The university should offer guidance to students on society's needs so that they could have a better chance of finding employment after they graduate, according to Faculty of Engineering graduand David Agius B. Eng. (Hons.)

Speaking at yesterday's graduation ceremony at the University of Malta, Mr Aguis said that one could look at the graduation ceremony from two perspectives: the end of one's studies or the start of an important chapter in life.

He said that not all graduates found employment as soon as they finished their course. Certain sectors of society were already saturated and could not take the number of people who graduated each year.

He pointed out that there was a lack of IT lecturers and suggested that the time had come for the IT course to have its own faculty with more resources at its disposal.

The university, he said, should encourage industry to provide assistance through funds and sponsorship.

International Relations graduand Kris Bonnici said it was a shame that only a minority of students were active outside the lecture hall.

The students who graduated yesterday were:

Diploma in Computer Studies in Education
Gordon Baldacchino, Victoria-Jane Bonanno, Elizabeth Bonello, Aaron Borg, Christine Borg, Riccardo Flask, Elaine Meli, Joseph Micallef, Marlene Micallef, Fiona Pace, Jesmond Sciberras, Vanessa Tanti

Diploma in Information Technology in Education
Christina Agius, Rose-Anne Camilleri, Jeanette Cardona, Marie-Claire Cassar, Maria Elizabeth De Oliveira Mallia, Christine Enriquez, Carmen Fardell, Miriam Grech, Kevin Grima, Norbert Pulis

Diploma in Youth Studies
Mario Camilleri, Marie Claire Cassar, Roger Gatt, Sylvia Sammut, Denise Scicluna, Janice Theuma

Diploma in Information Technology
Luis Emilio Arqueros Moreno, Etienne Bonnici, Edmond Buhagiar, Roger Davies-Barrett, Franco Galea, Anton Mangion, Martin Micallef, Mark Theuma

Bachelor of Arts in Youth and Community Studies
Sponsor: Prof. M. Borg
Joanne Abela, Maria Abela, Raymond Bonnici, Anthony Cauchi, Johanna Cauchi, John Cremona, Dorianne Cutajar, Raymond Cutajar, Agostina Ellul, Claudine Galea, Manuel Gellel, Elaine Jones, Anthony Raymond Mangion, Charles Micallef, Carmen Nygaard, Lillian Portelli, Gaetano Vella, Simone Vella, James Craig Wightman, Daniela Xuereb

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. P. Micallef
David Agius, Andrea Amato, Frederick Attard, Brian Azzopardi, Marc Anthony Azzopardi, Mark Anthony Azzopardi, Mark J. Azzopardi, Keith Baldacchino, Owen Baldacchino, Noel Balzan, Maria Carmela Bartolo, Alan Bezzina, Joseph Borg*, Simon-Paul Borg, Marvin Bugeja, Saviour Busuttil, Christelle D'Amato, Ismail D'Amato, Owen Darmanin, Edith Debono, Clara Delia, Stephen Ellul, Ryan Falzon, Jeremy Daniel Farrugia, Marthese Farrugia, Ryan Fava, Benjamin Fenech, James Foden, Gilbert Galea, Johann Galea*, Nicholas Gingell, Adrian Giordmaina, Kevin Gouder, Bernard Grech Sollars, Damian Griscti, Bertram Mallia, Monica Mamo, Anthony Mario Mifsud, Stephen J. Mifsud, Pierluigi Mollicone, Blasio Muscat, Jeffrey Muscat, Dragana Perkovic*, Stephen Jones Polidano, Andrew Sammut, Jonathan Sammut, David Scerri, Jonathan Schembri, Karen Sciberras, Mark Alan Sciberras, Dawn Scicluna, James Spiteri, Matthew Spiteri, Claire M. Spiteri Cornish, Gordon Tanti, Josefa Vella, Keith Vella, Nicolai Vella, Agnetha Xuereb, George Xuereb, Ryan Xuereb, Darren Zahra, Claudio Zammit

Bachelor of Engineering
Sponsor: Prof. P. Micallef
Clifford Spiteri Cornish

Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. A. J. Vella
Andrew Raymond Amato-Gauci, Odette Baldacchino Kerr, Graziella Bartolo, Peter Borg, Andrew Briffa, Nicola Camilleri, Tristan Camilleri, Lee Ann Cassar, Jesmond Dalli, David Farrugia, Johann Joseph Fenech, Claudette Gambin, Marika Josepha Gauci, Ruth Guillaumier, Mildred Magro, Gerald Mangion, Melissa Anne Mifsud, Kevin Mizzi, Mary Rose Portelli, David Paul Suda, Ronald Tanti, Tanja Telenta, Mireille Treeby, Josette Vassallo, Adrian Vella, Keon Vella, Nathalie Zahra, Silvan Zammit

Bachelor of Science
Sponsor: Prof. A.J. Vella
Alpio Aquilina

Bachelor of Science In IT (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. P. Micallef
Carmel Abela, Stephen Abela, Charlot Agius, David Attard, Gillian Attard, Neville Attard, Michelle Azzopardi, Rainer Bezzina, Joseph Bonello, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti, Steven Busuttil, Alison Buttigieg, Alexander Chircop, Jan Chircop, Clyde Ellul, Robert Ellul-Micallef, Mariella Fardell, Alfred Farrugia, James Paul Farrugia, Marco Farrugia, Michael Farrugia, Donald Friggieri, Jonathan Galea, Antoine Micallef, Thimaq Peco, Derrick Pisani, Stefan Stafrace, Marvin Vella

Bachelor of Science in IT
Sponsor: Prof. P. Micallef
Juan Debattista, Beatrix Magri, Jason Viloria

