UI matriculates 4,800, VC Warns Against Evils of Cultism

University of Ibadan, UI admitted 4,800 students in the 2015/2016 academic session.

The Vice Chancellor, of the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Idowu Olayinka, at the recently marked matriculation ceremony during which 4,800 freshmen were matriculated into the various disciplines of the university, warning them against involvement in cultism or other acts capable of working against their career .

The 4,800 candidates invited for the matriculation ceremony comprised 3,225 UTME and 783 Direct Entry students.

The VC said that the 4,800 candidates were selected out of the 32,587 candidates who scored 180 and above in the UTME as well as 2,512 who applied for Direct Entry admission.

The VC admonished the students to see their admission as a rare privilege to study in the nation’s premier university.

MSG Team.