Study at UNILAG, pick a degree, keep your CGPA high for part-time gigs, and live cheap in the hostel while you study.
Lagos Life University: UNILAG Degrees and CGPA Guide
UNILAG in Akoka is the study track in Lagos Life: you attend lectures, sit exams, carry a CGPA, pick a department, and collect a student allowance every Monday. A degree in a department that lists your career adds a bonus to every shift in it, and a strong CGPA unlocks part-time campus gigs. Live in Akoka student housing to keep the bills low while you study.
- Study is an investment, not income. The allowance covers basics; shifts and gigs still pay the Saturday rent.
- Your department should match your career. The shift bonus only applies where the department lists that career.
- CGPA is a key, not a trophy. Part-time work gates on it, so every exam protects future income.
How the campus track fits your week
UNILAG sits in Akoka, on the mainland, and it is a destination rather than a backdrop. You attend lectures, sit exams, carry a CGPA, pick a department and receive an allowance every Monday. Student housing exists in Akoka, and a keke stop runs to "UNILAG · Akoka" — see map and locations.
Study does not replace the core loop. Shifts drain energy, food restores it, and rent lands every Saturday whether you attended a lecture that week or not. Treat campus as a second schedule layered over the first: lectures and exams take in-game hours, and those hours come from the same day that also holds your shift, your meals and your commute. A student who skips food to afford more study time makes the same mistake as a worker who skips food to fit more shifts — both end the day unable to earn.
Official source: Lagos Life — the free browser game run by Eliy, whose terms were last updated 1 October 2026.
Picking a department that pays back
The single most valuable line about degrees in the whole game sits in the jobs system: a qualification in a department that lists your career adds a bonus to every shift in it — see jobs and promotions. That makes the department choice a career decision first and a taste decision second. Pick the department that covers the line you actually work, not the one with the nicest name.
| If you work in | What to do at enrolment |
|---|---|
| One fixed career line | Pick the department that lists that career, so every future shift pays the bonus |
| Two or three lines you rotate | Match the department to the line with the most shifts per week |
| No career yet | Take any job first, watch which line fits your play hours, then enrol to match it |
What this page will not print is a department roster. The developer publishes no course list, no guide page and no changelog — the paths that would hold one return nothing — so any department list on another site was typed by someone, not read from the game. Read the options on your own enrolment screen, and match them against the career named on your shift card.
Your shift card names your title, your next title and the skill the promotion wants. If a department does not list that career, its degree adds nothing to your pay. Check the card before you commit weeks of lectures to the wrong faculty.
CGPA: what it gates and how to read it
A CGPA threshold gates certain part-time work: below it, those gigs stay locked; above it, they open. Campus gigs sit inside the wider gig ladder — one-off jobs tied to skills, where the better-paying ones scale with the level behind them and several stay locked until you hit a threshold — see every money route. Your CGPA is the student version of that threshold.
Real-world context helps you read the number. The actual University of Lagos grades on a 5.0 scale, and its bands are public:
| CGPA band | Class of degree |
|---|---|
| 4.50 - 5.00 | First Class |
| 3.50 - 4.49 | Second Class Upper |
| 2.40 - 3.49 | Second Class Lower |
| 1.50 - 2.39 | Third Class |
Official source: UNILAG student guide (PDF) — degree classification is based on the cumulative grade point average, First Class at 4.50 - 5.00. The university homepage is unilag.edu.ng.
Two honest limits. First, the game shows no public marking scheme, so nobody outside the build can tell you how many marks a lecture or an exam is worth — your own student card is the only current source. Second, the game publishes no threshold table either, so no guide can honestly name the exact CGPA a given gig wants. The mechanism is confirmed; the numbers live on your screen. Protect the number every exam cycle and the gates open by themselves.
A slipped CGPA does not just look bad — it locks gigs you already qualified for by skill. When an exam week and a promotion push collide, the exam protects the income line while the promotion chases it. Skills still decide promotions (see skills and needs), so train the skill and sit the exam instead of choosing one.
Money as a student: allowance, housing, transport
The allowance arrives every Monday. It is pocket money on a student schedule, not a wage — it softens the week but it does not cover Saturday rent, food for a full shift roster and fare across town. Plan the student budget the same way a worker plans a wage: allowance plus whatever shifts and gigs add, minus food, fare and rent, must stay positive on Saturday.
Housing is where students win. Akoka carries student housing near campus, which keeps two costs down at once: the weekly rent figure itself and the daily fare to lectures. A cheaper room far from campus can cost more than a student room once keke and danfo fares stack across a week of lectures — see danfo and getting around and renting and moving up.
The starting origin matters here too. One origin begins with rent covered and a cushion; the other begins with a loan and no slack, which makes the first allowance a deadline rather than a bonus. If you started on the harder origin, read Nepo or Lapo before signing for anything with a weekly figure.
Part-time gigs: where study converts to cash
University part-time work is one rung of the gig ladder, and it is the rung your CGPA directly controls. The pattern that works:
- Hold a job first. A shift pays without capital or unlocks — the floor under everything.
- Train one skill in spare hours. Gigs attach to skills, and the better ones want higher levels.
- Keep the CGPA above the gates. Skill alone does not open campus gigs; the threshold must hold too.
- Move hours from shifts to gigs. As gig pay passes shift pay per hour, shift the balance — the full ladder is in side hustles and business.
TechPoint's launch coverage describes the loop the whole economy hangs on — players work jobs, manage energy and build savings — and students play the same loop with lectures added. Nothing about campus exempts you from it.
FAQ
Do I need a degree to get promoted? No. Promotion needs shift performance at 100% plus the skill level your card asks for. A degree adds a bonus to each shift in a listed career, which gets you through the week richer, but it never replaces either promotion condition.
What CGPA do part-time gigs need? The game confirms a threshold gates certain part-time work but publishes no table of values. Read the requirement on the gig itself and your current CGPA on your student card. Any guide naming an exact figure is guessing.
Where should my character live while studying? In Akoka student housing near campus. It keeps rent low and kills the lecture commute, and a keke stop runs straight to "UNILAG · Akoka". Move out when your income supports a better address, not before — the Saturday bill does not pause for exams.
Is the Monday allowance enough to live on? No. It covers basics around campus life. Saturday rent, food for working days and transport still need shift or gig income behind them.
Can I work a full-time job while studying? Yes, but both schedules draw from the same day. Shifts cost energy, lectures cost hours, and only food restores energy. Students who overfill the day end it unable to earn, exactly like workers who skip meals. Start with a light shift roster and add hours only while the balance survives each Saturday.
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