The graduation ceremony takes place in September/October every year

In late September or early October every year a solemn Graduation ceremony takes place when we hand over diplomas to our Master's students in the university aula. Speeches are given by a representative from Lund University, our Director and an invited speaker as well as students from the Master's programme.

Invited speakers over the years:
1996: Swedish Environmental Ambassador Bo Kjellén

1997: Executive Director of the European Environment Agency Mr Domingo Jiménez-Beltrán

1998: Senior Policy Advisor, Rebecca Hanmer, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Dr Jan Agri, Environmental Affairs at Electrolux

1999: Mr Anders Wijkman, EU Parliamentarian, and Professor Hans G Forsberg, Ĺngpanneföreningen

2000: Dr Magnus Enell , Environmental Director, ITT Flygt AB

2001:Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Director of Interface Inc. and member of the Oxford Commission on Sustainable Consumption

2002: H.E. the Ambassador of India to Sweden, Ms Chitra Narayanan

2005: Professor Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, MP, Chairman, Bundestag Environment Committee and Founding President, Wuppertal Institute, Germany

2006: Mr Anthony Simon, Former President Marketing, Unilever

2007: Invited speakers were Alumni M.Sc. Mr. Gary Robinson and Mr. Hewitt Roberts, and Mr. Gunnar Andréen, Former Executive Vice President of Sophus-Berendsen.

2008: Tekn.Dr. h.c. Hans Eliasson, CEO of AB Gullringsbo Egendomar and Prof. Don Huisingh, University of Tennessee and IIIEE

2009: Dr. Mohammad Al Shaikh, Former Minister of Urban Planning and Rural Development and Founder of the Al Riyadh Development Authority, Saudi Arabia