On Friday, 24 June 2011, the graduation ceremony for students at University of New York in Prague (UNYP) took place in the representative spaces of Žofín Palace in Prague.

The school offers the best possible university education in the English language in Central Europe, with majors in business administration, communications and mass media, IT management, international economic relations, English language and literature and psychology.

During the graduation ceremony, diplomas were awarded to 196 students, both from UNYP and from its partner institutions.  US Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Norman L. Eisen, gave the keynote speech at the ceremony.  82 students earned American bachelor’s degrees from Empire State College (ESC), which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY), and 21 earned European bachelor’s degrees from UNYP.  65 students MBA degrees from the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch (IUKB) based in Switzerland.  A further 25 recipients of master’s degrees received diplomas from Philadelphia-based LaSalle University.