Lagos State University (LASU) is set to graduate 20,604 students across its various programmes at its combined 29th and 30th convocation ceremonies for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.
Of the total number of graduating students, 494 earned First Class honours from the university’s first-degree programmes.
The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, disclosed the figures on Wednesday at a press conference announcing activities lined up for the convocation ceremonies.
She said 262 students graduated with First Class honours in the 2024/2025 academic session, while 232 achieved the same distinction in the 2025/2026 session.
A total of 7,621 students completed first-degree programmes during the 2024/2025 session.
Of that number, 3,155 graduated with Second Class Upper Division, 3,439 with Second Class Lower Division, 622 with Third Class, while 37 graduated with passes.
Another 106 students in the MBBS and BDS programmes received unclassified degrees.
For the 2025/2026 academic session, 8,653 students completed their first-degree programmes, comprising 3,545 Second Class Upper graduates, 4,157 Second Class Lower graduates, 678 Third Class graduates and 31 students who graduated with passes.
The university will also confer degrees on 3,383 postgraduate students from the two academic sessions.
The postgraduate graduands comprise 618 Postgraduate Diploma graduates, 1,508 academic Master’s graduates, 900 professional Master’s graduates, 238 PhD graduates and 119 professional doctoral graduates.
Ayilara Lawal Olawale of the Department of Project Management emerged as the best graduating student for the 2024/2025 academic session with a CGPA of 4.96, earning First Class honours.
For the 2025/2026 session, Adebanjo Samuel Oluolamide of the Department of Aerospace Engineering emerged as the overall best graduating student with a CGPA of 4.97, also graduating with First Class honours.
The convocation ceremonies will be preceded by activities including a staff sports competition and the university’s first Staff Celebration Day.
Degrees in Engineering and Agricultural Sciences will be conferred on August 17 at the Olatunji Bello Auditorium, Epe Campus, while graduands from other faculties will receive their degrees on August 18 at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, Ojo.
Professional and academic doctorate degrees, alongside honorary doctorate degrees, will be conferred on August 19.
The university’s Senate has approved honorary Doctor of Business degrees for Akin Kekere-Ekun, Harriet-Ann Omobola Adesola and Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
Olatunji-Bello and Prof. Rafiu Olaoluwa Okuneye will also be elevated to the rank of Distinguished Professor.
The Vice-Chancellor described the convocation as historic, noting that it would be the last one she would preside over as Vice-Chancellor.
She also highlighted several institutional milestones recorded by the university under her administration.
According to her, the National Universities Commission approved 17 new academic programmes for LASU, while the university received more than 84,000 first-choice applications through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in 2026.
The figure made LASU the most subscribed university in Nigeria for the second consecutive year, according to the university.
Olatunji-Bello also disclosed that two LASU students won back-to-back N50 million venture capital grants in a national competition that attracted more than 30,000 participants.
The university has also secured approval for a N3 billion TETFund Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Cyber Sciences.
Construction has further commenced on a 1,500-bed student hostel estimated at N4 billion.
