Academic Year 2017 Graduation Ceremonies
Hitotsubashi University held graduation ceremonies for the academic year 2017 at Kanematsu Auditorium on March 20, 2018. The number of degree recipients was as follows:
Undergraduate: 965 students (not including students who graduated in September)
Graduate: Master’s programs: 333 students; professional master’s programs: 231 students; doctoral programs: 54 students;
Ceremony for Undergraduate Students
- Opening
- Performance of Ouverture from Partita No.4 in D major BWV828 (J. S. Bach) 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
- Congratulatory address by Kosei Shindo, Representative Director and President, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
- Remarks by the representative of degree recipients
- Singing of the university song
- Closing
Ceremony for Graduate Students
- Opening
- Performance of Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (F. Liszt) 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

Address by Koichi Tadenuma, president of Hitotsubashi University
Remarks by the representative of degree recipients