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 Fifteen thousand out of well over thirty thousand candidates that applied to the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB ), Abeokuta , would compete for the available 3000 admission spaces at the institution. The said fifteen thousand candidates scored 180 and above in the recently released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations ( UTME). Vice Chancellor of the institution, Olusola Oyewole , made this known to reporters on Tuesday at FUNAAB campus while addressing a press conference to herald the 21 st and 22nd convocation ceremonies slated for Friday and Saturday this week . Oyewole said the surge in the number of applicants seeking undergraduate studies at the institution followed its high standard and stable academic calendar , adding that only the Senate of the institution would decide what criteria to adopt in selecting 3000 candidates out of the 15,000 . He , however , hinted that the cut - off mark for the institution would be fixed at 200 to prune the number of candidates vying for the limited space to 6000. According to him , the university is working to establish Distance Learning Scheme to absorb those unable to get admission for regular programmes . The Vice Chancellor revealed that the university would turn out 81 First Class honour graduates and 1 , 267 Second Class Upper Division at the 21st and 22 nd Convocation ceremonies while the Convocation Lecture, titled: Leadership , Economic Nationalism and Development ; Nigeria and the Challenge from South, would also be delivered by Prof. Ayodeji Olukoju , Vice Chancellor, Caleb University, Lagos. Source: Daily Independent Nigeria