In AlmaU 92 graduates received a Master's degree!

On July 28, AlmaU hosted the Solemn Ceremony of awarding diplomas to Master graduates. This year, 92 graduates received a master's degree in AlmaU in specialties "Economics", "Logistics", "Management", "Finance", "Project Management" and "Marketing".

The Solemn Ceremony began with an opening speech of the president of Almaty Management University Asylbek Kozhakhmetov (Асылбека Кожахметова):

"The current graduation is special for a number of reasons! You finish the master’s program in the year of the 30th anniversary of AlmaU, this is a jubilee year.

And for 3 decades your university has deserved many awards, gaining recognition in Kazakhstan as well as internationally.  This year AlmaU entered the TOP-3 of the humanitarian and economic universities of Kazakhstan in the ranking of the IAQAE – Independent Quality Assurance Agency in Education.

And according to the international ranking agency Eduniversal, your university entered the "TOP-3 business schools in Central Asia", leaving behind the best business schools in India. AlmaU MBA programs entered the top 5 in the Best Masters Eduniversal ranking!

And the latest news: according to the updated Eduniversal ranking, the AlmaU Master's and MBA programs entered the top 200 best programs of the world and became the number 1 in Central Asia! ".

Graduates with the highest levels of academic achievement received diplomas from the hands of the President of the University. Among them there is a graduate with the highest GPA (3.85) among the masters of the profile direction - Maria Bogdanova (Мария Богданова), Master of Economics and Business in specialty “Project Management”.

The solemn event was attended by honored guests: Bulat Mukushev (Булат Мукушев) - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the group of companies TSSP, Elena Protsenko (Елена Проценко) - Managing Partner on Communications of LLP "SPC" ID-Group", Akerkin Eralieva (Акеркин Эралиева) - Deputy Chairman of the Council of Businesswomen of Kazakhstan, who also awarded diplomas to graduates of the Master's program.

For a response from the graduates, Edenova Diana (Еденова Диана) was invited to the stage. Her name was included in the AlmaU Gold Book "Best Students of 2018", which is distributed among the employers of Kazakhstan. The contest was attended by more than 60 universities and only students from 15 universities reached the final.

Also, according to the annual AlmaU tradition, Ph.D. in philosophy, Professor Khan Irina Guryevna (Хан Ирина Гурьевна) held a "ceremony": throwing the tassel-liripipe from the right side to the left. This symbolizes the change of status from a master student to a graduate Master.

The tassel-liripipe is a very important element of academic clothing. Those who continue education, wear it on the right side of the Confederate, while the graduates deserve the right to wear it on the left.  The throwing of the tassel is a symbolic moment at the graduation ceremony.

The solemn ceremony ended with the throwing of the confederate and the student anthem of Almaty Management University.