UNILORIN Set to Graduate 16,152 Students at 41st Convocation

The University of Ilorin is set to graduate 16,152 students during its 41st convocation ceremony for the 2025/2026 academic session, with 365 graduands earning first-class honours. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Wahab Egbewole, SAN, disclosed this while outlining activities for the ceremony scheduled to hold from October 21 to 23, 2026. He said 11,213 students would receive first degrees, comprising 4,367 second-class upper division graduates, 5,102 second-class lower division graduates, 1,006 third-class graduates and 30 students in the pass category. The university will also graduate students from several professional programmes, including 19 in Medicine and Surgery, 89 in Nursing, 73 in Pharmacy, 41 in Optometry, 89 in Physiotherapy and 32 in Veterinary Medicine. A total of 4,939 graduands are expected to receive higher degrees and diplomas, including 160 postgraduate diploma holders, 901 master’s degree holders, 114 professional master’s degree holders, two Master of Philosophy graduates and 251 doctoral degree recipients. The university also disclosed that 3,511 students completed programmes through its Centre for Affiliated Institutions, while 8,320 students completed the U-INSPIRE initiative in partnership with 10 industry partners.

Professor Egbewole, who assumed office on October 16, 2022, said his administration had recorded progress in digital infrastructure, staff and student welfare, research, teaching, campus facilities and external partnerships. He reaffirmed the university’s commitment to its Vision 1:10:500 agenda, which seeks to position the institution as Nigeria’s leading university, among Africa’s top 10 and within the world’s top 500. The convocation lecture, titled “From Lecture Hall to Cabinet Room: The Journey from Academia to Public Leadership,” will be delivered by Sierra Leone’s Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr Haja Ramatulai Wurie, on Friday, October 23, at 9 a.m. The university’s convocation opera, “The Death of the Crown’s Escort,” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, at the Performing and Film Arts Theatre, with performances at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Graduands from four-year programmes will receive their certificates on Wednesday and Thursday, while those from five- and six-year programmes will graduate on Friday. President Bola Tinubu is expected to commission completed campus projects on Friday at 2:30 p.m., followed by a luncheon and staff merit awards at the Multipurpose Hall at 4:30 p.m. Activities began with a special Jumat service on October 16 and an interdenominational church service on October 18, while a thanksgiving service is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, at St Thomas Aquinas Chaplaincy

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