Chinese University of Portsmouth students have been celebrating their graduation success in a ceremony held in Beijing.
The event, which attracted 50 graduates who had completed their degrees in the previous three years, was held at the Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng Hotel.
They had studied courses from four faculties – Portsmouth Business School, Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Faculty of Technology.
Graduates at the recent ceremony in Beijing, China
The graduates have gone on to work in a variety of industries, including teaching, finance, graphic design and marketing.
Joe Docherty, International Director of University of Portsmouth said: “We have over one thousand Chinese students at University of Portsmouth, so China is hugely important to us.
“We have held three graduation events in China; in Guangzhou, Shanghai and now Beijing. These give the opportunity for our graduates to celebrate their academic achievements with their families, as well as senior visiting Portsmouth staff.”
Professor John Craven, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth attended the event.
Other representatives from the University were Jenny Morice, Associate Dean (Academic) of Faculty of Creative Cultural Industries, Dr Martin Read, Head of Postgraduate Programmes in Portsmouth Business School, Professor Nick Bennett, of the School of Engineering, Eve Guernier, from the International Office and Wendy Wang, the General Manager of the China Office.
Li Yuan gave a speech on behalf of the graduates. She said: “We all feel very proud and lucky to have studied at the University of Portsmouth. I fell in love with the city at first sight and I now consider the University of Portsmouth as my home in the UK. I think everyone who has studied at the University feels the same.”
A further 30 alumni, who are now based in China, attended the post ceremony dinner.
