Degree Conferment Ceremony for AY 2025 Spring
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Degree Conferment Ceremony for AY 2025 Spring
On March 19, 2026 (Thu), the degree conferment ceremony for AY2025 Spring was held at the University of Aizu auditorium. 282 individuals, including 219 students graduating from the Undergraduate School of Computer Science and Engineering, 60 students completing the Master's Program and 3 students completing the Doctoral program were conferred with degrees that will help them contribute to society in their own way.
At the conferment ceremony, University President TSUKAHARA Tsuneo conferred diplomas. Following congratulatory addresses by the Governor of Fukushima and Mayor of Aizuwakamatsu City, students who excelled in academics and research while attending the university were commended.
Then, Undergraduate Representative FUEKI Arina stated his reply address.
Students who were commended are as listed below:
| President's Award | MIZUTANI Yuki (Undergraduate School) |
|---|---|
| MATSUMURA Ryomei (Master's Program) | |
| Award of Excellence | FUEKI Arina (Undergraduate School) |
| HASHIMOTO Akane (Undergraduate School) | |
| WANG Binghao (Master's Program) | |
| The award from Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Tohoku Division | IGARASHI Taku (Undergraduate School) |
| Encouragement Award from Information Processing Society of Japan, Tohoku Division | KOBAYASHI Yukio (Undergraduate School) |
| The award from the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Tohoku Division | FUKAYA Ryota (Undergraduate School) |
| The award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers | OSHITANI Toshiki(Undergraduate School) |
| The award from Aizu Area Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Science | YOKOYAMA Futo (Undergraduate School） |
On behalf of the University, I humbly express my congratulations to all of you receiving degrees today, including 219 from our undergraduate school, 60 from our master's program, and 3 from our doctoral program.
On behalf of the University, I humbly express my heartfelt congratulations to all of you.
I am sure that your family members and everyone else who has supported you are overjoyed today.
I would like to express my deep respect for all the support they have given you until today.
Since its founding as a university specialized in Computer Science and Engineering, the University of Aizu has admitted diverse students from Japan and around the world, and has turned out countless computer scientists capable of succeeding in international society, as well as engineers highly skilled in information and communications technology.
I am honored that we are once again able to send graduates out into the world with cutting-edge skills and hearts full of hope.
We live in an era marked by some of the most notable social changes in recent memory.
This includes the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear-power-plant accident, the COVID pandemic worldwide, the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and the advent of generative AI.
With the 2024 Nobel prizes in both Physics and Chemistry being awarded for AI-related research, it has become increasingly clear that AI is causing a major upheaval in the fundamental sciences, and is having an immeasurable impact on society as a whole.
In the future, you may confront seemingly insurmountable challenges, but there is one important ability that will allow you to overcome them. That is "negative capability," a term first used by the 19th century English poet John Keats, who described it as the state "when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason."
The cutting-edge technologies and skills you acquired at the university will serve you over your entire life as the basis for solving challenges with uncertain solutions, such as the declining birthrate and aging population, rural economic decline, and increasing international uncertainty.
I urge all of you to use this knowledge and skills as the foundation to train your negative capability through daily practice, develop your ability to discern the true nature of things, and continue to strive to move your lives and society in a more prosperous direction.
Thanks to all the efforts of our alumni, the University of Aizu has become a university that attracts attention not only from across Japan but also around the world. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, we placed 11th amongst Japanese universities and 1st amongst public universities in Japan for the third year in a row, illustrating how highly our university has been evaluated, particularly in terms of our international outlook and research.
Your future success will be a driving force for further boosting the status of your alma mater.
I hope that you will proactively interact with people from diverse fields, deepen the knowledge you have gained here, strengthen your relationships with friends and mentors, and continue to evolve yourself.
I will conclude my address by expressing my desire that all of you will play an active role in creating a more prosperous future.
Once again, congratulations to all of you today.
March 19, 2026
TSUKAHARA Tsuneo,
President, the University of Aizu