Save the date! The Graduation Ceremony for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) will take place on Thursday 10 September 2026.

On this webpage you will find all the information about the (English) ceremony for the Master of Laws programme. More information about the ceremony for the Dutch Master of Laws, the Master in Tax Law and the Advanced Master Programme in Tax Law can be found here.

Programme

3.30 p.m. Doors
4.00 p.m. Graduation Ceremony
5.30 p.m. Reception
6.30 p.m. Expected ending

Speakers

• Prof. Anne Van de Vijver, Dean of the Faculty of Law
• Prof. Surya Deva (UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development)
• Prof. Thalia Kruger, Coordinator of the Master of Laws.
• Prof. Dirk Vanheule, Coordinator Internationalisation
• Rhishika Srivastava and Naduni Abeywardana, Master of Laws students

Registration

This event is invite only. Check your UAntwerp mailbox for your invitation. Have you not received an invite? Contact communicatie.frech@uantwerpen.be.

Keynote speaker

We are honoured to welcome Professor Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development, as the keynote speaker of the Graduation Ceremony. Earlier that day, Professor Deva will deliver a lecture, organised by the Law and Development Research Group in memory of Professor Koen De Feyter. More information about the lecture can be found here.