Academic Ceremony

The Academic Ceremony is a big annual event at Linnaeus University. At the Academic Ceremony, we celebrate the university’s academic achievements through the conferral of new doctors and honorary doctors, the inauguration of new professors, and the bestowal of academic awards. The next Academic Ceremony will take place in Växjö on Friday, 2 February 2024.

Learn more about how to nominate an honorary doctor

Learn more about how to nominate someone for a badge of merit

For those who are to be conferred a doctoral degree or inaugurated as professor

If you have been awarded a doctoral degree or been appointed professor at Linnaeus University in the past year, you are eligible for conferment of your degree/professorial inauguration in Växjö in 2024.

Invitation and registration

You will receive a formal invitation via email in mid-November. You will also receive an invitation to take part in the procession. If you are to be conferred your doctoral degree or inaugurated as professor, you are expected to take part in this. The procession, in which all of you will parade into the ceremony hall in a set order, is the starting signal for the entire ceremony.

In order to be inaugurated as professor, you should have been offered and accepted a position as professor sometime between 14 November 2022 and 13 November 2023. Only permanently employed and adjunct professors are inaugurated. Professorial inauguration is entirely voluntary.

In order to be eligible for conferment of a doctoral degree, you should have defended your doctoral thesis and applied for the award of your degree sometime between 14 November 2022 and 13 November 2023.

The Banquet

The ceremony will be followed by a banquet and festivities at Linnaeus University in Växjö. For new doctors and new professors, the banquet is free of charge. You may also invite up to four guests, at a subsidized cost. We recommend that accompanying guests are at least 15 years old. Payment is made by credit card upon registration.

New doctors: your thesis supervisor will not receive a special invitation from us. If you want your supervisor to take part in the celebration you should register them as your guest.

Dress code

For new doctors and new professors, the dress code for the ceremony is formal attire, that is to say: academic gown, tailcoat with white vest, traditional costume, evening gown, or pantsuit. Accompanying guests may choose to either match the formal attire or to wear a dark suit/dress/skirt.

Below you will find information on insignia, where you can rent clothes, rehearsal times, transportation to and from Växjö, and more.

New professors

At the Academic Ceremony, new professors will receive an insignia, in the form of a diploma.

New doctors

At the Academic Ceremony, new doctors will receive a laurel wreath. This means that you must specify your head measurements when registering. In addition to the laurel wreath, all new doctors will also receive a diploma, and you may also buy a doctoral hat and a doctoral ring.

Doctoral hat

If you would like to have a doctoral hat instead of the laurel wreath, you have to order it yourself. The deadline is 10 November, 2023.

The doctoral hats are hand-made by Franzéns Hattmakeri in Gothenburg and are ordered through www.hattmakarna.se.

Franzéns Hattmakeri, Gothenburg
Phone: 073-7014309
Email: info@hattmakarna.se Website: www.hattmakarna.se
Visiting address: Västra Skansgatan 1, Gothenburg (by appointment only)

To make sure that the hat fits you, it is a good idea to let a hat maker take your measurements. Otherwise, take the measurements like this:

Ask someone to help you take your measurements, it is difficult to do it yourself. Place the lower part of the measuring-tape on the highest point of one of your eyebrows. Then continue with the measuring-tape backwards to the pointiest tip of the back of your head. Continue from there to the highest point of your other eyebrow and then on, until the measuring-tape has made a full circle. The measuring-tape should now be in a horisontal level around your head. Keep the measuring-tape tight and loosen it just a little bit so that it is not too tight, but not so loose that it drops down onto your ears. Check the measurment. The hat maker will then add 0.5 cm to have som margin. Include photos of yourself, one taken from the front and one from the side.

Hat emblem

The hat emblem is specially designed for Linnaeus University and is made of pure gilded silver. The goldsmith makes the emblem and sends it directly to Franzéns Hattmakeri. Please order the hat emblem at the same time as you order your hat.

Contact: Thomsen Guld & Smycken, Växjö
Phone: 0470-15 170

Doctoral ring

A doctoral ring in 18K gold, specially designed for Linnaeus University, can be ordered up until one month before the ceremony.

Molins Guld & Silver AB, Kalmar
Phone: 0480-104 50 Website: www.molinsguld.se
Visiting adress: Larmgatan 30, Kalmar

Thomsen Guld & Smycken, Växjö
Phone: 0470-15 170

Rehearsals

The ceremony will be rehearsed on the day, before the ceremony. Ceremony participants will sit at specific places in the hall, and will be required to take their places on stage in a set order. In order for this to go according to plan, it is important that all participants attend rehearsals.

Noon-12:30 pm CET Honorary doctors

12:30-1:30 pm CET Promovendi

1:30-2:00 pm CET Installandi

2:00-3:00 pm CET Procession

Transport

Transport between Kalmar and Växjö will be organised for invited guests. You will be able to book seats when you register for the event.

The last coach back to Kalmar will depart around 11.00pm.

Staff pages

In connection with the Academic Ceremony our new professors, honorary doctors, and doctors will be presented on the univerity website. Therefore, we ask you to publish a text on your staff page no later than on 12 January, 2024, in which you present your research, preferably in a popular scientific style.

The text should be about 200 words long. Your staff page should also contain a portrait image. If you wish to be photographed for this, please contact the Communications Office.

Inauguration lectures

Inauguration lectures by the new professors are given in connection with the Academic Ceremony. You will be contacted on this matter by communications officer Anders Runesson during the autumn.

Contact: anders.runesson@lnu.se