Federal University Dutse has announced that 209 graduands will be awarded first class degrees at its forthcoming 8th and 9th Combined Convocation Ceremony scheduled to hold later this month.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, made this known while briefing journalists on the activities lined up for the convocation ceremony in Dutse, Jigawa State.
He said the breakdown of the graduands showed that a total of 1,271 bagged second class upper division while 2,034 bagged second class lower division and about 559 graduands got third class degree.
He pointed out that, Tlthe total number of graduands stands at 4,277.
Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed said the student enrollmen has grown from 202 in 2011/2012 academic session to 18,000 as at today adding that the academic programmes has also grown from 5 in 2011/2012 to 45 programmes today .
The VC informed the audience that 8th and 9th Combined Convocation Lecture will be delivered the Pioneer VC of FUD, Professor Jibrilla Dahiru Amin .
He said, the topic of the Lecture is Harnessing Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Role of Higher Education Institutions.
He said that the Faculty of Law building has been completed and the students will be admitted into the Faculty next session.
He said that plans are underway for the establishment of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The VC said in the last four years FUD has attracted over N800 million research grants adding the grants included the N113 million Google Artificial intelligence Lab established in the university,the first of among higher institutions in the Northwest geo- political zone.
He said one of the highlight of his administration is the N1.2 billion internet broadband facility project by the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy which has provided free wi-Fi services in the university adding that it has helped to improve teaching and research among academic staff and students.
He said that the University recently signed an MOU with the Federal Ministry of Education and Rural Electrification Agency to build a 1.6 megawatt state of the art ministry solar grid which will ensure that our campus is powered by solar energy.
He said some of the the completed projects in the university include the new Senate building, Faculty of Law building, New Library,Twin 250 Lecture theatres, STEM class rooms ,two female hostels are among others.
Mohammed expressed his profound graty to working journalists in Jigawa State and beyond for their support and cooperation.
He therefore, commended staff of the University for their support without which the modest achievements recorded wouldn’t have been possible.
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