Faculty of Business and Economics bid farewell to Fall graduates

The Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Göttingen bid farewell to Fall graduates on Friday, 19 October 2018: In the summer semester 2018, 561 students received their degrees: 345 students received degrees in the Bachelor's programmes and 216 students successfully completed a Master's programme.

The Dean of Study, Prof. Dr. Stefan Dierkes welcomed the participants to the festive event. Then spoke Prof. Dr. Waldemar Toporowski, chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Economic Sciences, and Max Vidal Carranza as representative of the current alumni. The independent business consultant and co-partner of Selaestus Personal Management GmbH in Berlin, Dr. Bernd Ruppert, spoke as an alumnus of the Faculty. Bernd Ruppert studied business administration in Göttingen from 1982 to 1987 and earned his PhD in accounting also at the University of Göttingen.

Awards for outstanding graduates from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the amount of 1,000 Euros each were also given. The internationally active laboratory and process technology provider Sartorius donated the prize for graduates that is named after the founder of the company. The "Florenz Sartorius-Preis" is awarded to the best graduates in the discipline of Business Administration, Economics, Business Information Systems, and Business and Human Resource Education.