On the afternoon of June 13, the Commencement Ceremony and Graduation Works Exhibition Launch for the Class of 2025 of the NWU-Salento Faculty of Cultural Heritage and Arts (hereinafter referred to as “School of Anlai”) were successfully held at Chang’an Campus.
NWU Vice President CAO Rong and Girolamo Fiorentino, Special Representative of the Rector of the University of Salento (Italy) and Head of the Department of Cultural Heritage, delivered addresses respectively. Leaders and professors jointly activated the exhibition launch device.
During the certificate-awarding segment, representatives from five professional internship units, including Shaanxi History Museum, presented comprehensive internship certificates to graduate representatives. Professor Semeraro, representing the University of Salento, conferred Salento University degree certificates to each graduate. Fiorentino read the Salento University degree conferral address.
Representatives from collaborating institutions presented commemorative gifts to graduates, conveying the college’s blessings for their future endeavors.
As of now, among School of Anlai’s 57 inaugural graduates: 15 have received offers from overseas/regional universities (e.g., University of Cambridge, University College London); 12 will pursue further studies at domestic institutions (e.g., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University, Xi’an Jiaotong University); overall employment rate approaches 80%.
As the first cohort trained under a Sino-Italian dual-education model, these graduates embody interdisciplinary thinking and a global perspective. They are poised to address contemporary challenges in cultural heritage conservation with the ethos of “repairing the old as it was” and the principle of “prioritizing prevention” .
