12 September: Maastricht School of Management Graduation Ceremony

On September 12, the annual MSM Graduation Ceremony will take place at the premises of Maastricht School of Management. On this occasion, the degrees of Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) will be awarded to the graduates from over 30 countries.

Albania, Austria, Bhutan, Bolivia, P.R. of China, Colombia, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malta, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UK, USA, Vietnam, Yemen and Zambia will all witness students returning back home with increased management knowledge, acquired during their time at Maastricht School of Management.

For those, unable to attend, the ceremony will be broadcast live via the following link www.msm.nl/graduation

The program will be as follows:

13.00 Arrival of Guests

13.30 Opening by Drs. P.R.M.H. van der Linden
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Maastricht school of Management

13.40 Address by Mr. J. Figel’
European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth

14.00 Address by Mr. V. Moharir, MBA
Commercial Director, Gateway NINtec Pvt. Ltd.
European Operations and Managing Director of NINtec, the Netherlands
MSM Alumnus 1993

14.20 Presentation Philip Houben Award by Drs. P.R.M.H. van der Linden and mr. Ph. J.I.M. Houben

14.30 Award of the MBA Degrees, Award of the M. Phil. Degrees, Award of the DBA Degrees

15.00 Closing address by Prof. Dr. R.S.J. Tuninga
Director Dean Maastricht School of Management

15.15 Reception at MSM

17.00 Closing

Philip Houben Award
The Philip Houben Award will be granted to the student who shows the most promise of being a great ambassador to the city of Maastricht and MSM.

Mr. Philip Houben was mayor of Maastricht from 1985 until 2002. He helped to transform a regional city into a city with European prominence.

The Philip Houben Award includes a certificate and a statue designed by the famous Maastricht artist Mr. Albert (Appie) Drielsma.

Source: MSM Press Release, 12 September 2007