The University of Port Harcourt will confer first-class degrees on 363 graduands during its 35th convocation, scheduled to hold on Saturday, an official has announced.
The Vice-Chancellor of UNIPORT, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, disclosed this at a news conference held in Port Harcourt on Monday as part of activities marking the combined convocation ceremony and the university’s 50th anniversary.
Georgewill stated that the conferment of degrees, higher degrees, diplomas, prizes, and related ceremonies would take place from July 21 to July 26.
He explained that the convocation was primarily for students who completed their academic programmes during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions.
A breakdown of the figures indicates that a total of 14,861 graduands would be conferred with various qualifications during the combined convocation.
In the undergraduate category, 9,788 students would receive first degrees, with 363 of them bagging first-class honours.
Under the postgraduate category, no fewer than 2,008 students would be awarded Post Graduate Diplomas, 2,131 would receive Master’s degree, and 934 would be conferred with Doctor of Philosophy degrees.