A look back at the Doctor Honoris Causa ceremony
On Friday, April 12, the Doctor Honoris Causa award ceremony took place. For this 2024 edition, the UPHF wanted to consecrate Africa and highlight its personalities.
The ceremony, led by the University Big Band, took place at the Phénix, national stage and European creative hub, on Friday April 12, 2024, and was followed by the official inauguration of the Bâtiment Ronzier.
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa, a mark of distinction offered by a university to a personality who has made his or her mark in a particular field (sports, arts, sciences, letters, etc.), has been awarded to five exceptional personalities by the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France:
Ouided Bouchamaoui (Tunisia)
Businesswoman - Nobel Peace Prize 2015
Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco)
Top-level athlete
Yasmina Khadra(Algeria)
Writer
Koffi Kwahulé (Ivory Coast)
Playwright and writer
Manu Dibango - posthumously (Cameroon)
Saxophonist and world jazz singer
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa was posthumously awarded to Manu Dibango in the presence of his closest friends and family, and a choreographic and musical tribute was paid to him on this occasion by two dancers associated with Espace Pasolini.
This ceremony was also an opportunity to award the doctoral diploma to the 2021/2022/2023 winners of the Hauts-de-France polytechnic doctoral school.
Congratulations to all!
A look back at the event
Photo credits: © Samuel Dhote
Watch the ceremony again
The rebroadcast of the Doctor Honoris Causa ceremony is available on the UPHF YouTube channel.