Graduation Ceremony 2011

Master’s Programme Land Management and Land Tenure

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The 2011 Graduates

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After 3 semesters of hard work, 13 students of our Master's Programme Land Management and Land Tenure attained the degree of Master of Science in Land Management and Land Tenure.

The Graduation Ceremony 2011 took place on March 29th 2011 as previous years at the Headquarters of the Bavarian Construction Industry Association in Munich.

The ceremony was not only a celebration for our graduates, but also for the Laureates of the Gerhard Hess Medal "For a Fair World" awarded to Prof. Dr. Franz-Volker Müller, GIZ Team Leader Cambodia (Golden Medal) and to Mayor Michael Pelzer, Weyarn (Silver Medal).

The Board of the Förderkreis decided to award the Golden Medal of the Förderkreis Bodenordnung und Landentwicklung München e.V. to Prof. h.c. Dr. habil. Franz-Volker Müller based on his outstanding contribution to the stabilization of the academic cooperation between the Technische Universität München and the Royal University of Agriculture of Cambodia in the field of Land Management, his support to the Master’s Programme Land Management and Land Tenure and the tutoring of students as well as organisation of internships abroad.

The Silver Medal of the Förderkreis Bodenordnung und Landentwicklung München e.V. was awarded to Mayor Michael Pelzer based on his long standing merit as promoter of the Chair of Land Management. Mr. Michael Pelzer receives the medal for his exemplary contribution to the achievement of the goals of the Chair of Land Management in capacity building and Research as well as for his valuable support in the organisation of excursions as well as in assignments and theses of Bachelor's and Master's students.

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Prof. Dr. Holger Magel and Prof. Dr. Franz-Volker Müller  
Prof. Dr. Holger Magel and Mayor Michael Pelzer

As every year, the President's Award for Best Thesis and Best Student were handed over during the Graduation Ceremony. This year the Awards were presented by Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller (Dean of TUM Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy) on behalf of TUM's President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann. The Award winners were Mr. Michael Appiah (Ghana, Best Thesis) and Mr. Elias Kuusaana (Ghana, Best Student).

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Mr. Michael Appiah MSc, Best Thesis 2011, and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller  
Mr. Elias Kuusaana MSc, Best Student 2011, and Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller

Programme of the Graduation Ceremony 2011

  • Opening by Dipl.-Ing. Jorge Espinoza MSc, Programme Manager
  • Welcome Speech by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel, Programme Director (download speech)
  • Handover of the Silver Medal “For a Fair World” of the Förderkreis to Mayor Michael Pelzer, Weyarn by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
  • Handover of the Gold Medal “For a fair world” to Prof. h.c. Dr. habil. Franz-Volker Müller (GIZ Team Leader Cambodia) by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
  • Speech by Prof. h.c. Dr. habil. Franz-Volker Müller: “Land management international. Lessons learnt from Cambodia”
  • Handover of MSc Certificates by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerhard Müller, Dean TUM’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Magel
  • Handover of President’s Award and Congratulations by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Gerhard Müller, Dean TUM’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy
  • Congratulations by Mr. Christian J. Hegemer, Director of Institute for International Contact and Co-operation, Hanns Seidel Foundation (dowload speech)
  • Congratulations by Mr. Bodo Richter, GIZ Sector Project Land Policy and Land Management (download speech)
  • Speech by MSc Elias Kuusaana on behalf of the graduates (download speech)
  • Reception

Picture Gallery

  

Prof. Dr. Holger Magel, Programme Director

 

  

Mayor Michael Pelzer, Weyarn

 
 

Prof. Dr. Franz-Volker Müller, GIZ Team Leader Cambodia

 

  

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Müller, Dean of TUM Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Huong Metzger-Nguyen, Vietnam

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Renata Chadu Dalbem, Brazil

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Tungalag Gansukh, Mongolia

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Wang Ying, P.R. China

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Anthony Mushinge, Zambia

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Michael Appiah, Ghana

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Sujit Sikder, Bangladesh

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Elias Kuusaana, Ghana

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Nodir Mirazev, Uzbekistan

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Sanaa Anabtawi, Palestine

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Aman Tandean Gidion, Indonesia

 

  

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Hongbo Guo, P.R. China

 
 

Prof. Dr. Müller and Prof. Dr. Magel with MSc Graduate Fang Li, P.R. China

 

  

Mr. Christian J. Hegemer, Director of Institute for International Contact and Co-operation, Hanns Seidel Foundation

 
 
Mr. Bodo Richter, GIZ Sector Project Land Policy and Land Management  
MSc Graduate Elias Kuusaana delivering his speech on behalf of the graduates