The last exams have been conducted, the thesis has been handed in – an important milestone has been reached as the studies end. To celebrate this crucial step in our students’ lives, TUM School of Management organized the graduation ceremony “Tag der Fakultät” on November 26, 2021. It was the first time that the graduation had taken place since COVID-19 and after last year´s graduation had to be canceled.
This year, with very strict COVID19-restrictions, the Graduation Ceremony for graduates of the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs joyfully took place at the Audimax of the Technical University of Munich. All our graduates were excited to attend the ceremony and prepared their graduation caps. Our Dean Prof. Gunther Friedl welcomed the graduates and their families, who were watching the live stream as only the graduates were allowed to participate in the ceremony. He encouraged everyone to live the entrepreneurial spirit. Prof. Ernstberger welcomed the bachelor graduates by reminiscent his TUM graduation 20 years ago.
During the Master ceremony, the Peter-Pribilla Award was handed to the outstanding master thesis written in 2020 and 2021 by the founding Dean of the TUM School of Management Prof. Ralf Reichwald. The 2020 Award went to Johannes Huber for his Master‘s Thesis on “The Impact of Acquisitions on Software Innovation – The Case of Open Source Software Contributors” and the award for the year 2021 went to Ann Sophie Köller for her master thesis on “Future Urban Mobility in China 2050”.
Furthermore, we had the honor of Regina Neumeyer from Celonis giving an inspiring speech of her career! “You will struggle but keep trying!”, she advised the graduates. Celonis is a company for process mining software, which was founded back in 2011 by former TUM students. It became so successful that in June 2021, Celonis raised a $1bn series D investment at $11bn valuations, becoming New York’s and Germany’s most valuable startup according to Forbes.
At the end of the ceremony, the graduates were honored in a light show, showing their names and profile pictures.
Congratulations to all our graduates, we wish you a lot of success for your future!
