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CEMS and WU Graduation Ceremonies

CEMS Graduation Ceremony 2015

The 27th CEMS Annual Events from November 25-29, 2015 were hosted by the exclusive Russian CEMS member school, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg University (GSOM). The event brought together the entire CEMS Community and welcomed the Korea University Business School (KUBS) as the newest member of the CEMS Global Alliance. Furthermore, six new Corporate Partners were introduced into the Alliance and a record number of graduates received their diploma. 1,078 graduates from 62 countries celebrated their graduation at the beautiful Mariinsky Theatre.

During the ceremony WU yet again received several awards: This year WU won prices in the categories "Best Exclusive Course" (Phillip Nell: Managing and Analyzing Data for Business Decisions) and "Best International Business Project" (Jonas Puck, Thomas Lindner and Moritz Putzhammer in cooperation with A.T. Kearney). Furthermore, WU received the “CEMS School of the Year Award” which is based on CEMS students’ evaluation of course offer, school administration, student services and CEMS Club activities.

Congratulations to all WU CEMS Graduates!

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WU Graduation Ceremony 2015

On 22 October 2015, 24 WU CEMS students participated in the graduation ceremony and received their master diploma. In a friendly and warm atmosphere this event was for the third time organized exclusively for CEMS students and members of their families and took place at the campus of Vienna University of Economics and Business. CEMS academic director Prof. Jan Hendrik Fisch delivered an inspiring speech and Tamás Petrovics replied on behalf of students, sharing his experience as a CEMS student and his hope for the future. Jana and Steffi congratulated fresh CEMS alumni in the name of the CEMS Office.

CEMS Graduation Ceremony 2014

The 2014 edition of the four-day Annual Events took place from Thursday 27 November to Sunday 30 November 2014 and was hosted by the Louvain School of Management. The Annual Events brought together the entire CEMS Community - Students, Alumni, Corporate Partners, Social Partners, Academic Members, and Guests - for plenary meetings, workshops, panel debates, community dinners, and concluded with the Graduation of 1,011 CEMS MIM Students.

During the Graduation Ceremony professors from WU have again received the prestigious BEST CEMS Courses Awards.

Prof. Günter Stahl

was awarded with "Best CEMS Course of the Year Award" in the category "Best Global Management Practice Course".

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Desislava Dikova

was awarded"Best CEMS Course of the Year Award" in the category "Best Global Strategic Management Course".

CONGRATULATIONS also to the 66 WU CEMS Graduates!

WU Graduation Ceremony 2014

On 16 October 2014, 29 WU CEMS students participated in the graduation ceremony. This Event was for the second time organized exclusively for CEMS students and members of their families and took place at the new campus of Vienna University of Economics and Business. In a very friendly and warm atmosphere, master diplomas were awarded to 29 lucky graduates. CEMS academic director Prof. Jan Hendrik Fisch delivered an inspiring speech and Alexander Wallner replied on behalf of students, sharing his experience as a CEMS student and his hope for the future. Alina congratulated fresh CEMS alumni in the name of the CEMS Office.

CEMS Graduation Ceremony 2013

The Annual Event from 2013 was exceptional, because CEMS was celebrating its 25th Anniversary. This year CEMS Graduation took place at ESADE, where our students graduated together with other 950 CEMS MIM students. For WU this was an extremely successful year, because WU courses received all three Awards CEMS Course of the Year and also had the largest graduating cohort among the 28 CEMS Partner Schools. This Event also served as the induction of Chile’s leading business school, the Universidad Adolfo Inbañez.

WU Graduation Ceremony 2013

On 17 October 2013, 11 CEMS students participated in the graduation ceremony at the new campus of Vienna University of Economics and Business. It was the first year when the ceremony was organized exclusively for CEMS students and members of their families. In a very friendly and warm atmosphere, master diplomas were awarded to 11 lucky graduates. Professor Puck gave an inspiring and at the same time amusing speech, Thomas Linder replied on behalf of students. CEMS office team, Jana and Steffi, congratulated fresh CEMS alumni. The event has been a huge success!

CEMS Graduation Ceremony 2012

This 2012 annual event was hosted by the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, which represented an exceptional opportunity to bring together the entire community for discussions, decision-making, formal announcements and the graduation of CEMS MIM students.

The 2012 edition of the three-day Annual Events featured a high-level panel on “Responsible Leadership”, the graduation of no less than 787 CEMS MIM students and the ratification of two major Asian member schools. Hosted by the exclusive Swiss CEMS member school the University of St Gallen, the Annual Events featured the induction of two major players in management education from Asia (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta).