FUNAAB Matriculates 3,807 Students in Recent Matriculation Ceremony

Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB has matriculated 3,807 students offered provisional admission with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Kolawole Salako declaring that “our new students are among the best that can be admitted”.

The Matriculation Ceremony which featured the University’s Sixth Commencement Lecture delivered by Mrs. Oluyemisi Iranloye, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Psaltery International Limited, Ado-Awaye, Oyo State, was held at the University Ceremonial Building.

Addressing the matriculating students, their parents, guardians, well-wishers and members of the University Community, among several others, Professor Salako provided and articulated a statistical breakdown of the matriculating students, lending credence to his declaration that those admitted, are among the best that are eligible for admission.

According to the breakdown, total applicants to the University were 11,622; 8002 applicants scored 180 and above in UTME, while the number of candidates who attended the screening exercise was 8001.

Further breakdown revealed that the number of candidates offered provisional admission stood at 3,807.

2,510 and 1,290 of them were offered provisional admission into agriculture programmes, Science and Engineering programmes respectively.

According to the Vice-Chancellor, the number of candidates found not qualified for provisional admission was 3,621; number of registered students 3,438 while the percentage of students registered to total number admitted is 90 percent.