LASU Turns Out 17,695 Graduates at 21st Convocation

Lagos State University, LASU plans to turn out 36,489 graduates, comprises of Diploma, First & Higher Degrees graduands at its 21st Convocation ceremony scheduled for 22nd March, 2017 and 2rd March, 2017.

Twenty Seven out of about Thirty Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty Nine (36,489) graduating students of the Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2015/2016 academic sessions are graduating with First Class honours.

Vice-Chancellor,Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, disclosed at a news conference on Thursday that 28,300 graduands would be convocated for the full time and part-time programmes. The vice-chancellor said that twenty six students made first class division , while 2,642 made second class upper and 20,412 made second class lower divisions. He said that 5,025 made third class division and 115 would be graduating with a pass degree.

133 Diploma students would also be graduating with 8,056 Higher Degrees. The VC stressed that all the graduating students have fulfilled the requirements for the award of the degrees.

A summary of this figure is stated below:

SUMMARY OF GRADUANDS: DIPLOMAS
PROGRAMME	Distinction	Upper Credit	Lower Credit	TOTAL
Arts	Nil	12	29	41
Law	Nil	3	11	14
Management Sciences	1	14	62	77
Social Sciences	Nil	Nil	1	1
TOTAL	1	29	103	133

SUMMARY OF GRADUANDS: FIRST DEGREES
(FULL – TIME AND PART – TIME)
PROGRAMME	1st Class Honours	2nd Class Honours  Upper Division	2nd Class Honours  Lower Division	3rd Class Honours	Pass	TOTAL
Arts	2	379	2,260	352	5	2,998
Education	5	400	1,936	202	4	2,547
Engineering	1	21	18	8	NIL	48
Law	Nil	6	20	10	3	39
Management Sciences	4	1,106	11,776	3,104	65	16,055
College of Medicine						80
School of Communication	2	108	382	103	3	598
School of Transport	Nil	5	9	Nil	Nil	14
Science	9	363	2,164	678	31	3,245
Social Sciences	3	254	1,847	568	4	2,676
TOTAL	26	2,642	20,412	5,025	115	28,300

SUMMARY OF GRADUANDS: HIGHER DEGREES
AS APPROVED BY SENATE
PROGRAMME	Postgraduate Diploma	Academic Masters	Professional Masters	Doctor of Philosophy	TOTAL
Arts	34	39	151	4	228
Education	41	231	Nil	36	308
Engineering	1	21	18	2	42
Law	Nil	32	12	3	47
Management Sciences	517	222	6,233	4	6,976
College of Medicine	Nil	1	37	1	39
School of Communication	2	83	Nil	Nil	85
School of Transport	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Science	53	92	Nil	2	147
Social Sciences	54	75	4	2	135
CESSED	6	12	22	3	43
Centre for Planning Studies	6	Nil	Nil	Nil	6
TOTAL