No fewer than 43 students of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, bagged First Class Degree Honours as the institution graduated 508 in various degrees at the 15th convocation ceremony.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ramota Karim, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, ahead of the ceremony scheduled for January 16th 2026.
She stated that of 426 students who graduated with their First Degrees, “43 bagged First Class Honours, 190 got Second Upper, 135 secured Second Class Lower, while 51 graduated with Third Class and 7 of the graduands finished with Pass.”
The VC added that the varsity also graduated 81 Postgraduate students, including one institution’s first Ph.D student from the Department of Biological Science (Microbiology option).
She also said that 32 maiden students of the school’s Law Programme met the requirements to gain admission into the Nigerian Law School.
Prof Karim highlighted the achievements made by the school, saying, “Research output and grant attraction recorded remarkable growth during the session. Professor Nusrah Afolabi-Balogun, in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Pensa of the University of Cambridge, secured additional international research funding totalling £83,400.”
She also disclosed that the school executed capital projects totalling N2.7billion, including roads, a 180-bedded hostel, a 500-seater hall, among others.
Speaking about the Federal government’s mandating upload of research work to the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) portal, the VC said “the school, through our Centre for Research, Innovation and Technology, is working to convert our research outcomes to products and influence govt policies.”