Graduates of the summer semester bid farewell with ceremony

Best of the year are awarded the "Florenz Sartorius Prize" in the old auditorium


With an academic ceremony on Friday, 3 November 2023, the Faculty of Business and Economics at Göttingen University said goodbye to its graduates of the summer semester 2023. A total of 329 students graduated in the summer semester. 216 of them completed a bachelor's programme, 113 a master's programme.

Dean of Studies Professor Claudia Keser and the chairwoman of the examination committee, Professor Indre Maurer, welcomed the guests. Ben Christian Lucke, representing the graduates of the summer semester, gave a speech, and also Dr Antje Juch spoke as an alumna of the faculty. Antje Juch studied business administration in Göttingen and heads the Office of the Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Business and Economics.

Gruppenbild mit fünf Personen: Vier Personen halten Blumensträuße und Urkundenmappen in den Händen. Alle Personen sind festlich gekleidet.
(from left to right) Arne Ellerbrock, Communications Expert/ Corporate Citizenship, Sartorius AG, Philipp Szelat, Debora Synofzik, Johann Jacob und Lili Sophie Fechteler (Photo: Frank Lemburg, Fotostudio Wilder, Göttingen)


In addition, the "Florenz Sartorius Prizes" donated by Sartorius AG in Göttingen were awarded during the event. The best graduates of the individual disciplines received a prize. The faculty honoured Lili Sophie Fechteler (Master of Science in Global Business), Johann Jacob (Bachelor of Science in Economics), Debora Synofzik (Bachelor of Arts in Business and Human Resource Education) sowie Phillip Szelat (Master of Science in Business Information Systems) for their outstanding academic achievements.

Picture gallery of the graduation ceremony