On Friday, March 24, 2023, a graduation ceremony was held in the Millennium Hall and 365 students received their diplomas.
This year's graduation ceremony was held in two parts, one for the Master's course and the other for the Doctoral course.
At the ceremony, President SHIOZAKI conferred diplomas to the representative of the Master's graduates and all the doctoral graduates, then gave a congratulatory speech to all graduates. Guests also made cerebrating speech to the graduates. After that, the representative of graduates replied the valedictorian speech.
Then, NAIST Academic Excellence Awards were awarded to 14 selected students by Managing Director MASUDA on behalf of the Foundation for NAIST.
At the end of ceremony, congratulatory concert was held by volunteer students and celebrated graduates' departure.
After the ceremony, the venue was open for commemorative pictures, where many graduates took memorial photos with their supervisors and juniors.

* Number of graduates in March

【Master's graduates】

Graduate School of Science and Technology 303 (20 International students)

【Doctoral Graduates】

Graduate School of Information Science 1 (1 International student)
Graduate School of Biological Sciences 1 (1 International student)
Graduate School of Science and Technology 58 (18 International students)

【Graduates who are conferred the Doctoral degrees through dissertation submission】

Graduate School of Science and Technology 2 (0 International students)

Total 365 (40 International students)

【Congratulatory remarks　NAIST President】

【Congratulatory remarks Chairperson of Foundation for the Nara Institute of Science and Technology】

【Congratulatory remarks Chairperson of the NAIST Alumni Association】