Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has said that it would be graduating at least 1,341 undergraduates during its 17th convocation ceremony, with 185 bagging first-class honours.
At a news conference to mark the 17th convocation and the 20th anniversary of the institution on Monday in Ede, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Shadrach Akindele said that 662 graduating students would be awarded second-class upper degrees, 410 with second-class lower degrees, 79 with third-class degrees, and five with pass degrees.
He said that 1,341 students would be graduating during the convocation ceremony slated for 9 October.
According to Akindele, the best graduating student, Joel Durigbo of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, achieved a cumulative grade point average of 5.0.
He also said that 338 students would be awarded higher degrees and diplomas at the postgraduate level on 10 October.
According to him, 109 students would be awarded postgraduate diplomas, 65 with Master of Arts degrees, 120 with Master of Science degrees, 25 with Master of Business Administration degrees, and 19 with Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
‘This year’s convocation is particularly special. We are not only graduating another distinguished class, ‘The Indomitable Set,’ but we are also celebrating 29 years of Redeemer’s University.
‘Indeed, this is a season of double honour, and we return all glory to God’, he said.
Akindele listed people to be awarded honorary degrees during the convocation ceremony, including the wife of a former governor of Kwara, Omolewa Ahmed, and the president of Mount Zion Faith Ministries, Mike Bamiloye.
He also said the Group Managing Director of Sahara Group, Mr. Kola Adesina would be awarded honorary degree.
‘On academic achievements, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has selected the university as one of the eight private universities in the country for the training of TETFund-sponsored candidates for postgraduate degrees.
‘This is a very remarkable feat, especially considering that there are 168 private universities in Nigeria at the moment’, the VC said.
Akindele also said the university had entered the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking and emerged number two in the country and number one in several Sustainable Development Goals, among others.
