72 students graduate with 1st class at FUT, Minna
Seventy two students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, would graduate with first class degrees at the institution’s 28th convocation ceremony scheduled for Feb. 1. Federal University of Technology, Minna The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdullahi Bala, made the disclosure at a news conference in Minna on Friday. He said 941 of the graduands are in the second class upper category, 1,905 second class lower; 707 third class and 46 pass degrees. Bala said that 3,671 students would receive first degrees, while 506 would be awarded master degrees. According to him, 58 others will be given doctorate degrees while 208 will be awarded with post-graduate diplomas. ‘‘A closer look at the figures reveals that the total number of awardees for undergraduate degrees is up by about 20 per cent compared to last year. ‘‘In addition, the numbers of Ph.D and master degrees as well as post-graduate diplomas have all recorded significant increases above those of las...