586 graduates celebrate at the Alte Oper

The graduation ceremony is the highlight and celebratory conclusion of the studies for all Frankfurt School graduates. It is an opportunity to look back and celebrate their success with family and friends. Last Saturday, a total of 586 graduates were bid farewell in three academic ceremonies at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt.

In addition to the official presentation of certificates on stage, the speeches by FS alumni are always a special part of the programme. The three speakers were Dr Sabrina Zahn, Partner at mayerhöfer & co and FS PhD alumna, Sabine Schoon-Renné, Executive comdirect at Commerzbank and FS Bachelor in Business Administration and Master of Banking alumna, and Anke Schaks, Member of the Board at ERGO Deutschland AG and FS Diploma alumna. Impressions from the students‘ perspective rounded off the programme.

The celebrations also provided the perfect setting to honour outstanding academic achievements. The best students from all degree programmes were awarded the Academic Excellence Award. Sarah Schmidtke, Manging Director Interessengemeinschaft Frankfurter Kreditinstitute IFK and Bankenverband Mitte, also presented the IFK Award to the three best graduates from our full-time degree programmes. Dr Carsten Lehr, Managing Director Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation FIRM, handed over the FIRM Award to the three best graduates from the Master of Finance with the  concentration on Risk Management. In addition, students with a GPA of 1.2 (92% or higher) were included in the Dean's List.

You can see the highlights of the graduation ceremonies in this video:

At the first ceremony on Saturday morning, 107 graduates of the Master in Auditing, Master of Financial Law, Master of Mergers & Acquisitions and Master in Corporate Performance & Restructuring programmes were bid farewell. This was followed in the afternoon by ceremonies for 291 graduates of the Master of Finance and  Master in Management programmes. At the third ceremony, 188 graduates of the Doctoral programme, the Master in Applied Data Science, the Master in Blockchain & Digital Assets, the Master in Data Analytics & Management, the Online-Master of Leadership in Sustainable Finance as well as the Full-time und Part-time MBA-Programme and the MBA for Executives in Kinshasa took part.