The Lagos State University (LASU) is set to graduate 20,604 students across all categories of programmes at its 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremonies, where 494 students have bagged First Class degrees in various programmes.
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, disclosed this on Wednesday at a press conference to announce activities for the combined convocation for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.
Olatunji-Bello said 262 students obtained First Class honours in the 2024/2025 academic session, while 232 others achieved the feat in the 2025/2026 session.
She said 7,621 students graduated from first-degree programmes in the 2024/2025 academic session.
The vice-chancellor further stated that 3,155 students obtained Second Class Upper Division, 3,439 secured Second Class Lower Division, 622 finished with Third Class, while 37 graduated with passes. Another 106 students in the MBBS and BDS programmes were classified as unclassified degrees.
For the 2025/2026 academic session, she said 8,653 students graduated from first-degree programmes.
Olatunji-Bello further stated that 3,545 graduated with Second Class Upper Division, 4,157 with Second Class Lower Division, 678 with Third Class, while 31 obtained passes.
She said the university would also graduate 3,383 postgraduate students from the two academic sessions, adding that the figure comprised 618 Postgraduate Diploma graduates, 1,508 academic Master’s degree graduates, 900 professional Master’s degree graduates, 238 PhD graduates and 119 professional doctoral graduates.
The Vice-Chancellor named Ayilara Lawal Olawale of the Department of Project Management as the overall best graduating student for the 2024/2025 academic session, with a recorded CGPA of 4.96 to emerge with First Class honours.
For the 2025/2026 academic session, Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide of the Department of Aerospace Engineering emerged as the overall best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.97 and First Class honours.
The Vice-Chancellor described the combined convocation as historic, as it would be the final convocation she would preside over as the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
