Nearly 2,200 students will come up on stage during the graduation ceremony
Nearly 2,200 students will come up on stage during the graduation ceremony
The undergraduate and postgraduate graduation ceremonies will take place on 5 and 6 July 2019 in the Roger de Llúria building on the Ciutadella campus, this year’s novelty being the presence of the first cohort of Global Studies.
On 5 and 6 July, the courtyard of the Roger de Llúria building on the Ciutadella campus will host the graduation ceremony of the 26th cohort of UPF graduates, with the participation of around 2,190 graduates, about 1,750 bachelor’s degree students and 440 postgraduate students.
The main novelty at this year’s graduation ceremony, organized with the support of the UPF Board of Trustees, is the graduation of the first cohort of the bachelor’s degree in Global Studies, which will be represented by some fifty students.
It will be possible to follow the ceremony live on the institutional website and on Twitter with the hashtags #GraduacioUPF19 and #MadeInPompeu, and it is expected to be attended over the two days by approximately 10,000 people, including graduates, family and friends.
Six different sessions with a similar structure
The graduates of the University’s different degrees, including bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, will take the stage in the courtyard of the Roger de Llúria building to receive their commemorative diploma from the various vice-rectors and academic officers related to their studies. It will be split into six different sessions, two on 5 July (one bachelor’s degree at 6 pm and one postgraduate at 8:30 pm) and four on July 6 (at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 6 pm and 8:30 pm), all bachelor’s degrees.
Each session will be structured as follows: there will be a screening of a commemorative video; welcome and presentation; a graduation lecture given by a UPF professor; the performance of two pieces by the University Choir; the delivery of the diplomas; speeches by graduates representing the different degrees, the screening of a good luck video, and the performance of Gaudeamus Igitur by the Choir. The session devoted to master’s degrees and doctorates is slightly different in that there are no speeches by the graduates, and it includes the Doctorate Special Awards.
Schedule of the various sessions, participants and graduation lectures
The first session (5 July at 6 pm), conducted by Mònika Jiménez, a professor with the Department of Communication, will involve more than 330 graduates belonging to the different degrees of the Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences, the School of Engineering and the Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences. The graduation lecture, “QED,” will be given by Vanesa Daza, a professor with the Department of Information and Communication Technologies.
The second session (5 July at 8:30 pm), will be conducted by Marta Narberhaus, a journalist and former student at UPF. Some 440 postgraduate students will be taking part, including master’s degree students (29 different degrees) and doctoral degree students. The graduation lecture, “From the six Ws to the six Cs” will be given by Salvador Alsius, a professor with the Department of Communication at UPF who recently retired.
The third session (6 July at 10:30 am), conducted by Begoña Grigelmo, a journalist and UPF Alumni, with the participation of about 390 students from the bachelor’s degree in Law, the double degree in Law and ECO/ADE (Business Management and Administration/Economics), and the bachelor’s degree in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies. The lecture “When the personal becomes political: three lessons of political philosophy”, will be given by Serena Olsaretti, a professor with the Department of Law.
The fourth session (6 July at 12:30 pm), will be led by Begoña Grigelmo, a journalist and UPF Alumni, involving more than 330 students from the different bachelor’s degrees of the Faculty of Communication and the bachelor’s degree in Labour Relations. The graduation lecture “Cultivating the ethics of non-violence”, will be given by Núria Almiron, a professor with the Department of Communication.
At the fifth session (6 July at 6 pm), conducted by Marta Vives, journalist and UPF Alumni, will feature more than 300 students from the bachelor’s degrees in Humanities, Global Studies, Business Administration-Management and International Business Economics. The lecture “Why we do what we do” will be given by Antonio Monegal, a professor with the Department of Communication.
Finally, the sixth session (6 July at 8:30 pm), conducted by Josep Vicenç Mestre, UPF Alumni and professor with the Department of Communication, will involve about 390 students from the bachelor’s degrees in Political and Administration Sciences, Business Management and Administration, and Economics. Teresa Monllau, a professor with the Department of Communication, will give the graduation lecture “Three ideas, a request and a wish”.
At the end of each session, all graduates marched on a festive tone to the patio of the Jaume I building, where they met with their family and friends to share a glass of cava offered by Alumni UPF, who prepared a photocall for the occasion, very busy throughout the graduation ceremony.
PICTURES, VIDEOS AND SPECIAL EDITION OF THE MAGAZINE 360upf OF EACH SESSIONS
1st. session: July 5, 6:00 p.m.
2nd. session: Friday July 5, 8:30 p.m. (master and doctorate session)
3rd. session: Saturday July 6, 10:30 a.m.
4th. session: Saturday, July 6, 12:30 a.m.
5th. session: Saturday, July 6, 6:00 p.m.
6th. session: Saturday July 6, 8:30 p.m.