The 2024 Fall semester commencement ceremony

On March 7, 2024, the 2024 Fall semester commencement ceremony for the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences was held in the conference room of the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences building. Fourteen course doctorate recipients and two dissertation doctorate recipients received their degrees. At the ceremony,  SANO Akira, President of Kagoshima University, conferred degrees on each of the 12 recipients in attendance.
President SANO said in his address, “As you embark on new goals as independent researchers, professional engineers, or educators, I hope you will continue to work with high aspirations and take pride in having achieved your goals in your studies and research at the Graduate School.”

Next, KODAMA Hiroaki, President of Saga University, and NISHIDA Mutsumi, President of the University of the Ryukyus, gave congratulatory speeches.

Lastly, on behalf of the graduates, Dr. OE Mona expressed her gratitude to her academic advisors, her family for understanding and supporting her decision to enter the doctoral program, her friends with whom she could consult about anything, her fellow laboratory members who supported her in her research life, and the administrative staff who assisted her in her studies, then she pledged to work hard in research to contribute to the development of science and society with an awareness of the responsibilities as a doctor.
After the ceremony, a party was held to celebrate the new doctoral researchers.

【Course Doctorate】
Six Japanese students
Eight international students (two from Vietnam, one from the Solomon Islands, one from Bangladesh, one from Myanmar, one from Thailand, one from Sri Lanka and one from Indonesia)

【Dissertation Doctorate】
Two foreign nationals (two from Bangladesh)

(All the attendees together for a commemorative photograph)