The University of Lagos says 340 students will be graduating with first class at its 54th convocation scheduled for January 17.

UNILAG vice-chancellor Folasade Ogunsola disclosed this at a news conference to announce activities lined up for the ceremony on Wednesday in Lagos.

According to her, the 340 are among the 17,464 students that will graduate during the period.

She noted that David Akanmu, from the Faculty of Engineering, had emerged as the overall best graduating student, with a perfect score of 5.00 CGPA.

According to her, Ibrahim Quadri of the Faculty of Management Sciences, with a CGPA of 4.94, is the best graduating student in the Humanities. 

Giving a breakdown of statistics of the overall graduating students, Ms Ogunsola noted that 10,578 would receive first degrees, while 6,886 others would be honoured with postgraduate degrees.

The don further explained that of the 340 that would be honoured with the first class degree, 97 are from Management Sciences, with 57 from the Faculty of Science.

She added that 47 others are from the Faculty of Engineering.

Ms Ogunsola said there were 39 distinctions from the Faculties of Pharmacy, Basic Medical Sciences and Clinical Sciences. Of the total number of distinctions posted, 24 were from the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Three thousand three hundred seventy-four will be conferred with the Second Class upper degrees, while 4,547 others will be admitted to the Second Class lower division.

One thousand eight hundred thirty-two others graduated in the third class division, 188 with pass and 250 with unclassified degrees from the Faculties of Pharmacy, Basic and Clinical Sciences. Six thousand eight hundred eighty-six postgraduate degrees, a total of 465 would be awarded postgraduate diplomas, 6,266 graduating with masters, of which 377 posted distinctions.

Thirty-one master’s degree graduates are international students with MSc degrees, supported by a World Bank grant through the African Centre of Excellence for Drug Research, Herbal Medicine Development and Regulatory Science (ACEDHERS).

One hundred fifty-five graduands will be awarded PhDs in various disciplines. This year’s best PhD thesis award, the best PhD in the Sciences, went to Aminat Olawunmi Ige, who has a PhD in Mathematics.

The best PhD in the humanities went to Issa Akanji Afedokun, who has a PhD in private and property law.

(NAN)