Looking back: IGC Graduations of the last three years

During this time, many graduates have not only acquired a wealth of knowledge, skills, and abilities for their professional careers, but have also matured personally and surpassed themselves. Graduation is also a special day for the IGC staff, who organize the ceremony each year with joy and attention to detail. Take a look at the impressions of our last three graduation ceremonies - maybe you were there or your graduation is still to come? Enjoy our little retrospective!

Graduation 2023

The graduation ceremony 2023 took place on September 22 at the Boulevardtheater Bremen. About 120 graduates from all IGC programs celebrated their graduation. Nearly 200 guests were present, including Rector Konrad Wolf, State Councillor for Science and Environment Irene Strebl, and HSB lecturer and IGC Recruiting Agent Selma Shiyanga-Iiyambo, who gave welcoming speeches. Christian Frank from the International Student Assistance (ISA) and his jazz band provided the musical accompaniment for the ceremony.

In his speech, Prof. Dr. Konrad Wolf, Rector of Hochschule Bremen, praised IGC for its contribution to shaping the international profile of HSB:

"Internationality is an outstanding feature of our mission statement. We want to live internationality at our university. Not only our numerous international study programs, the high level of cross-border mobility and the worldwide cooperation networks in teaching and research contribute to this. Above all, it is the diversity of our students and staff that shapes the intercultural environment at HSB. IGC plays a particularly important role in shaping the international profile of Hochschule Bremen.”

Graduation 2022

In the heart of Bremen: The Metropol Theater, centrally located in the city center, was the venue for the graduation ceremony on September 23, 2022. About 100 IGC graduates and 200 invited guests attended the ceremony. Welcoming speeches were held by Prof. Dr. Karin Luckey, former Rector of Hochschule Bremen, Tim Cordßen-Ryglewski from the Senator for Science and Ports, and Eduard Dubbers-Albrecht, President of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce.

After the restrictions caused by the pandemic in the past, the atmosphere this year was unique and the joy among the graduates was especially great because the programs were able to celebrate a joint ceremony again.

Graduation 2021

The 2021 graduation ceremony was dominated by the covid-19 pandemic. 102 graduates celebrated their graduation in small groups in the IGC foyer under strict infection control measures. As the number of guests was very limited, relatives were able to watch the ceremony online via a live stream.

Due to the pandemic, many of the students had only met their cstudy mates through online events and were meeting them in person for the first time at the graduation ceremony.