The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Kayode Adebowale, has disclosed that out of 22,000 applied for admission for 2024/25 academic session, only 4,215 were matriculated on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
Adebowale revealed this at the matriculation ceremony of the newly admitted students for 2024/2025 academic session, held at the International Conference Centre of the institution.
He stated, “It is instructive to note that almost 22,000 candidates sought admission to the University of Ibadan through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), both at the UTME and Direct Entry levels, within the country and in the diaspora for the 2024/2025 academic session.
“11, 912 sat for the Post UTME examination having fulfilled the 200 point standard threshold for any candidate to sit for the University of Ibadan Post UTME examination. 7, 017 out of this figure scored 50 percent and above.
“4411 were admitted through UTME and 238 were admitted through the Direct Entry. Therefore, 4650 students were offered professional admission into the University of Ibadan, both at the UTME and Direct Entry levels.
“On 4,215 were cleared to be our students out of the staggering 22,000 who sought admissions.
“The VC listed numbers of candidates admitted into each faculty as follows: Agriculture, 247, Arts, 690, College of Medicine, 687, Economics and Management Sciences, 169, Education, 552, Environmental Design and Management, 101, Law, 144, and Pharmacy, 127.
Others are Renewable Natural Resources, 106, Science, 491, Technology, 535, The Social Sciences, 272, and Veterinary Medicine 94.
Adebowale charged newly matriculated students of the institution to embrace discipline and prioritise excellence stressing that transition from secondary school comes with implications.
Urging the students to imbibe the habit of engaging in independent learning rather than being ‘spoon – fed like secondary school students, he warned that as undergraduate students of the institution, they would be required to meet a high level of expectation from society.
Admonishing the new students to walk the path of excellence, which the university treasures, he further charged the matriculants to be resilient, strive for distinction in their studies, character, and extracurricular engagements; prioritise excellence, embrace discipline, leverage opportunities, uphold integrity and contribute to UI’s legacy.
The Matriculation Lecture was delivered by Dr Olukayode Abiola Aiyenuyo, an alumnus of the University whose life journey has been marked by exceptional achievements. He graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 2007.
Aiyenuyo told the matriculated students that after spending years in the nation’s premier university, he came out better equipped to face life headlong.
He reiterated that a chapter had closed, and a new chapter had begun in their lives. He encouraged them to also seek God for a true path in life in order to achieve success.
The highlight of the matriculation ceremony was the administration of the Matriculation Oath to the students by the Registrar, Mr. Ganiyu O. Saliu.
The matriculants were expected to complete their induction with the signing of the matriculation registers and the validation of the Matriculation Oath by a court of law.
