His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) consented to officiate the UTB Convocation 2023, held at the Plenary Hall, International Convention Centre (ICC), Berakas.
His Royal Highness Prince (Dr.) Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, the Pro-Chancellor of UTB was also at the Ceremony.
The arrival of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the ICC was greeted by the Minister of Education and Chairman of the UTB Council, Yang Berhormat Datin Seri Setia Dr Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Md Salleh; the Vice-Chancellor of UTB, Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Professor Dr. Dayang Hajah Zohrah binti Hj Sulaiman; and the Registrar & Secretary of UTB, Yang Mulia Awang Lim Chui Hua.
The UTB Convocation 2023 ceremony commenced with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah led by Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Paduka Seri Utama Dato Paduka Seri Setia Haji Awang Salim bin Haji Besar.
The Procession of the Chancellor into the Plenary Hall then followed, led by the Bentara (mace-bearer) holding aloft the Mushaf Al-Quran.
Verse 11-15 of Surah Al-Jatsiah in the Holy Quran were recited by Yang Mulia Awang Mohammad Wafiy bin Haji Morsidi, a graduate from the Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Computer Networking. Meanwhile, Yang Mulia Awangku Ahmadi bin Pengiran Idrus, a graduate from the Bachelor of Business (Hons.) in Finance and Risk Management read the lessons from the verses.
The Vice-Chancellor of UTB then delivered the Sembah Alu-aluan.
His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Chancellor of UTB also consented to deliver the Titah.
His Majesty then consented to confer the Honorary Doctorate in Technology Innovation to His Royal Highness Prince (Dr.) Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah ibni His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, the Pro-Chancellor of UTB.
This was followed by His Majesty conferring the Doctor of Philosophy, Master's Degree and Bachelor's Degree to recipients listed in the Convocation Book. This was immediately followed by the call of 'Allahu Akbar, Wa Llillah il Ham' by the graduates and all present.
His Majesty then consented to present certificates to 397 graduates which include Doctor of Philosophy to eleven (11) graduates, Master’s Degree to 82 graduates and Bachelor's Degree to 304 graduates.
To date, UTB has produced over 5,141 BDTVEC HND; 295 Higher National Diploma Level Five;2,817 undergraduates, 514 Master’s degree and 21 Doctor of Philosophy graduates from academic programmes offered by the Faculty of Engineering, UTB School of Business, School of Computing and Informatics, School of Applied Sciences & Mathematics, School of Design, and Centre for Communication, Teaching and Learning (CCTL).
