Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, the vice-chancellor, announced this at a press conference yesterday to formally herald activities marking the events and grand finale of the university’s 60th-anniversary celebrations. He also stated that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, would be conferred with an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the event.

According to the VC, 109 students received First Class (Honours) grades, with 24 students from the Faculty of Administration. There are eight faculty members in the Faculty of Arts, four in the Faculty of Education, and twelve in the Faculty of Law.

“For the Second Class (Honours) Upper Division, we have a total of 1,681, while Second Class (Honours) Lower Division has a total of 2,707. 690 graduands fall under the Third Class (Honours) category and 70 would graduate with a Pass.

With this, we now have 5,257 First Degree graduates.

“For the Bachelor Degrees (Unclassified), we have those who pass with Honours. In the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, we have six and one from Dentistry, making the total, seven. Those who pass with distinction are from Basic Medical Sciences which has three while 35 are from Pharmacy.

Those who pass with credit are 188 from Basic Medical Sciences while 352 have pass. In the unclassified category, we have a total number of 582 graduands.

“For the postgraduate degrees, where we have postgraduate diploma, professional masters, master with research thesis, masters of Philosophy and doctor of Philosophy respectively, this prestigious university will graduate 1,637 graduands across our 13 faculties.