The University awards new PhDs for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic years
A total of 71 PhDs have been awarded in representation of the almost 800 doctoral theses read in the academic years 18-19 and 19-20 in a ceremony held at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, which has been postponed for several academic years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 de july de 2023
The Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry of the University of Valencia held the ceremony of the PhDs who read their doctoral theses over the years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. A ceremony that had to be postponed for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now takes up again. Thus, the ceremony of the PhDs who read their doctoral theses over the years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 will be held on 10 July.
In this event, a total of 71 PhDs of the almost 800 people that read their doctoral theses over these academic years and have achieved the highest academic degree have been awarded.
The ceremony followed the traditional academic protocol in which members of the university community wore traditional academic dress in the corresponding colours.
The new doctors have received from the hands of the Principal of the University of Valencia, M. Vicenta Mestre, the symbols of the doctorate: the white gloves of purity in the exercise of academic activity, the laureate's cap with the colour corresponding to the scientific field in which the doctorate has been obtained, and the medal identifying the degree of doctorate from the University of Valencia.
In accordance with this traditional ceremony, the academic committees have been made up of the new PhDs, teaching staff, members of the Governing Council and Executive Council of the University of Valencia, and the choral society interpreted VeniCreator and at the end of the act, GaudeamusIgitur, with which the ceremony was closed.
A ceremony chaired by the General Secretary, Dr. M. Elena Olmos, the Director of the Doctoral School, Dr. José Vicente Bagán, the Vice-principal for Studies, Dr. Isabel Vásquez and the Vice-principal for Research, Dr Carlos Hermengildo, along with the Principal, Dr. M.Vicenta Mestre.