The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has matriculated one thousand, nine hundred and forty-four (1,944) fresh sandwich students who are pursuing various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the 2024/25 academic year.
The number is made up of four hundred and eighty (480) undergraduates and one thousand, four hundred and sixty-four (1,464) postgraduates.
After matriculating the students and admitting them to the rights and privileges of junior members of the University, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, congratulated them on their admission.
Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong addressing the matriculants
In his address, he encouraged the students to tolerate one another and live peacefully among themselves, Prof. Boampong further tasked the students to read the Students' Handbook to be abreast of the code of conduct.
"I wish to emphasize that these rules and regulations are not to punish you. They are meant to bring order and harmony in the University and make your life and stay here enjoyable," he added.
The Vice-Chancellor advised the students to desist from anti-social behaviours such as occultism, hooliganism, prostitution and the use of narcotic drugs. He appealed to them to observe road traffic regulations on campus. Also, he urged them to be security conscious while discharging their academic responsibilities and also entreated them to take their studies seriously.
About Matriculation
A section of the matriculants singing the UCC anthem
Matriculation ceremonies are statutory processes that confer membership of a university on fresh students after they have fulfilled the academic requirements for admission by taking the matriculation oath.
The oath binds the fresh students to abide by all the rules and regulations of the University as enshrined in the Students’ Handbook and other authorized documents of the University and requires them to be of good behaviour while pursuing their studies.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC