{"id":970,"date":"2026-01-15T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/?p=970"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:46:21","slug":"unilag-56th-convocation-ceremonies-1211-bag-first-class-distinctions-as-16506-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/unilag-56th-convocation-ceremonies-1211-bag-first-class-distinctions-as-16506-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"UNILAG 56th\u00a0Convocation Ceremonies: 1,211 Bag First Class, Distinctions as 16,506 Graduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"970\" class=\"elementor elementor-970\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780cbdb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"780cbdb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260114-IMG_2010.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64b1a40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"64b1a40\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38fdd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f38fdd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A total of One Thousand, Two Hundred and Eleven (1,211) students will bag first class and distinction categories of degrees at the 56<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Convocation Ceremonies of the University of Lagos.<\/p><p>The number is made up of 617 first class honours and 92 distinctions all in the Bachelors\u2019 Degree category, and 502 distinctions in the Postgraduate category.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0315819 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0315819\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72f3a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f72f3a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8488d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8488d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-16-2-1536x1041-1-1024x694.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-973\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e0cd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"15e0cd3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877e89f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"877e89f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Convocation Statistics<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Speaking on Tuesday, January 14, 2026 at the Convocation Press Conference to outline activities for the University\u2019s 56<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Convocation Ceremonies, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola,<sub>\u00a0OON, FAS,<\/sub>\u00a0revealed that a total ten thousand, five hundred and eighty four (<strong>10,584)\u00a0<\/strong>graduating students will receive first degrees or diplomas while Five Thousand, Nine Hundred and Twenty Two (<strong>5,922)\u00a0<\/strong>others will receive Postgraduate degrees.<\/p><p>Further breakdown of the graduation statistics shows that:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Four thousand, five hundred and forty three (<strong>4,543)\u00a0<\/strong>graduated in the Second-Class Upper category,<\/li><li>Three thousand, nine hundred and ten (<strong>3,910)\u00a0<\/strong>are in the Second-Class Lower Division,<\/li><li>One thousand and twenty three (<strong>1,023)\u00a0<\/strong>are graduating<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>with\u00a0Third-Class,<\/li><li>Sixty nine (69) finished with Pass and<\/li><li>a total of three hundred and thirty (330) have degrees that are not classified (from the Faculties of Pharmacy, Dental Sciences, Health Professionals and Clinical Sciences).<\/li><\/ul><p>In the School of Postgraduate Studies;<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a total of four hundred and seventy nine (<strong>479)<\/strong>\u00a0students \u00a0will bag Postgraduate Diploma certificates (PGD). Out of this figure, forty one (<strong>41)<\/strong>\u00a0made distinctions.<\/li><li>Five thousand, one hundred and forty eight (<strong>5,148)\u00a0<\/strong>will graduate in the Masters Degree category, with four hundred and twenty nine (429) having Distinctions<\/li><li>One hundred and nineteen (<strong>119)<\/strong>\u00a0will bag Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in various disciplines.<\/li><\/ul><p>Prof Ogunsola disclosed that the University of Lagos Business School (ULBS) will also churn out one hundred and forty (140) participants, with thirty two (32) of them finishing with distinctions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba6135 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bba6135\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-526e1b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"526e1b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3237d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3237d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-69-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-976\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-69-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-69-1536x1024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-69-1536x1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-69-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53eec97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53eec97\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19e320 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d19e320\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-78-1-1536x1082-1-1024x721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-974\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-78-1-1536x1082-1-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-78-1-1536x1082-1-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-78-1-1536x1082-1-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/convocation.unilag.edu.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/JMO-PIS-78-1-1536x1082-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a92779e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a92779e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ec32d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"42ec32d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/unilag.edu.ng\/unilag-56th-convocation-ceremonies-1211-bag-first-class-distinctions-as-16506-convocate\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more >>><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of One Thousand, Two Hundred and Eleven (1,211) students will bag first class and distinction categories of degrees at the 56th\u00a0Convocation Ceremonies of the University of Lagos. 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