Congratulation for The Graduation

In February, everybody in my research laboratory seems very depressed. D3 (Doctorate students 3rd year), M2 (master’s degree students 2nd year) and B4 (Bachelor’s degree students 4th year) struggle to complete their thesis or dissertation when M1 (master’s degree students) like me try to do Shushoku Katsudo (looking for job activity). After every degree candidate finishing their script, they must prepare their self for presentation to defend their thesis.

All I know, each of department have their own regulation to administer presentation for theses defend, even in the same university. Different time regulation also set for each degree student. Here is our material science department’s time regulation:
B4: 5 minutes presentation and 2 minutes question/discuss.
M2: 10 minutes presentation and 5 minutes question/discuss.
D3: 30-40 minutes presentation (I don’t know for doctorate oral defends time, it seems until the professors satisfied)

Every presenter must wear a formal suit during presentation. I’m not sure is this an obligation or not, because this Chiba University student said that they are allowed to wear informal clothes like sweater or T-shirt during presentation.

In March, I found that everybody faces relieved (except M1 of course) because everyone has passed their test although one of B4 must through it with merely adequate points. But the most important thing is they were attending the graduation ceremony which was held in March 21st as the graduates.

Just like usual, we set another nomikai (party) to celebrate the graduation. During the party, every graduate was given the opportunity to convey some message or last impression about our lab, experience, co-worker student, and also our professors and supervisor. Some of them gave common impression, but the others convey a funny one even make a joke with our supervisor (you know that seniority relationship in Japan is strict, but drunkenness can make everyone forget everything).

Well everybody, congratulation with your graduation and keep up with your future life after graduation. On the other hand, M1 still struggle to continue our job hunting activity when at the next month, chuukan happyou (mid-semester presentation) is waiting for us.

Gambarimashou!!!!!