By Stephen Oladele
University of Ilorin will this week confer on 251 students of its higher degree programme, an award of doctor of philosophy as it holds its 41st convocation ceremony.
The students are part of 4, 939 students completing their post graduate studies at the 2025/2026 academic session of the university.
A total of 16, 152 students comprising those of the first degree and higher degree programmes are graduating at the ceremony with those of the first degree programme being 11, 213
Vice Chancellor of the university, Wahab Egbewole who addressed newsmen on the convocation ceremony said 901 other students of higher degree programme would be conferred with Master’s degrees while 114 would be awarded professional Master’s degree.
Egbewole while disclosing that 160 of the students would bag postgraduate Diploma said the remaining 3, 511 are graduating students from the university’s affiliated institutions.
The Vice Chancellor disclosed that among the 16, 152 graduating students of the first degree programme 365 of them earned First Class honours while 4, 367 would receive Second Class (Upper Division) honours.
He said 5,102 are graduating with Second Class (Lower Division), 1, 006 with Third Class while 30 earned pass
The Vice Chancellor disclosed that the convocation also features the graduation of students from various professional programmes
He said the graduating students include 19 with MB;BS, 89 in Nursing programme, 73 in pharmacy, 41 in optometry, 89 in physiotherapy and 32 in veterinary medicine.
Egbewole said the figure of the graduating students reflected the university’s continued commitment to academic excellence, professional training, research, innovation, and developing highly skilled graduate equipped to make meaningful contributions to national and global development.
“We are immensely proud of all our graduands and the achievements they represent. Their success is a testament to their dedication and perseverance, as well as the commitment of our distinguished academic and non-teaching staff, parents, guardians, and other stakeholders who have contributed to their educational journey,” he stated.
The Vice Chancellor also disclosed that the university graduated 8, 320 students under its special training programme acquisition of enterpreneural training.
“Our university also graduated 8, 320 students in the U-INSPIRE programme, where the students were equipped with 21st century skill set, in addition to their primary qualification.
“This skill set were homegrown and indigenous to our University and delivered with 10 industry partners,” he stated
