Graduation will be spread over six ceremonies, with a total of 2446 qualifications being awarded to 2191 graduands, including 41 who are graduating with a PhD.
Victoria University Chancellor Sir Neville Jordan says graduation is a chance for students to celebrate their achievements after years of hard work studying for their qualification.
“A degree from Victoria University is no easy feat—anyone graduating should not lose sight of the value and significance of their accomplishment. It’s also a time to revel in the pride that their family, friends and teachers all feel in what they’ve achieved.
Sir Neville says a particular pride will be felt by graduates who are the first in their family to receive a university degree and by those who have supported them.
“In the years our graduates have spent studying at Victoria, students who started here just out of school have matured into knowledgeable and confident adults. Our adult learners, too, have expanded their outlook on the world and have shown themselves capable of achieving something their earlier circumstances might not have allowed.
“As alumni of New Zealand’s globally ranked capital city university, I know that this week’s cohort of Victoria graduates will go on to make an important contribution to New Zealand and the world, and I wish each of them every success in their future endeavours,” says Sir Neville.
He says the formal processions of staff and students through the streets of Wellington, which will be held from 12 noon on Tuesday and Thursday, are a chance for the wider community to take part in the special occasion.
"The shared acknowledgement of the graduands’ success is a real highlight for our students and we encourage the public to come and celebrate with us at the parades.”
Below are details of the parade and graduation ceremonies.
Parades
During graduation week staff and students parade in full academic dress through Wellington city, proceeding from the Law School, Old Government Buildings on Lambton Quay through to the Civic Centre.Tuesday 12 May, 12 noon
Graduation parade for Faculties of Education and Humanities and Social Sciences, Toihuarewa, To Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, Faculties of Engineering and Science.Thursday 14 May, 12 noon
Graduation parade for Faculties of Architecture and Design and Law and Victoria Business School.If the graduation parade is cancelled due to wet weather, notification will be given on
Newstalk ZB from 11am on the morning of the parade, on the Victoria University website and on the Victoria University Facebook page.
Graduation ceremonies
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Ceremony One, 1.30pm
Faculties of Education and Humanities and Social Sciences (includes graduands from School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies, School of English, Film, Theatre, and Media Studies and International Institute of Modern Letters)Ceremony Two, 6pm
Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Toihuarewa and Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music (includes FHSS graduands from: Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, School of Languages and Cultures, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Te Kawa a Māui and Va'aomanū Pasifika)
Wednesday 13 May 2015
Ceremony Three, 1.30pm
Faculties of Engineering and Science
Ceremony Four, 6pm
Faculties of Architecture and Design and Law
Thursday 14 May 2015
Ceremony Five, 1.30pm
Victoria Business School (includes graduands from School of Accounting and Commercial Law, School of Economics and Finance, School of Government)
Ceremony Six, 6pm
Victoria Business School (includes graduands from School of Information Management, School of Management, School of Marketing and International Business)