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  • 116 bag First Class as MAU Yola graduates 7,094 in combined convocation

    116 bag First Class as MAU Yola graduates 7,094 in combined convocation

    A total of 116 first-degree graduands of Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, have earned first-class honours out of 7,094 students set to graduate from the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 academic sessions.

    The graduands will be formally awarded their degrees on Saturday, January 31, during the university’s 29th and 30th combined convocation ceremony.

    Speaking at a pre-convocation press briefing on Tuesday, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ibrahim Umar, provided a breakdown of the figures across the two academic sessions.

    “For the 2023/2024 academic session, a total of 2,034 first-degree graduands will be presented for the award of degrees,” Umar said.

    He disclosed that 55 students in the 2023/2024 cohort earned first-class honours, while 599 graduated with second class upper, 1,047 with second class lower, 330 with third class, and three with pass degrees.

    According to him, the 2024/2025 academic session will see 3,673 first-degree graduands, including 61 first-class recipients, 1,199 second-class upper, 1,931 second-class lower, 479 third-class, and 3 pass degree holders.

    “The combined total number of graduands for the two sessions, including first and postgraduate degrees, diplomas and certificates, is 7,094,” the Vice-Chancellor stated.

    He added that the figure comprises 5,707 undergraduate degrees, 454 certificates and diplomas, and 933 postgraduate degrees.

  • Modibbo Adama University Yola matriculates 3,579 students

    Modibbo Adama University Yola matriculates 3,579 students

    The Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola has matriculated a total of 3,579 students admitted into different academic departments for the new session.

    During the 2023/2024 matriculation ceremony at the University’s main campus in Girei on Wednesday, March 27, the vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Liman Tukur, said the 3,579 new students tell the story of the university’s growing capacity to nurture students.

    He said: “The total number of matriculating students is 3,579. This represents a steady climb in the institution’s holding capacity which we vigorously pursued by seeking the conversion of the institution to its present conventional status.”

    He added that the restarting of lost programs in the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences as well as the establishment of the College of Medical Sciences which has the second set of students among the fresh matriculants, have also contributed to the large number of new students.

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    Professor Liman Tukur gave the breakdown of matriculating students and their faculties as Faculty of Agriculture, 348 students; Faculty of Education, 241 students; Faculty of Engineering, 355 students; and Faculty of Environmental Sciences, 257 students.

    The other departments and their student intake include the Faculty of Life Sciences 675 students; the Faculty of Physical Sciences 484; the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences 495; the College of Medical Sciences 50; the Centre of Distance Learning 559; and the Sandwich Degree Program 125 students.

    The Vice-Chancellor advised the matriculating students to not only build their learning abilities but also their character strength as university education is not only about reading and learning new things but also moulding more resourceful character traits.

    He asked them to make the best of both the counselling department and the student affairs office of the university for their personal welfare and the collective good of the university.