Distinctions for the best of the graduating class as well as for excellent doctorates
The Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Göttingen bid farewell to autumn graduates on Friday 16, April 2010: 268 students received their degrees and twelve doctorates received their doctoral diplomas. The University's Vice President Prof. Dr. Joachim Münch and the Faculty Dean of Studies, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rübel, welcomed the participants to the festive event. Prof. Dr. Olaf Rank, the Chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Economic Sciences then spoke, as well as student representative Melanie Schmidt. Seven graduates were awarded prizes for excellent academic and doctoral performance.
123 students graduated from the “diploma” programme that is being phased out. 97 students received degrees in the Bachelor's programmes and 48 students successfully completed a Master's programme. In addition, four graduates of the online continuing education programme received their Master's of Science in Information Systems.
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Awards for outstanding graduates from the Faculty of Economic Sciences in the amount of 1,000 Euros each were also given. For the first time, the internationally active laboratory and process technology provider Sartorius donated the prize for graduates that is named after the founder of the company. The "Florenz Sartorius-Preis" is awarded to the best graduates in the discipline of Business Administration, Economics, Business Information Systems, and Business and Human Resource Education as well as two distinguished doctoral theses.
The recipients of the graduate prizes in spring 2010 are Carsten Schönefeld (Master of Science in Management), Simon Lange (Master of Arts in International Economics), Axel Benjamins (Master of Science in Wirtschaftsinformatik) and Diplom-Handelslehrer Tobias Schambach. René Thamm and Oliver Himmler were awarded the "Florenz Sartorius-Preis" for their ourstanding dissertations.
The Festo Award for “Innovation in Information Processing”, which honours excellent theses in the discipline of Business Information Studies, was awarded for the third time. The prize distinguished the Diploma thesis written by Timo Schmidtchen. The winner received 1.500 Euros. The award for students of the Faculty of Economic Sciences is offered by the Festo company.
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From left to right: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rübel (Dean of Studies), Dr. Lutz Seidenfaden (Festo AG & Co KG), Dr. René Thamm, Dr. Oliver Himmler, Carsten Schönefeld (M.Sc. in Management), Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf. Timo Schmidtchen, Simon Lange (M.A. in International Economics), Melanie Schmidt (M.Sc. in Business and Human Resource Education), Dipl.-Handelsl. Tobias Schambach, Axel Benjamins (M.Sc. in Business Information Systems), Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg (Sartorius AG)