55 summa cum laude to graduate from UP Diliman

A total of 55 summa cum laude will lead the over 5,000 students who will graduate from UP Diliman on Sunday.

The 55 top honors come from 11 degree-granting units from the university's four clusters, namely Science and Technology (S&T), Social Sciences and Law (SS&L), Management and Economics (M&E), Arts and Letters (A&L).

Of these, COE garnered the most number of summa cum laude with 18, followed by CS (12), VSB (6), CSSP (5), CFA (4), CHK (3) and SE (3), according to CAL, CEd, CMC and STAT have one summa cum laude each.

Summa cum laude, a Latin phrase meaning "with the greatest honors," is the university's highest academic distinction for graduates who earn a weighted average grade of 1.20 or better.

As of June 27, figures from the Office of the University Registrar show that 1,058 will receive the Latin distinction of magna cum laude while 392 will graduate with the honors cum laude.

Of the total 5,050 graduates, 3,981 will receive a baccalaureate degree while 1,069 will be conferred a graduate diploma, master’s and doctoral degree.

The commencement exercise will be held on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at 7 a.m. at the University Ampitheater. National Artist for Theater Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio will be the speaker. —KBK, GMA News