s 2026 Post-UTME/DE report (15 July 2026), which reprints MAU’s notice; the official mau.edu.ng page could not be read, so treat both as reprinted rather than seen at source. The 2025/2026 figures, the ₦2,000 fee, the portal and the form steps come from Studentship’s reprint of the Registrar-signed 2025/2026 notice (updated 9 August 2025). The note on over-subscribed programmes is from Myschool’s report of MAU’s admission update (6 November 2025), and the CAPS list date is a Myschool headline of about 3 October 2026. The national minimum of 150, the 31 October 2026 deadline for public universities and the four-week acceptance window come from the News Agency of Nigeria (11 May 2026). NUC’s status for the programme is from the NUC Accreditation Results 1990 to 2025. The UTME, O’level and Direct Entry rules come from the JAMB brochure as reprinted by Myschool (MAUTECH remarks, read 3 November 2026); confirm them on JAMB’s e-brochure. The safe target score and the worked example are my own advice. Checked on 3 November 2026; this page will be updated if MAU publishes a departmental cut-off for Urban and Regional Planning or a 2027/2028 screening notice.

Jude Chinecherem

I am Jude Chinecherem, a final-year MBBS student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. I know what it feels like to want an education your family cannot afford. When my parents could not pay for my schooling, I had to learn how to find scholarships and work the system out on my own, with nobody to guide me. I came out the other side, and now I share everything I learned so the next student does not have to figure it out alone. This is the advice I wish someone had given me back then.