Amir graces QU convocation of Class of 2023

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani patronised the graduation ceremony of the 46th batch (Class of 2023) of Qatar University (QU) students, held at the QU Sports and Events Complex Monday morning.
This year, 3,913 students graduated from the following academic degrees : bachelor's, diploma, master's, doctorate, and doctor of pharmacy. The ceremony included graduates of the Summer 2022, Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 semesters, as well as those expected to graduate in Spring 2023.
As part of QU’s Class of 2023, 767 male students were celebrated Monday in the male graduation ceremony in the presence of His Highness the Amir, who honoured 107 distinguished male students.
HE Speaker of the Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah al-Ghanim, sheikhs, ministers, members of the university's Board of Trustees, QU vice-presidents and the students' parents attended the ceremony, the official Qatar News Agency reported.
QU president Dr Hassan bin Rashid al-Derham handed over certificates to the 767 male graduates in various disciplines.
A film about the students' academic journey was screened in addition to highlighting the achievements of Qatar University during the 2022-2023 academic year, its most prominent activities, programmes and research innovations in various fields.
The ceremony included a speech by Dr al-Derham and a speech by student Abdullah Abdulaziz al-Ansari, who spoke on behalf of the graduates.
"As QU graduates its 46th cohort of graduates, the university continues to chronicle a long history
spanning decades in which it contributes heavily to Qatar’s development and prosperity, through
boosting the labour market with qualified graduates," the university said in a statement.
QU president Dr al-Derham said: “Today, we celebrate the 46th batch of Qatar University graduates who joined the ranks of the over 64,000 graduates of the university since its establishment. Throughout its history since its establishment in 1977 until today, Qatar University has had the honour of contributing to achieving the goals of the state and its leadership's aspirations through its distinguished academic formation, institutional culture, its outstanding scientific and research capabilities, preparing generations of competencies and experiences.”
Dr al-Derham also highlighted the international achievements of the university as well as the improvement in the global rankings by several organisations.
He then advised graduates: “Today, you are at a critical milestone. Just recently, you were students in university halls, and now you are receiving your graduation certificates in front of the leader of our beloved nation. Tomorrow, you will start your career and contribute to the building of your country and your nation. Therefore, my dear sons, you must always remember your responsibilities towards Allah Almighty, your beloved country, and His Highness the Amir of the country. Remember His Highness's words when he honoured us with a visit to the university on October 19, 2016, where he advised you, saying, ‘the human being is the most important building block of a nation and its greatest investment. Qatar has invested in its youth, it progresses by you and looks forward to you’.”
Representative of the 46th graduating class, al-Ansari said: “On a podium where 45 representatives of graduates have stood before me, they have been honoured to recall the heroic achievements and glorious history of Qatar before the leaders who made it possible. Qatar's star shone brightly in the sky of achievement, unparalleled by any of its contemporaries.”
Dr Khalid al-Hashimi, QU professor from the College of Business and Economics and host of the ceremony, added: “Qatar University, this towering academic institution, has been and will continue to be, by the grace of Allah, a shelter for knowledge, a fuel for innovation, and a hub for scientific research. Since its establishment in the late 1970s, tens of thousands of graduates, both male and female, have graduated from it. Each graduate has his or her own unique story and narrative they have written with their minds and hands.”