University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), will graduate on Friday , award degrees to 12,895 students, including 168 First Class graduates, during its 55th Convocation ceremony.
Vice-Chancellor of the University , Prof. Simon Ortuanya, announced this on Wednesday , July 22,2026 in a pre- convocation briefing held at the university’s Business School Auditorium, Enugu Campus,
Ortuanya disclosed that 10,641 graduands would receive first degrees and diplomas, while 2,944 would earn higher degrees.
According to him, the postgraduate awards comprise 1,390 doctoral degrees, 1,340 master’s degrees and 214 postgraduate diplomas, underscoring the institution’s growing contribution to advanced research and manpower development.
The Vice-Chancellor also announced that the university would confer honorary doctorate degrees on Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, alongside Williams Agbo, Kaycee Orji and William Richardson, in recognition of their contributions to leadership, public service and human development.
He added that distinguished scholars, Prof. Peter-Jazzy Ezeh and Prof. Boniface Obinna Okere, would be honoured with the title of Professor Emeritus.
Ortuanya described the convocation as a celebration of academic excellence and the fulfilment of the aspirations of thousands of graduates and their families.
He further revealed that Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, would deliver the convocation lecture on July 23, under the chairmanship of former UNN Vice-Chancellor and current Vice-Chancellor of the University on the Niger, Prof. Chinedu Nebo.
Highlighting achievements recorded within his 11 months in office, the Vice-Chancellor said the university had embarked on extensive rehabilitation of ageing infrastructure, including reconstruction of internal roads, renovation of student hostels, ongoing work on the long-abandoned Senate Building, construction of hostels and laboratories at the College of Medicine, Ituku-Ozalla, and restoration of the institution’s physical environment.
He also noted significant academic milestones, including the increase in the MBBS admission quota from 180 to 400, Dentistry from 15 to 60, following accreditation by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, as well as the National Universities Commission’s approval of the unbundling of the Department of Mass Communication into five specialised degree programmes.
Ortuanya reaffirmed the university’s commitment to repositioning UNN as a globally competitive institution through quality teaching, research, digital innovation, entrepreneurship and community engagement.
