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, just before the conferment begins.
Doctoral hat and sword
Accommodation
Hotel bookings of doctoral graduates
Doctoral graduates make their own travel and accommodation arrangements and cover the related costs.
Search online for other accommodation options in Lappeenranta.
Parking
Joint transportation
As we have earlier informed and also due to low demand, the transportations will be arranged only to the banquet and ball on Saturday 23 May 2026 from Lappeenranta City Centre to Holiday Club Saimaan Rauha and back as follows:
Saturday 23 May 2026
At 6 p.m. Koulukatu bus stop (across the Armada, former shopping center) – Holiday Club Saimaan Rauha.
Buses will arrive at the bus stop at the same time (6 p.m.) and will leave when bus is full. The buses drive directly to the Holiday Club and will not pick up passengers on their way to Holiday Club. In case you are going to participate collective transportation, please make sure you are at the bus stop no later than 6 p.m. sharp.
Sunday 24 May 2026
At 00:45 Holiday Club Saimaan Rauha-Lappeenranta City Centre (Koulukatu bus stop) after the banquet and ball. Buses will arrive at the same time at the Holiday Club and will leave when bus is full.
In case you need transportation to the conferment ceremony rehearsal and after the sword sharpening ceremony and to the Conferment ceremony, you can order a taxi for example the following numbers:
- Taksi-Saimaa +358 200 60400
- Menevä +358 800 02120
- Taksi Imatra +358 200 16464 (from banquet and ball to Lappeenranta)
Conferment participants
Master of ceremonies
The master of ceremonies is responsible for the progress of all ceremonial events. Red sash.
Head marshal
The head marshal supervises the marshals assisting in the conferment festivities and plays a key role in the ceremony along with the master of ceremonies. Blue sash.
Marshals
Marshals assist the master of ceremonies and the head marshal in the festivities. Marshals’ duties include guiding guests, serving as honor guards, and acting as doorkeepers. Blue-and-white sash and student cap.
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, philosophy, or social sciences at the university.
Honorary doctor
An honorary doctorate is a title awarded by the university as a tribute to an especially accomplished person. The conferment of an honorary doctorate is a way of establishing ties between the university and distinguished researchers from Finland or abroad or individuals who have made outstanding contributions in other spheres of public life.
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.