Last chance to sign up for the Conferment of Degrees Ceremony 2023

The Conferment of Degrees Ceremony is the greatest academic celebration in the university community, in which Masters’, Doctors’ and Honorary Doctors’ Degrees are conferred. The new Masters and Doctors will be given their Degree in the ceremonial Act of Conferment, and will receive a laurel garland and Master’s rig or a Doctor’s hat and sword as the sign of it.

The Conferment of Degrees Ceremony is a celebration of light hope and future, which, through centuries-old traditions, celebrates the impact and power of research. The Finnish tradition of the Conferment of Degrees Ceremony is based on an almost 800-year-old European tradition. The Conferment of master’s Degrees is organized at four Finnish universities. This is internationally unique – nowhere else in the world are conferment ceremonies held for masters. The three-day celebration, which takes place in May, includes many events based on academic traditions, from sword sharpening to Degree Ceremony dinner and ball.

All Masters and Doctors from all faculties of the University of Jyväskylä can participate in the Conferment of Degrees Ceremony. To participate in the Conferment of Degrees Ceremony in May, you must have graduated no later than January 2023.

Now is your last chance to sign up for the Conferment of Degrees Ceremony on 19.-21.5.2023! Register here. (Registration closes February 1. 2023.)