Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

The 5 6th Congregation for theConferment of Degrees The University's 56th congregation for the conferment of degrees took place on Thursday, 7th December 2000 at the University Mall. O f the 4,118 degrees awarded that morning, four were honorary doctorates, 103 were PhDs, seven were MDs, 1,122 were master's degrees, and 2,882 bachelor's degrees. This year honorary doctorates were awarded to four distinguished persons. Dr. Lee Kuan Yew, Senior Minister in the Prime Minister's Office of the Republic of Singapore, was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Prof. Chen Jia'er, president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and former president of Peking University, was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, president o f Soka Gakkai International and founder of Soka University, Japan, and Dr. Tin Ka Ping, successful entrepreneur and well-know n philanthropist, were each awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Social Science. Their citations were written and delivered by Prof. Serena Jin and Prof. Andrew Parkin, the public orators, and Dr. Lee Kuan Yew addressed th e congregation on behalf of the honorary graduates. On the same day, the four colleges, the Part-time Degree Programmes, and the Graduate School also hel d graduation ceremonies for their students. Degree Breakdown Honorary Doctorates 4 Doctor of Medicine 7 Doctor of Philosophy 103 Master's 1,122 Bachelor's 2,882 Total 4,118 Bachelor Degree Breakdown by Field Arts 432 Business Administration 512 Education 126 Engineering 423 Medical Sciences 5 Medicine and Surgery 151 Nursing 99 Pharmacy 25 Science 557 Social Science 552 Total 2,882