The 2014 convocation ceremony of
the University of Ibadan (UI) which
took place on Monday, November
17, saw a total of 7,786 graduating
students receive their first degree
certificates.
In his address at the event, the Vice
Chancellor, Professor Isaac Adewole,
explained that the 2013 convocation
ceremony could not hold due to the
strike action by the members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU).
He said that this year’s convocation
was for the graduates of the
2011/2012 and 2012/2013 academic sessions.
The VC, who gave a breakdown of
the results, said that a total of 222
graduands bagged First Class
degrees as another 1,885 got Second Class Honours (Upper Division).
A further 4,147 graduating students
made Second Class Honours (Lower
Division) while 786 and 223 made
Third Class Honours and Pass
respectively.
The university awarded a total of 5,
959 graduands higher certificates
from 13 Faculties and Centres.
The figure comprised 46 M.Phil, 123
Masters in Public Health; 4, 467
Academic Master’s; 1, 313
Professional Master’s and 153
Postgraduate Diplomas.
Also, 329 graduands from the
College of Medicine and 237
graduands from the Faculties of
Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy
participated in the convocation with
614 Doctor of Philosophy graudates,
which includes one Doctor of
Medicine degrees, spread over 12
Faculties, two Institutes and one
Centre.
In his welcome address, the Pro
Chancellor and Chairman of Council,
General Adeyinka Adebayo, CFR,
(rtd) remarked that “UI is
unarguably the largest producer of
postgraduates in Nigeria”.
He urged the graduands to be good
ambassadors of the University and
not indulge in any act that would
tarnish the image of their alma-
mater.
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