A total of 195 out of the 3,491 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) will be graduating with First Class as the institution holds its 33rd convocation ceremony of the institution.
The Vice Chancellor of the school, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, who disclosed this during a press conference to herald the 33rd convocation ceremony of the school, said the graduands include 2,295 are male and 1,196 female.
The Vice-chancellor said out of the total number, 195 students bagged first class, 1,510 have second class honours (upper division), 1,515 students have second class honours (lower division) while 254 and two students are graduating with third class and pass respectively.
According to the Vice-chancellor, “out of the total number, 195 students have first class, 1,510 have second class honours (upper division), 1,515 students finished with second class honours (lower division), 254 have third class and two students finished with pass.”
The first female VC disclosed that a student of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Miss Oluwanifemi Favour Olajuyigbe, emerged as the best graduating student with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.93.
According to her, the university will also confer Postgraduate Diploma, Master and Doctoral degrees on 1,806 graduates, saying “Postgraduate Diploma- 490, Postgraduate Diploma in Management – 61, Master of Business Administration- 86, Masters- 940, PhD-229 “.
“The 33 Convocation Ceremony begins today and peaks on the 17 and 18 of November with the award of Diploma and certificates, first and postgraduate degrees.
“One of the highlights of the events will be the Convocation Lecture with the title “Knowledge and Research: The Foundation of. Prosperous Economy ” which will be delivered by. Dr Bosun Tijani, Hon Minister Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy on Wednesday, November 16.
“FUTA aspires to be a world-class University of Technology and Centre of Excellence in Training, Research and Service Delivery. Currently, we have active collaborations with universities in the USA, UK, Germany, China, Brazil, India, and Ghana. The details are in FUTA’s Giant Strides XI.
“Visiting professorship and scholar positions for academics from the Diaspora have been instituted to enrich the quality of training and research in the University. Currently, 19 scholars have been engaged. They are from South Africa (6), Namibia (1), USA (1), UK (4) Canada (2), Germany (1), Malaysia (1) and Australia (2) and New Zealand (1).”
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