The Doctoral Conferment Ceremonies of the University of Eastern Finland

The Doctoral Conferment Ceremonies is a way for the University of Eastern Finland to show its appreciation for persons who have completed a doctoral degree. For doctorate holders, on the other hand, the Ceremony is an opportunity to celebrate their academic achievements. In the Doctoral Conferment Ceremonies also honorary doctorates are conferred upon scientifically or socially distinguished persons representing the university's disciplines.

In the Doctoral Conferment Ceremonies the doctors get the right to carry the doctoral regalia, which at the University of Eastern Finland comprise the doctoral hat, the doctoral emblem used by all doctors, and the doctoral diploma. In addition to the actual Doctoral Conferment Ceremonies, the three-day festivities include a procession, banquet and ball as well as cruise with lunch. 

Programme of the Conferment Ceremonies available on the web site.

Studia Generalia lectures

The Studia Generalia lectures by Honorary Doctors are open to the public and will be held in the concert hall of Kuopio Music Centre on Thursday, 5 June, from 13:00 to 15:00. Author Sirpa Kähkönen, Professor Emeritus Jaakko Tuomilehto, Academician Markku Kulmala and Professor Axel Börsch-Supan, all to receive an Honorary Doctorate, will give a Studia Generalia lecture. Author Kähkönen and Professor Emeritus Tuomilehto will give their lectures in Finnish from 13:00 to 14:00. Academician Kulmala and Professor Börsch-Supan will give their lectures in English from 14:00 to 15:00. The lectures can also be followed online on the university’s Vimeo channel. Please see additional information at Public lectures by Honorary Doctors | University of Eastern Finland.

Academic Procession

The university’s doctoral conferment festivities will be visible on the streets of Kuopio on Friday, 6 June, starting at 16:00, when the academic procession formed by newly minted doctors and Honorary Doctors heads from Kuopio Music Centre towards the market square. The route of the academic procession will be from Kuopio Music Centre via Kuopionlahdenkatu to Puijonkatu, and along Puijonkatu to Kauppakatu. The procession will walk along Kauppakatu at the edge of the market square and turn back towards Kuopio Music Centre via Hallikatu.

For the public, an excellent spot to follow the academic procession will be the corner of the market square, near Kuopio Market Hall and the Veljmies statue.

For further information, please contact Elisa Sulkinoja, email [email protected], phone +358504329982.