**Set to graduate 7,312 students
The Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna has indicated that 189 students of the institution will be awarded First Class Degrees in various disciplines as the school is prepares to graduate 7,312 during it’s 31st and 32nd combined convocation for 2020/2021 and 2022/2023 academic session.
The combined convocation of the institution which is slated for February 1, 2024 at the school convocation square Gidan Kwano campus will also see the award of second class degrees (upper division) to 2,190 graduating students and 3,410 second class degrees (lower division) to deserving students.
The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Faruk Adamu while briefing newsmen at the University Main Campus in Gidan Kwano on Tuesday as part of the activities marking the convocation and founders day ceremony, said of this number 71 students bagged First Class in the 2020/2021 academic session while 116 bagged First Class in the 2022/2023 academic session.
Giving further breakdown of the degrees to be awarded , the Vice Chancellor disclosed that for 2020/2021 academic session, 1,091 students got Second Class Upper division while 1,916 students got Second Class Lower.
A total of 767 students got 3rd Class while 22 students will be going home with Pass degrees.
According to him for the 2022/2023 academic session, 116 students bagged First Class, 1,099 students got Second Class Upper, 1,494 Students got Second Class Lower, 716 students got Third Class and 20 students got Pass, adding that no student was withdrawn from the school due to academic performance with the year under review.
The Vice-Chancellor further explained that 120 Postgraduate Diplomas, 955 Master’s Degrees, and 150 Doctorate Degrees will be conferred with their degrees.
Professor Kuta pointed out that with a staff strength of 2,385 and a student population of 26,051, all the 58 academic programmes in the have attained full National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation status adding that the University is preparing to host an international accrediting body for International accreditation.
The Vice Chancellor said that the highlights of this year’s convocation will be the commissioning of four key projects embarked by the institution under his administration and these includes African Center of Excellence for Mycotoxin and Food Safety (ACEMFS) building, the remodeled of the University main entrance gate, 500 metres road network within the campus and 38 No rooms students hostel at the main campus.
The climax of the convocation ceremony will be a convocation lecture titled “the power of vision and innovation technology: the key to sustainable agriculture and food security in Africa” to be delivered by Professor John Kennedy Opara.