Master of Science in Engineering
Sponsor: Prof. P. Micallef
Christopher Abela, Peter Borg, Alan Caruana, Chris Gerada, Reuben Bert Mifsud, Andrew Portelli, Terence Henry Scott, Leslie Spiteri

Master of Science
Sponsor: Prof. A.J. Vella
Maurizio Abela, Noel Aquilina, Moira Bonello, Joseph Borg*, Etienne Caruana, Emanuel Chetcuti, Joseph Cordina, Joseph Cutajar, Angelo Dalli, Henrietta Debono, John Baptist Gauci, Godwin Grech, Joanne Ghirxi, Jael Rhoda Mifsud, Julie Tabone

Master of Philosophy
Sponsor: Prof. A.J. Vella
Clyde Meli

Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Prof. M. Borg
Suzanne Gatt

Bachelor of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. V. Mallia-Milanes
Vincienne Attard, Mario Bezzina, Jonathan Borg, Joseph Camilleri, Mario Clayton Camilleri*, Bernard Caruana*, Stephanie Chircop, Carmen Farrugia, Pierre Farrugia, Mario Frendo, Marina Ivanova, Anna Korostina, Louise Lautier, Sarah Maas, Vanessa Magrin, Mina Marinova, Francois Mifsud*, Krista Pace, Velislava Tchakarova*, Jeremy Vella*, Emanuel Zammit, Margot-Anne Zammit

Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. V. Mallia-Milanes
Simon Abdilla Joslin, Alison Abela, Claire Abela, Noah Agius*, Stephania Agius, Stephanie Agius, Francesca Amato Gauci, John Anastasi, Mia Anastasi, Anthony Aquilina, Maria Aquilina, Mario Aquilina, Stefan Aquilina, Stephania Aquilina, Josette Attard, Carina Louise Azzopardi, Cora Azzopardi, Elaine Azzopardi, Stephanie M. Azzopardi, Katrina Naomi Baillie, Ian Paul Bajada, Josette Baldacchino, Ruth Baldacchino, Tibor Becker, Justine Benoit*, Maria Blanco, Claude Bonello, Joanne Bonello, Anna Maria Bonnici, Donna Bonnici, Juliet Bonnici, Kristian Bonnici, Allison Borg, Angela Borg, Elysia Borg, Katya Borg, Daniela Borg Caruana, Nadine Briffa, Aimee Brincat, Norbert Bugeja, Sarah Bugeja, Sarah Busuttil, Emanuel Buttigieg, Victoria Buttigieg, Maria Cachia, Mary Claire Cachia, Caroline Calleja, Charlene Calleja, Angelo Camilleri, Sandy Camilleri, Gordon Christopher Cardona, Neville John Cardona, Noelle Cardona, Michelle Caruana, Victor Caruana, Anton Caruana Galizia, Antonio Caselli, Kristian Chetcuti Bonavita*, Therese Ciantar, Vanessa Ciantar, Elisabeth Conrad, Silvano Cristauro, Alessandro Cristina, Angele Cristina, Erika Cutugno, Roberta Dandria, Elizabeth De Gaetano, Josef Debattista, Michael Pio Deguara, Ruth Dimech, Valerie Edwards, Hermann Farrugia, Massimo Ramon Farrugia, Pauline Farrugia, Daniela Farrugia Randon, Karl Fiorini, Davida Flores, James Paul Formosa*, Claudia Galea, Victoria Galea, Caroline Gatt, Francesca Maria Gatt, Suzanne Gatt, Louise Ghirlando, Marika Grech, Wayne Grima, Mutasem Hayatla, Rouslana Issoupova*, Christine Lofaro, Joanne Mallia, Lorna Mallia, Josianne Mamo, Graziella Marmara, Aaron Micallef*, Nathalie Micallef, Sabrina Maria Micallef, Tamara Micallef, Elisabeth Mifsud, Lisa Mifsud, Lawrence Mifsud Bonnici, Claire M. Mizzi Haber, Mejlina Modanu*, Christine Muscat, Claire Muscat, Maria Muscat, Sarah Muscat, Stefan Muscat, Kinga Offenbacher, Martin Ohridski, Hager Bash Osman, Elaine Pace, Roberta Pace, Karen-Ann Polidano, Sean Pollacco, Helga Portanier*, Laurabelle Portelli, Tracy Porter, Andrea Pullicino, Franceanne Rapa, Manuela Resta, Eugenia Roubina, Wayne Saillard, Beverly Saliba, Norma M. Saliba, Sebbie Saliba, Arben Salihu, Fiona Sciberras, Kevin Sciberras, Alexandra Scicluna*, Kenneth Scicluna, Michelle Seguna, Alan Seychell, Naeem Sidiqi*, Denise Spiteri, Sharon Spiteri*, Samuel Stellini, Marlene Vella, Matthew Vella, Stephen Vella*, Isabelle Vella Gregory, Sean Vigar, Wendy Woolner*, Daniel Xerri, Jacqueline Xuereb, Berenice Beverley Zammit, Priscilla Zammit, Louise Zerafa*

Master of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. V. Mallia-Milanes
Victor Aquilina, Melissa Bagley, Marlene Borg, Michael Briguglio, Louise Camilleri, Therese Caruana, Giovanni Casarini, James Corby*, Paul Degabriele, Chiara Demicoli*, Francis Fabri, Josette Galea, Sonia Mizzi, Michelle Anette Pirotta, David Rossi, George Said, Ivan Said

Master of Philosophy
Sponsor: Prof. V. Mallia-Milanes
Marian Muscat Azzopardi

Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Prof. V. Mallia-Milanes
Josette Attard, Kamal Belhawla, Joseph Cassar, John Paul Grech, Muna Gashout, Michael Zammit

*denotes in absentia

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