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Stellenbosch University Graduation Ceremonies - December 2017
Author: Corporate Communications Division
Published: 01/12/2017

​Stellenbosch University will award 5 720 degrees, certificates and diplomas at eight graduation ceremonies in the Coertzenburg Centre this week. It is 420 qualifications more than in December 2016, and 700 more than in December 2015. The December total includes 142 doctoral and 545 Master's degrees.

Click herefor more information on the graduation ceremonies and a digital version of the graduation programme. Graduates and diplomats are reminded that they should arrive at the Danie Craven stadium two hours before their graduation ceremony commences to te set up in the procession.

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SU December Graduation Ceremonies to see more Maties graduating

Stellenbosch University (SU) will again award a record number of degrees and diplomas at this year's December Graduation Ceremonies – 5720 compared to 5300 in 2016 and 5020 in 2015. There is also an increase in the number of doctorates (142) and master's degrees (545).  

Eight ceremonies are to be held in the Coetzenberg Centre from Monday 4 to Friday 8 December 2017.

The schedule of the December graduation ceremonies are as follow:

  • Monday 4 December at 17:30: Faculty of Science
  • Tuesday 5 December at 10:00: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science and at 17:30: Education and Military Science
  • Wednesday 6 December at 10:00: for a first group in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and at 17:30: a first group in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and students in the Faculties of Law and AgriSciences.
  • Thursday 7 December at 10:00: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and at 17:30: Faculties of Theology and Engineering.
  • Friday 8 December at 10:00: a second group in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences and honorary degrees.

Three honorary doctorates will also be awarded: The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), honoris causa, will be bestowed upon one of the country's foremost documentary photographers, Mr Omar Badsha; the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, upon the President of the South African Medical Research Council and world-renowned researcher, Prof Glenda Gray; and the Degree Doctor of Engineering (DEng) honoris causa on the internationally recognised engineer and academic, Prof Markus Reuter.

An annual highlight is former HOPE@Maties and SciMathUS students graduating – university preparation programmes offered by SU. HOPE@Maties offers students in Grade 12 supplementary tuition during their school holidays. SciMathUS is a Stellenbosch campus based university preparation programme where post Grade 12 learners have a second opportunity to improve some of their Grade 12 results to qualify for specific degree programmes in higher education.

66 former HOPE@Maties and 49 former SciMathUS students will be graduating.

The university also gives recognition to some of its foremost academics and other staff members throughout the graduation ceremonie