Academic Graduation Ceremony
Münsterplatz Ulm, on 18 July 2025
Ulm University’s second Academic Graduation Ceremony will take place on 18 July 2025 at Münsterplatz in Ulm.
This event celebrates the end of the 2024/2025 academic year and also marks the start of the Schwörwochenend festivities in Ulm's city center.
Graduation ceremony
Admission: 13:30
Start: 15:00
- Welcome
- Entry of the graduates
- Opening talk
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Weber
President of the University of Ulm
and
Martin Ansbacher
Lord Mayor of the City of Ulm
- Voices of students and lecturers
- Discussion with students
- Intermezzo: Procession of the fish engravers
- Voices of graduates
- Project choir from the university choir and teaching staff
- Congratulations and farewell
- Grand finale
End: approx. 17:00
Followed by a get-together with food and drinks.
DJ Chris Montana
House for life...
This is the motto of the “intercontinental party-architect” Chris Montana. As one of the biggest names in the international house scene, the German DJ and producer was already having worldwide club hits when many of the currently hyped cross-over stars were still dreaming of a career as a dance music star in their childhood bedrooms.
Jacob Elias
“You only come across an artist like JACOB ELIAS once in a blue moon. Exeptionally gets to the heart of the matter.” David Bronner
JACOB ELIAS is touched when he is asked to assess his talent, as David Bronner was one of Austria's most prominent music producers. “It was just beautiful and surreal to hear that,” says the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in his early twenties, who took off with his debut track ‘Situationship’ in 2023 and proved his exceptional talent.
Glasperlenspiel
Danceable electro beats meet catchy pop melodies, club vibes meet atmospheric R'n'B and hip-hop influences: GLASPERLENSPIEL - that means intelligently produced urban pop with lots of exciting rough edges.
Aftershow
The official extension of the Schwör mal! Party takes place at Cocomo Ulm! You can expect mixed music party classics on the main floor and finest house / tech house on the 2nd floor.
Free entry for all with “Schwör mal” wristbands!
Tickets
Graduate tickets ("Absolvierende")
These tickets:
- are for graduates only
- include hat and sash
- entitle you to attend the ceremony and the party
Only one ticket per graduate.
Regular Tickets ("Normalpreis")
These tickets:
- are for relatives and all other guests
- entitle the holder to attend the festive event and the party
Hinweis Fotografie- und Videoaufnahmen
By purchasing a ticket, you agree that any photographs and video recordings of you may be used in unaltered or altered form in the context of Ulm University's press and public relations work in printed matter, on the websites and in the social media of Ulm University. The rights to the recordings are granted without remuneration. In addition, the recordings may be passed on to third parties, such as the University Foundation, the University Society, Ulm University Hospital and the media and news portals or their processors, so that they can make the recordings publicly accessible on the Internet and publish and distribute them in printed matter as part of Ulm University's press and public relations work.
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General information
Advance ticket sales start on April 28, 2025 and end on July 18, 2025 at 12 noon. However, last-minute ticket buyers can also purchase tickets at the box office on Friday, July 18. The box office is located directly next to the entrance to Münsterplatz and opens at 1:30 pm.
There will be free seating at the event. However, graduates will sit in the front rows. Relatives and other guests can choose a seat behind the reserved rows.
Children under the age of 14 do not need a ticket for the event. If you would like to bring a child under the age of 14 to the event, please contact abschlussfeier(at)uni-ulm.de. We will then send you a confirmation of admission. The Schwör mal! Party (from 7 pm) is a standing room only event. Therefore, for safety reasons, children under the age of 6 are not admitted, even if accompanied by an adult. Accompanying adults are responsible for the supervision of children.
By public transportation:
To Ulm main station. The city bus and streetcar stop is located directly in front of the main station. Change there to line 5 in the direction of Wiley or Ludwigsfeld and get off at the Neue Mitte stop. From there it is only a minute's walk to Münsterplatz.
By car:
To Ulm city center. You can park in the Neue Mitte / Salzstadel / Deutschhaus parking garages.
Forbidden Items:
Food and drink stands will be set up on Münsterplatz, offering a selection of different food and drinks. One PET bottle of up to 0.5 liters with non-alcoholic content per person is permitted.
Bags and backpacks up to the size of a DIN A4 sheet are permitted. One PET bottle up to 0.5 liters with non-alcoholic content per person is permitted to bring along.
Münsterplatz is not protected from the weather. The Uni-Shop has sun hats and rain ponchos on offer. Please take care of other weather protection measures yourself.
Information for graduates
In principle, all graduates who graduate by September 30, 2025 are cordially invited to attend the ceremony.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The graduate ticket entitles you to receive a set of hat and sash. You will receive these with your admission ticket on the festival site behind the stage.
When planning your arrival, please bear in mind that you will need to collect your hat and sash before the start of the event and line up with your fellow students to move in. Admission is from 13:30, the event starts at 15:00.
Please go behind the stage for the procession ceremony. There you can collect your hat and sash until 14:45 pm and line up for the procession. The entry ceremony will start on time at 15:00 pm. The people walking in front of and behind you during the procession will also be your seat neighbours. So if you want to sit next to friends, make sure you also line up together for the procession. You will receive all further instructions from our staff on site.
There is of course no dress code for the event. Our recommendation for the dress code at the graduation ceremony is festive attire, or just as festive as you feel.
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Contact
Do you have questions?
Then contact us via abschlussfeier(at)uni-ulm.de