The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is pleased to invite you to the graduation ceremony of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme in Economics of Globalisation and European Integration. This programme is a specialised academic master’s degree in economics, organised by a consortium of seven European and three non-European universities spread over four different continents.

This year’s ceremony is hosted by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and takes place in the Brussels landmark, the Atomium, on the 27^th of October.

Programme

14:00: Welcome

14:15: Visit of the Atomium

15:30: Start ceremony

Introduction by prof. dr. Peter Claeys

Keynote speech 1 by Cinzia Alcidi, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies

Presentation of graduation certificates by prof. dr. Sonja Snacken, Vice Rector International Policy of the VUB and prof. dr. Guido Erreygers, Academic EGEI coordinator

Presentation of the Anna Klosova Award by prof. dr. Zuzana Křečková Kroupová

Keynote speech 2 by Jan Van Hove, Chief Economist at KBC

Presentation of the Erasmus Mundus Association by Tom Ajime

Speech by student of the 2016-2017 cohort of students

17:00: Reception

18:00: End

The venue is easy to each by means of public transport. More information on how to access it can be found on the webpage of the Atomium.

For organisational purposes, we ask you kindly to confirm the presence of you and your partner to the ceremony by filling in the registration form at the end of this page by the 2nd of October. Due to space and security constraints we unfortunately have to limit the maximum number of attendees. Please let us know how many people you would like to bring by sending an email to the Administrative Co-ordinator of the programme (Mieke Vermeire). Please indicate whether you want to participate in the guided visit of the Atomium. The pop-up that shows up after completing the form serves as the confirmation.

After registration, you will receive an invitation letter per email to show at the entrance of the Atomium by the 6th of October.

Registration form