Welcome to the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore Graduation Celebration and Hooding Ceremony 2013. The graduating Class of 2013 will celebrate this momentous occasion with a Hooding Ceremony on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, based at the National University of Singapore Kent Ridge Campus.

The Class of 2013 will march into the Concert Hall with distinguished dignitaries, senior academic staff and faculty.

Gracing the occasion as Guest-Of-Honor is Minister for Health, Mr. Gan Kim Yong.

Prof. Victor Dzau, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University, President and CEO for Duke University Health System, and Prof. Tan Chorh Chuan, President and Provost, National University of Singapore will present speeches for Duke University and National University of Singapore respectively.

The keynote speech will be delivered by Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2003, Prof. Peter C Agre.

The Class of 2013 will be presented graduation hoods, certificate holders and scrolls of Hippocratic Oath. Prof. Robert Kamei, Vice Dean of Education, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, will lead the class in the recital of the Hippocratic Oath.

The evening will end with a dinner reception at the atrium of Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.

Family and friends of the graduating class are invited to attend the Hooding Ceremony and the dinner reception. As this is a formal occasion attended by dignitaries and will be broadcast 'live', guests are advised to observe the recommended dress code. Family and friends who are unable to attend may view the Hooding Ceremony 'live' via these links:

Hooding Ceremony Live Simulcast Links
Duke-NUS Class of 2013 Graduation Celebration and Hooding Ceremony
Duke-NUS Class of 2013 Graduation Celebration and Hooding Ceremony
(Mobile Streaming)

Due to the limited capacity of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, family and friends of the graduating Class of 2013, academic dignitaries, industry partners, donors, Governing Board and senior management are given priority invitation and admission.

Guests are to register with their invitation cards at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Registration Counter. Registration starts at 3:40pm. Admission to the Hooding Ceremony is by invitation only. All guests are to be seated by 4:00pm.

There will be a team of official photographers appointed to cover the event. Photographs can be ordered online at http://www.werkzgallery.com/dukenus/.