The official Opening of the Academic Year 2020-2021 will take place on Monday 31 August. The Ceremony will be conducted online through the UG YouTube Live channel. Link to follow.
Time: 2 p.m. sharp. Stream starts at 1.50 p.m.
Program
2 to 2.30 p.m.
- Opening speech Making Connections by Prof. Cisca Wijmenga, Rector
- Alumnus of the Year 2019 Award Ceremony to Sander de Hosson, MSc, Lung Specialist
- Speech by Sigrid Kaag, Ma, MPhil, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
- Corona talks by Students and Academics
- Poem by the new University Poet 2020-2021
- Closing
The Ceremony will be conducted in English.
