Commencement 2022

Safe Management Measures

Vaccination Differentiated Safe Management Measures (VDS) will be implemented for SUTD Commencement Ceremonies:

  1. Completion of full COVID-19 vaccination regimen

    • All attendees must be fully vaccinated (i.e. has received the appropriate regimen of World Health Organisation Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) COVID-19 vaccines (e.g. Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty, Moderna/Spikevax, AstraZeneca/Vaxzeveria, Serum Institute of India/Covishield, Janssen, Sinopharm, Sinovac-CoronaVac, Covaxin, 2 Novavax/Nuvaxovid and CanSinoBIO/Convidecia) including their respective duration post-vaccination for the vaccine to be fully effective and boosters for eligible individuals and had their vaccination records ingested in the National Immunisation Registry (NIR); or recovery from COVID-19 with vaccination, are also acceptable).

    • Individuals who are certified to be medically ineligible for all vaccines under the National Vaccination Programme will be eligible for vaccination differentiated SMMs. To be certified as medically ineligible, individuals may visit any general practitioner clinic, or public or private healthcare institution.

  2. Verification of individual’s vaccination status​

    • All attendees are required to verify their eligibility to access settings under VDS via only TraceTogether app or Healthhub app before they are allowed into the event area.

    • Please click here for more information on VDS.

    • Please click here for the full list of acceptable documents for verification of eligibility of VDS.

  3. Mask wearing

    • With the recent easing of Safe Management Measures, mask-wearing will be optional for Commencement 2022.

Please exercise personal responsibility and conduct self-testing if you or your guest(s) feel unwell or had recent contact with an infected person, and to follow the necessary health protocols if tested positive.
 
Please note that the measures will be changed/updated in accordance to the prevailing government regulations.
 
The following measures must be observed at all times:

  • There will be no handshakes or other forms of physical contact on-stage during the presentation of graduates.