This ceremony recognizes the years of hard work and celebrates the end of six full years of studying in Olsztyn and the start of their professional lives as physicians. During the Graduation Ceremony students receive the title of Medical Doctor and become alumni of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn. This is an occasion where students, dressed in full academic gowns and caps, take the Hippocratic Oath which is a rite of passage into the medical profession.