Two hundred and twenty six undergraduate students at the University of Ibadan will no longer be able to access the school portal for registration following a Senate decision to withdraw them for poor academic performance.
A university official told journalists that 79 students withdrew from the Faculty of Science, the highest number among all faculties. The Faculty of Technology had 45 withdrawals, and the Faculty of Agriculture had 35.
The Senate met on Monday to ratify results for the 2024/2025 session, approving that students with a Cumulative Grade Point Average below 1.0 be advised to withdraw from their programmes.
Both the College of Medicine and the Faculty of Education have 18 affected students each, while the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources has recorded 10 withdrawals. The Faculty of Arts has nine students who were asked to withdraw. Economics and Management Sciences recorded four; Law has three; Veterinary Medicine recorded two; and Environmental Design and Management has three affected students.
Students have dubbed the almost yearly exercise "tsunami," referencing the scale of academic dismissals, as the university asked 408 students to withdraw in 2018 following similar academic performance reviews.
The affected students span 100 to 500 levels across multiple faculties, with the withdrawal decision effectively ending their enrolment at the institution.
New students physically resumed for the 2025/2026 academic session on Monday, marking the beginning of a new academic year, as hundreds of continuing students face dismissal.
University authorities maintain that the CGPA threshold of 1.0 represents the minimum academic standard required to continue studies at the institution, and students falling below this benchmark are deemed unable to meet academic requirements.
