About 8,259 new students of the University of Calabar on Tuesday took the oath of matriculation for the 2015/2016 session.
It was learnt that the students were admitted out of the 21,247 candidates, who applied to the university through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE).
In his address, Prof Akpagu, the Vice chancellor of the university advised the freshers to work hard in order to graduate successfully as they are the lucky ones who were chosen from the large number of applicants.
