A total of 5,247 students who completed programmes at the University of Pro­fessional Studies (UPSA) Law School and Faculty of Information Technology (IT) and Communi­cation Studies, were on Monday awarded degrees and diploma at the 16th congregation of the school.

Out of the number, the UPSA Law School pre­sented 212 students, one of whom obtained first class, 21 second class upper, 78 second class lower, 89 third class, and 23 pass.

The Faculty of IT and Com­munication Studies graduated a total of 1,261 students, out of which 946 were undergraduates and 315 were diploma students.

For the undergraduate level, 12 students obtained first class, 227 second class upper, 359 second class lower, 297 third class, and 51 pass. 12 of the diploma students attained distinction, while 156 ob­tained credit, and 147 had pass.