Over 300 students received their diplomas at the graduation ceremony of Semmelweis University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Dr. Judit Mészáros conferred the diplomas after the students had taken the oath. The students officially became graduates upon shaking hands with the Rector of Semmelweis University, Dr. Ágoston Szél.
This year, 37 nurses, 44 dietitians, 92 physiotherapists, 14 ambulance officers, and 48 midwives graduated from the Hungarian-language programmes. 30 public health inspectors and 14 health visitors obtained their diplomas in the Bachelor of Health Care and Disease Prevention programme. Additionally, 8 diagnostic imaging analysts and 27 optometrists graduated from the Faculty, while 8 physiotherapists earned their degrees in the English-language programme. At the graduate level, 22 students obtained a Master in Nutritional Sciences and another 15 students in Nursing.
Dean Judit Mészáros noted in her speech that the occasion was a celebration not only for the students, but for the professors as well. The dean underlined that “this day will surely change the lives and fates of the over 300 students and their families. You might think that rigorous work, examinations and failures occurred too often in the past three years. Success was less frequent. Because I have heard that here at Semmelweis University’s Faculty of Health Sciences we have too many rules, that life is too rigorous. However, all that, and the very high expectations were and are for your benefit only – witness the results! You have fought for it, you have earned it, so be proud of it.”
Emese Nagy
Translated by Bonifac Makkai
