(30/1) Universitas Diponegoro held the 169th Graduation Ceremony at Prof. Soedarto Building. In the graduation ceremony, which was held for 6 days and divided into 12 parts, the Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro had its turn to hold the graduation on the 2nd to 5th parts. At this graduation, the total number of graduates that successfully graduated from Universitas Diponegoro in this period was 3,037 graduates. The Faculty of Engineering itself succeeded in graduating 606 graduates in this period, of which 339 of them received the cum laude.
The graduates who took part in this graduation ceremony came from various study programs, from doctoral, master, undergraduate, to professional engineer program. The study program in the Faculty of Engineering with the highest number in gaining cum laude graduates in this period is from Professional Education for Engineers program (PSPPI) with 123 people earning cum laude predicate. The Professional Education for Engineers program is also the study program that scored the highest number of graduates in the Faculty of Engineering on this 169th graduation, with 131 graduates. There is also one foreign student who took part in this graduation, namely Agostinho Pinto from Timor Leste. He was taking the Master’s Program in Electrical Engineering, at the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro.
The graduation session was opened by the Head of the Academic Senate of Universitas Diponegoro, Prof. Ir. Edy Rianto, M.Sc, Ph.D, IPU. He also had the opportunity to deliver the opening speech for this graduation session. In his remarks, he conveyed the number of graduates who will be graduating in this period, as well as conveying the achievements Universitas Diponegoro had to achieve as the leading university in Indonesia.
The next speech came from the Vice Rector of Academic and Students Affairs, Prof. Faisal, S.E, M.Si, Ph.D. He stated the data about the graduates such as the number of graduates and the percentage of the graduates in each program at Universitas Diponegoro. Also in his speech, Prof Faisal urged the graduates to fulfill the tracer study questionnaire immediately so that the distribution of Universitas Diponegoro graduates could be continuously tracked.
The Rector of Universitas Diponegoro, Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, S.H, M.Hum, gave the last speech. In his remarks, Prof Yos Johan Utama gave congratulations as well as bits of advice for the graduates about what should they do after graduating from Universitas Diponegoro. “Dadio wong bener sing ora keblinger (be someone who is ‘conscientious’ but not ‘self-obsessed’),” said Prof Yos Johan Utama to the graduates.
The ceremony then continued with the handover of the certificate by the Rector and the Dean to the graduates and continued with the closing ceremony.
