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Royalty grace convocation ceremony

His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) consented to officiate the 14th UTB Convocation at the Plenary Hall, International Convention Centre, Berakas on Wednesday.

Also gracing the ceremony was His Royal Highness Prince (Dr) Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Pro-Chancellor of UTB.

Upon arrival, His Majesty and His Royal Highness were greeted by Minister of Education and Chair of the UTB Council Datin Seri Setia Dr Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Mohd Salleh; Vice-Chancellor of UTB Associate Professor Pengiran Dr Mohamad Iskandar bin Pengiran Haji Petra; and the Registrar and Secretary of UTB Lim Chui Hua.

The ceremony commenced with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah led by State Mufti Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Dr Ustaz Haji Awang Abdul Aziz bin Juned, followed with the procession of the Chancellor into the Plenary Hall.

The ceremony proceeded with the recitation of verses 8-11 of Surah Ar-Ra’d by Muhammad Nur Hazim Wafiuddin bin Haji Kamaruzaman, a Master of Science (by Research) in Mechanical Engineering.

Meanwhile, Awangku Ahmad Amsyar Zaki bin Pengiran Abdul Razak, an undergraduate from the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Civil and Structural Engineering, read the lessons from the verses.

The ceremony then proceeded with the vice-chancellor of UTB delivering the sembah alu-aluan, after which His Majesty consented to deliver a titah.

Photos show His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) during the 14th UTB Convocation at the Plenary Hall, International Convention Centre, Berakas. Also gracing the ceremony was His Royal Highness Prince (Dr) Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Pro-Chancellor of UTB. PHOTOS: RAFI ROSLI

This was followed by His Majesty conferring the Doctor of Philosophy, Master’s Degree and Bachelor’s Degree to recipients listed in the Convocation Book, followed by the call of ‘Allahu Akbar, Wa Llillah il Ham‘ by the graduates and attendees.

His Majesty consented to present certificates to 574 graduates, which included Doctor of Philosophy to 14 graduates, Master’s Degree to 120 graduates and Bachelor’s Degree to 440 graduates.

Photos show His Majesty presenting certificates to the graduates

This year’s convocation also marks the graduation of the first cohort of the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Digital Media and the first cohort of the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Food Science and Human Nutrition.

To date, UTB has produced over 5,141 BDTVEC HND; 295 Higher National Diploma Level Five; 4,209 undergraduates, 896 Master’s degree and 59 Doctor of Philosophy graduates.

The graduates are from academic programmes offered by the Faculty of Engineering, UTB School of Business, School of Computing and Informatics, School of Applied Sciences & Mathematics, School of Design, and Centre for Communication, Teaching and Learning. 

Photos show graduates at the convocation ceremony

 

SOURCE/AUTHOR : BORNEO BULLETIN/LYNA MOHAMAD

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