Dress code
The attire of participants plays an important role and is indicative of the dignified nature of the occasion. Therefore, each event has a detailed dress code for both the promovendi and the guests.
Guests who own a doctoral hat may wear theirs in the conferment ceremony. The guests carry their hats into the auditorium in their left hand, the lyre facing forward, and place it on their head at the same time as the conferrer. In the auditorium, the doctoral hat is donned only when the conferrer gives the signal (i.e., places the hat on their own head), just before the conferment begins.
Accommodation
Hotel bookings of doctoral graduates
Doctoral graduates book their own hotel rooms and cover their own accommodation costs.
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Joint transportation (TBC)
Information on possible joint transportation to the banquet will be available later.
Conferment participants
Master of ceremonies
The master of ceremonies (red sash) is responsible for the progress of the festivities.
Head marshal
The head marshal (blue sash) supervises the marshals assisting in the conferment festivities and plays a key role in the ceremony along with the master of ceremonies.
Marshals
Marshals (blue-and-white sash and student cap) assist the master of ceremonies and the head marshal in the festivities.
Conferrer of degrees
The person who presents the doctoral regalia − the hat and sword. Each scientific discipline at the university (technology, business, philosophy, and social sciences) has its own conferrer.
Promovendi
Recipients of a doctorate.
Doctoral graduate
A person who has completed a doctoral degree in technology, business administration, or philosophy at the university.
Honorary doctor
An honorary doctorate is a title awarded by the university as a tribute to an especially accomplished person for outstanding achievements in science and the promotion of LUT University’s activities and objectives.
Conferment ceremony
The main event – the actual conferment of doctoral degrees.
Doctor primus/prima
A doctoral graduate whose dissertation was approved with distinction and whose doctoral studies were evaluated as excellent.