Commencement 2023

Commencement Speakers

For graduating students

• Registration and Tickets

  Two (02) tickets for guests will be issued to each graduating senior between June 12 and June 16, 2023. Instructions for ticket collection will be sent later. Tickets can be retained for parents/guardians/family members/friends; sale or external distribution is prohibited.

• Regalia

  Caps and gowns will be worn by degree candidates and faculty members in the academic procession. The bachelor’s gown is Fulbright blue with yellow satin lining along the gown’s light-blue lapels and square collar. The bachelor’s mortarboard is Fulbright blue with a light blue tassel.

  Students will also wear commencement stoles on top of their gowns with distinctive colors to indicate the areas of study to which their majors belong:

  • Red – Arts & Humanities
  • Green – Mathematics & Computing
  • Purple – Social Sciences
  • Gray –  Sciences & Engineering

  Degree candidates who receive honors upon graduation also wear a gold stole.

  Faculty members, speakers and members of the choir wear a light blue stole.

  On top of that, students will receive iron patches. Each iron patch represents a major offered at Fulbright University including Art and Media Studies, Economics, Literature, History, Psychology, Social Studies, Vietnam Studies, Integrated Sciences, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Engineering. Students who pursue two majors will receive two iron patches accordingly. Students are to iron these patches on their sashes.

  During Senior Week, tentatively on June 20th, students will receive their regalia.

  A cap decoration session will be held for students to customize their own cap during the Senior Week.

  After the Commencement Ceremony, students can bring home their sashes and caps as keepsakes to commemorate their hard-earned graduation at Fulbright.

• Procession

  As part of the commencement ceremony, graduating students and faculty members will participate in a procession around the Fulbright campus. The procession marks the beginning of the ceremony and serves as a symbolic representation of the graduates’ achievements.

  The ensemble of degree candidates and faculty will be accompanied by a processional band.

  

• Degrees and Awards

  The undergraduate program at Fulbright University Vietnam offers three degrees:

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  • Art and Media Studies
  • Economics
  • Literature
  • History
  • Psychology
  • Social Studies
  • Vietnam Studies

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  • Natural Science: Integrated Sciences
  • Mathematics and Computing: Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)

  Graduation with Honors and Graduation with Distinction are conferred to recognize students’ academic achievements.

  Graduation with Honors requirements:

  • Students must complete Capstone I and Capstone II
  • The capstone must be graded Honors

  Graduation with Distinction requirements:

  • Cum Laude: GPA top 20%
  • Magna Cum Laude: GPA top 10%
  • Summa Cum Laude: GPA top 5%

• List of Graduates

  Click HERE to view the full list of Class of 2023’s graduates as of June, 2023.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair

  Both Fulbright campus and Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) have wheelchair-friendly facilities with elevators for passengers with special needs. If you need any support, please speak with the security at the entrances upon arriving.

• Translation

  The event will be conducted mainly in English. Simultaneous translation from English to Vietnamese will be available at the venue. Headsets for Vietnamese translation will be placed on the seats.

  The by-invitation-only livestream is available in both languages.