Durban — The Durban University of Technology (DUT) will celebrate 929 adaptive graduates in two weeks at its 2024 spring graduation ceremonies.
DUT corporate affairs senior director Alan Khan said the university is set to host the 2024 spring graduation ceremonies at the Durban Exhibition Centre on Thursday, September 19.
He said the university will confer degrees and award diplomas while recognising the achievements of all adaptive graduates.
“A total of 929 students from the Durban and Midlands campuses will graduate, comprising 524 women and 405 men. This means that 55.7% of the graduates will be women,” Khan said.
He explained that three individual graduation ceremonies will be hosted in one day. The first session will commence at 9am, followed by the second session at 2pm and the last session will start at 6pm.
During the autumn graduation, 6 991 DUT students graduated.
“Starting the celebrations on Thursday morning, September 19 at 9am, will be graduands from the Faculty of Accounting and Informatics, together with the Faculty of Arts and Design. In the second session at 2pm, graduands from the Faculty of Management Sciences will dominate the graduation ceremony. In the closing session at 6pm, graduands from the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and the Faculty of Health Sciences, will jointly share the graduation stage as they receive their qualifications,” Khan explained.
The total number of graduands per faculty is as follows:
- Faculty of Management Sciences - 328
- Faculty of Accounting and Informatics - 241
- Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment - 123
- Faculty of Applied Sciences - 111
- Faculty of Health Sciences - 91
- Faculty of Arts and Design - 35
“The university congratulates all students who will be graduating. A special thank you to the family, friends and funders who supported our students through the course of their studies. We also recognise the positive role played by our staff from the academic, administration and support services at DUT,” Khan said.
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