Graduation ceremony 2024

Here are this year's graduates, accompanied by families and friends who share their joy, pride and satisfaction. The Audi Max is even more crowded than in the past years. At the sides of the stage are large floral decorations, and in the center is the table with gifts for each of the new graduates: an hourglass with magnetic powder. Director of Studies Christian Degen leads through the ceremony, which begins with a speech by Professor Jonathan Home, our current Head of the Department.

This year's ceremony speech is given by Dr Susanne Dröscher, who obtained her doctoral degree in physics at ETH Zurich a few years ago and is co-founder of CARU AG, a company that manufactures devices for the safety of the elderly and of people with limited mobility. Her message to recent graduates is not to worry if one doesn't immediately have a clear idea of what one wants to do after graduating but to calmly seek one's own path. This is what happened to her. What led her to succeed was a genuine curiosity about new problems while striving to develop a benevolent attitude toward others by trying to see them as "someone's beloved child".

Mika Lauk, a graduate of this year's program, speaks next. He shares in a humorous way his personal experience of studying at ETH Zurich, mentioning the efforts and struggle required to achieve the high learning goals required by the university. He recalls how certain sayings and observations helped him to hold on, such as Professor Gian Michele Graf's "a trouble shared is a trouble halved". Lauk agrees that a curious attitude about the subject is a great motivation for tackling the challenges one encounters when studying physics. He praises the quality of the courses and of the faculty at ETH Zurich.

As in previous years, the ceremony is accompanied musically by the excellent duo Alina Amuri and Christoph Meier. The pictures are sponsored by the ETH Alumni Association. The aperitif is offered by the Department of Physics.