LASU Announces Full Schedule for Combined 29th and 30th Convocation Ceremonies

The Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the programme of events for its combined 29th and 30th Convocation Ceremonies for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic sessions.

In a notice issued on behalf of the university's management and staff, Vice-Chancellor Distinguished Professor Ibiyemi Ibilola Olatunji-Bello informed graduating students, parents, guardians, stakeholders, members of the university community and the general public that the convocation activities will run from August 12 to August 23, 2026.

The convocation programme will begin with pre-convocation events on Wednesday, August 12.

The day's activities include:

• Convocation Press Conference

  • Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
  • Venue: First Floor, Senate Chamber, Babatunde Raji Fashola Senate Building, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.

• Convocation Sports Competition for Staff

  • Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
  • Venue: LASU Sports Centre, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 12:00 noon

Convocation activities will continue as follows:

Thursday, August 13, 2026

• Staff Celebration Day (Dress Code: Staff are to appear in attire representing their respective tribes)
  • Venue: Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 2:00 p.m.

Friday, August 14, 2026

• Coconut Breaking and Cultural Day

  • Venue: Badagry Gate Entrance, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 9:00 a.m.

• Convocation Jumat Service

  • Venue: University Mosque, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 1:00 p.m.

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Award of Diplomas, First Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas and Master's Degrees in Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, as well as the Conferment of Distinguished Professorship
  • Venue: Olatunji Bello Auditorium, Epe Campus, Epe, Lagos
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

• Convocation Lecture

  • Venue: Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 9:00 a.m.

• Award of Other Diplomas, First Degrees, Postgraduate Diplomas and Master's Degrees

  • Venue: Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Award of Professional and Academic Doctorate Degrees (PhD) and Conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degrees
  • Venue: Buba Marwa Auditorium, Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday, August 23, 2026

• Special Convocation Thanksgiving Service
  • Venue: University Chapel (Chapel of Light), Main Campus, Ojo, Lagos
  • Time: 10:00 a.m.

The university also released important guidelines for all graduands participating in the combined convocation ceremonies.

Graduands are required to pay for their convocation package through the LASU payment portal.

Academic gowns must be returned on or before Friday, August 21, 2026. Graduands who fail to return their gowns by the deadline will pay a penalty of ₦1,000 for each day of default.

The university also stated that any graduand who loses or damages an academic gown will pay a replacement fee of ₦36,000 for first-degree gowns and ₦45,000 for postgraduate diploma and master's degree gowns.

LASU announced that degree certificates will be available for collection immediately after the convocation ceremony, provided the academic gown has been returned.

During the ceremony, first-degree graduands are expected to move the tassels of their caps from the right to the left when the Vice-Chancellor declares, "I admit you all," signifying their formal admission into the body of graduates of Lagos State University. Higher degree recipients are expected to wear their caps with the tassels positioned on the left from the beginning of the ceremony.

The university advised all graduands to seek assistance from Faculty Officers or School Secretaries to ensure their academic gowns, hoods and caps are properly worn, with tassels correctly positioned.

Female graduands are expected to show courtesy while shaking hands with the Vice-Chancellor, while male graduands are required to bow without removing their caps.

Parents, guardians and invited guests have been advised to be seated no later than 8:30 a.m. on each day of the ceremonies.

LASU also issued the following instructions to graduands:

• Graduands must join the academic procession by 9:00 a.m. Failure to do so will result in denial of entry into the auditorium.
• Each faculty's graduands must sit only in the designated sections assigned to them.
• Unauthorised movement and photography will not be permitted during the ceremony. Graduands are advised to take photographs before entering the auditorium or after the event. Anyone who leaves the auditorium during the ceremony will not be allowed to return.
• Invited guests and graduands seated under the canopy outside the auditorium are expected to stand as the academic procession enters and leaves the venue.
• Graduands must wear the approved academic robes and faculty colours.
• All graduands are required to complete their clearance procedures in their respective colleges, schools and faculties before the convocation to facilitate the collection of their certificates.

The Vice-Chancellor congratulated all graduating students, parents, guardians, stakeholders and members of the university community ahead of the combined 29th and 30th Convocation Ceremonies.