The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, is set to graduate 3,039 students at its 37th convocation ceremony, with 256 of them earning first-class degrees.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adenike Oladiji, disclosed this on Friday during a press conference ahead of the ceremony scheduled for next week.
Giving a breakdown of the graduating students, Oladiji said 2,152 were male and 887 female.
She stated that 1,717 students obtained second-class upper degrees, 964 graduated with second-class lower degrees, while 102 finished with third-class degrees.
“Out of 3,039 that would graduate from this university, 256 students finished with first class, second class (upper division) – 1,717, while a total of 964 finished with second class (lower division) and 102 with third class,” she said.
The vice-chancellor described the graduating students as products of sustained academic engagement, practical learning, research and personal development.
According to her, the university has continued to equip students with the knowledge, skills and intellectual discipline required to compete effectively, contribute to their communities and develop solutions to societal challenges.
Oladiji said FUTA was also committed to ensuring that its graduates acquired practical and entrepreneurial skills beyond their academic qualifications.
She explained that entrepreneurship education, practical training, research exposure and innovation-driven learning were central to the institution’s efforts to produce creative thinkers, responsible professionals and potential employers of labour.
On the university’s academic development, she said FUTA would continue to align its programmes with industry requirements and national development priorities while strengthening research-led teaching and interdisciplinary engagement.
The vice-chancellor further disclosed that more than 7,000 students of the institution had benefited from the Federal Government’s Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) scheme.
“As of today, talking about NELFUND, over 7,000 students of the Federal University of Technology have benefited from NELFUND, and we have many more students that are trying to enrol also to be on NELFUND. This is an initiative of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that I think is working,” she said.
She added that the university would sustain its focus on research, innovation and academic development to support Nigeria’s technological and economic growth.
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