About 1,700 graduate students received degrees at Tsinghua University's 2009 Spring Graduate Commencement on the morning of January 19th. Among the graduates, 408 received doctorates and 1,299 received masters degrees. Tsinghua SEM has graduated nearly 400 students, including four master's students, ten doctoral students, 210 MBAs, and 151 EMBAs.

Tsinghua President and Degree Conferral Committee Chairman Gu Binglin along with senior officers Professor Hu Heping, Professor Chen Jining, Professor Wang Jinsong, Professor Xie Weihe, and Professor Chen Xu awarded the diplomas to the students. The other senior officers attending the ceremony included Professor Zhang Fengchang, Professor Han Jingyang, Professor Cheng Jianping, and Professor Yuan Si.