On Friday, 23rd of February, 16 candidates of the MA in Development Management programme (MADM) received their graduation certificates after having successfully defended their Master thesis during the week.

Students, IEE staff as well as friends and familiy joined the graduation ceremony which took place at the Convention Centre at the main campus of the Ruhr-University Bochum. Speeches were held both by Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein and Dr. Gabriele Bäcker as well as student representatives. Furthermore, the ceremony was accompanied by live music played by the band of the local Goethe high school.