Graduation enthusiasm continues at Near East University!
Date Added: 30 January 2022, 17:55
Last Updated Date:31 January 2022, 09:46


150 students who were entitled to graduate from the Engineering, Law, Theology, Communication and Fine Arts and Design faculties of Near East University celebrated their graduation enthusiasm with a ceremony held at the Near East University Atatürk Culture and Congress Center.

The graduation ceremonies organized for the students who are entitled to graduate from Near East University in the 2021-2022 Fall semester continue with all their enthusiasm. On the second day of the graduation ceremonies held at the Near East University Atatürk Culture and Congress Center, 150 students who were entitled to graduate from the Engineering, Law, Theology, Communication and Fine Arts and Design faculties of Near East University received their diplomas.

The opening speech of the ceremony, which started with a moment of silence and voicing of the National Anthem, was delivered by Near East University Vice Rector Assoc. Dr. Murat Tüzünkan. Near East University Faculty of Engineering Vice Dean Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman spoke on behalf of the faculties of which students graduated.


Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tüzünkan: “We are happy to graduate the engineers, lawyers, theologians, communication experts and designers of the future who will contribute to the country, culture and society we live in through different dimensions.”
Stating that as Near East University, they always aim to raise graduates who can produce technology, present new ideas, analyze, have critical thinking, are inquisitive, productive, respectful to reason and science, Near East University Vice Rector Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tüzünkan said that they believe that all of their graduates will make very important contributions to the future with the education model they have adopted.

Emphasizing that they always work towards production by providing benefits to science and society, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tüzünkan said, “With this vision, Near East University is in the top 250 universities in the world in Computer Science and Engineering, in the top 500 in the world in Education, in the top 600 in Physical Sciences, according to the 2022 World University Rankings prepared by the international higher education rating agency Times Higher Education, and in Social Sciences, Clinical and Health and Social Sciences, we are in the top 800. In the “Best Universities Ranking 2022” list prepared by AD Scientific index, Near East University achieved a great success by being ranked 1st in the TRNC, 3rd in Turkey and 488 in the world among 13,600 universities.

Sharing his happiness, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tüzünkan also addressed the parents at the end of his speech. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Tüzünkan said, “They have always won our appreciation, they have proven to all of us here today that the efforts of both you and your teachers are not in vain. We know that you will watch their future successes with us with pride and honor.”


Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman: “I invite you to follow your dreams, listen to your heart and create your own journey.”
Near East University Faculty of Engineering Vice Dean Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman started his speech on behalf of his faculty and other graduate faculties by congratulating the graduates who completed one of the most important journeys of their lives. “This journey you completed was not just a race to get a diploma. It was part of your life journey to achieve achievements that would make your family and community proud. You are now a graduate and you will walk towards the goal that you want to achieve from now on.”

“Dear new graduates, I invite you to follow your dreams, listen to your heart and create your own journey. Here I can tell you many success stories. But that is not necessary. Because I know that each of you has an encouraging and strong success story,” saying Prof. Dr. Al-Turjman, emphasized that Near East University will continue to support its graduates in creating their own success stories with the relations it has established all over the world.

Reminding that Near East University publishes hundreds of articles in the most important scientific publications of the world every year, Prof. Dr. Al-Turjman said, “Every year we publish hundreds of articles, present papers at conferences, publish books and book chapters with world-renowned publishers. We organize international conferences and webinars. We host the world’s most important keynote speakers in critical disciplines. We do all this to keep our students in touch with the most up-to-date information and technologies, and to equip them with competencies that will be met with the same respect all over the world when they graduate.”
Emphasizing that they have established strong connections and academic relations with top universities and research institutes from almost all countries of the world, from India to China; from Australia to Europe; from Canada to the USA, Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman said, “We have developed and continue to develop relations so that you, our graduates, are welcomed anywhere in the world with pleasure and love and provided with opportunities to do whatever they want. Graduating from the Near East University will open the doors of many institutions in the world for you.”