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ATU celebrates Spring Conferring
More than 500 students, including 14 PhD graduates, were conferred at Atlantic Technological University’s Spring Conferring Ceremonies, held across its Galway, Sligo and Donegal campuses this week.
The ceremonies brought together graduates from across the west and north‑west, along with families, friends and staff, to mark academic achievement across a wide range of disciplines and award levels, from Higher Certificate to Doctoral degrees. Spring sunshine across all locations added to the sense of occasion, with campus celebrations reflecting the optimism of the graduating classes.
Now one of the largest higher‑education institutions in Ireland, ATU has more than 30,000 students across nine campuses and continues to attract increasing numbers of first‑choice applicants.
Addressing graduates, ATU President Dr Orla Flynn reflected on both the significance of the day and the university’s rapid progress,
While we are relatively new as a University, we continue to grow at pace – we are also now a University of choice with increasing numbers of students choosing ATU as their first preference. For us, the real measure of our impact is through our graduates. They will be the positive change our region and society needs through their talent and hard work, and we are proud to welcome them into our growing ATU alumni community.
Over 5,000 more students will be conferred at ATU later in the Autumn.
Photo captions:
Featured photo: Hats off to ATU graduates in Galway this week. 1. Rochelle Connolly with her father, Martin W Connolly, Clifden, Co. Galway at ATU Conferring. 2. Fabiane Cancian from Brazil at ATU’s Spring Conferring. 3. PhD graduates, Dr Tansy Ryan and Dr Maria Brown at ATU Spring Conferring. 4. Graduate Lapree Naube and friends celebrate at ATU’s Spring Conferring in Galway.
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