Academic Year 2014 Graduation Ceremonies
Hitotsubashi University held graduation ceremonies for the academic year 2014 at Kanematsu Auditorium on March 20, 2015. The ceremony for undergraduate students started at 10:00 a.m., and that for graduate students at 2:00 p.m. The number of degree recipients was as follows:
Undergraduate: 1,049 students (not including students who graduated in September)
Graduate: Master’s programs: 330 students; doctoral programs: 50 students; professional master’s programs: 226 students
Ceremony for Undergraduate Students
- Opening
- Performance of Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 (Chopin) by Takashi Yamada
- Degree conferment to student representatives from each faculty and announcement of students with outstanding academic results
- Address by Koichi Tadenuma, president of Hitotsubashi University
- Remarks by the representative of degree recipients
- Congratulatory address by Teisuke Kitayama, Chairman of the Board of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
- Singing of the university song
- Closing
Ceremony for Graduate Students
- Opening
- Performance of Liebestraum (Lizst) by Takashi Yamada
- Degree conferment to the student representatives of master’s degree, professional master’s degree, and doctoral degree recipients, respectively
- Address by Koichi Tadenuma, president of Hitotsubashi University
- Remarks by the representative of master’s degree recipients
- Remarks by the representative of professional master’s degree recipients
- Remarks by the representative of doctoral degree recipients
- Closing