For the Promovendi

The Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees is the most traditional and festive celebration of all academic events. Masters and doctors graduated since the last conferment, as well as honorary doctors, jubilee doctors and jubilee masters will be conferred at the Ceremonial Conferment of 2026. We encourage all promovendi to gather your fellow students and come celebrate your achievements together in the most prestigious celebration of the academic community!

Alumni of the School of Business are by tradition entitled to participate in one conferment only, the one after their graduation. 

At the 2026 conferment, master’s graduates who completed their degrees between April 1, 2022 and March 30, 2026, and doctoral graduates who completed their degrees between May 1, 2022 and March 30, 2026, will be conferred. An invitation will be sent during 2025 to all master’s and doctoral graduates who are allowed to participate in the 2026 ceremony. In addition to the above-mentioned promovendi, the jubilee masters and jubilee doctors from the 1976 conferment ceremony and the newly appointed honorary doctors are invited to the 2026 conferment.

If you are still a student and would like to participate in the Ceremonial Conferment next year, you should complete your master’s or doctoral studies and request your graduation by March 30, 2026. For doctoral students, this includes defending their thesis by the specified date. Master's and doctoral students must additionally follow other instructions from the academic office related to the graduation date. More information can be found from the Student Guide.

Communication 

The invitations to the Ceremonial Conferment will be sent during the autumn 2025. The contact information of the promovendi is gathered from Aalto University’s alumni register.

The conferment also celebrates jubilee masters and jubilee doctors. We invite all masters and doctors conferred in 1976 to join the celebration. An invitation will be sent to every jubilee whose name appears in the 1976 promovendi publication and whose contact information we can find in Aalto University's alumni register.

If you should be receiving conferment communication but have not received it during autumn 2025, please feel free to contact us at: conferment-biz@aalto.fi

Price and registration

The ticket price is 275€ / person (for promovendi, jubilee masters, jubilee doctors and DBA graduates).

The ticket price includes the entire three-day program with food and drinks. It is not possible to purchase tickets for only one or two days, as participants are expected to participate in the events during the three days.

There are a limited number of seats and they will be filled in the order of registration. Each promovendi may attend the Ceremonial Conferment only once, so it is recommended to register as soon as the registration opens. Each promovendi can bring one avec, but the avec must purchase their own ticket.

Cancellation policy

Registrations are binding and non-refundable, except in the special cases mentioned below.

• If the organizers cancel the event due to expelling reasons, all registration fees will be refunded in full.
• If it turns out that you are unable to graduate before the last graduation date and have already registered for the conferment, please inform us immediately. If we get the information by the graduation date, we can return the registration fee in full.
• In case of cancellation for medical reasons, a medical certificate is required.