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.
Accommodation
Hotel bookings of doctoral graduates
Doctoral graduates make their own travel and accommodation arrangements and cover the related 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 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.