Conferment of Doctoral Degrees
What is a Conferment of Doctoral Degrees
The ceremonial conferment ("doktorspromotion" in Swedish) is an academic celebration, where doctors and honorary doctors are being conferred. The Swedish word for conferment, promotion, is derived from the Latin verb promovere: to promote, to move forward. The conferment of doctoral degrees is one of the most traditional academic ceremonies. All who received their post-doctoral degrees in the past five years will an invitation to accept their traditional doctoral hat and diploma and to attend the following gala dinner.
History
The ceremonial tradition dates back to the Middle Ages. The first conferment ceremony in Finland took place in 1643 at the former Royal Academy of Åbo. For Hanken School of Economics, the next conferment ceremony in 2024 will be the 13th conferment ceremony.
The first conferment ceremony at Hanken took place in 1953 in connection with the inauguration of the building at Arkadiankatu 22. During that ceremony, the school’s first doctoral degree was conferred on Axel Grandell, as well as five honorary doctoral degrees. Between 1953 and 2019 the school has conferred 312 doctoral and 64 honorary doctoral degrees.
Previous conferment ceremonies at Hanken.
A list of all Honorary Doctors 1953 - 2019
The Conferment of Doctoral Degrees 2024
The next conferment of doctoral degrees at Hanken will take place on 1 November 2024. At the event, honorary doctors are conferred in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements or cultural and societal achievements.
Honorary doctors
The Board has decided to appoint nine new honorary doctors at Hanken.
Honorary doctors, academic merits
Honorary doctors, societal merits
Programme
The solemn conferment ceremony is held in the Assembly Hall in Hanken’s main building in Helsinki, Arkadiankatu 22 on the 1st of November 2024 at 2 p.m. The solemn conferment ends at around 4 p.m. and a glass of champagne and canapé are served in the foyer afterwards.
 Hanken School of Economics PROGRAMMEACADEMIC PROCESSION MUSIC RECTOR’S WELCOME WORDS MUSIC CONFERRER’S SPEECH CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DOCTORS SPEECH ON BEHALF OF THE HONORARY DOCTORS MUSIC CONFERMENT OF DOCTORS MUSIC CONFERMENT POEM VÅRT LAND ACADEMIC PROCESSION |
After the ceremony a gala dinner is held at the Hilton Hotel Kalastajantorppa. The dinner will start at 19 p.m. Busstransport from Hanken to the restaurant is available.
Dress code
During the solemn conferment ceremony and the gala dinner that follows, different dress codes apply to honorary doctors and doctoral candidates, academic staff and other guests.
More information
Here you'll find more practical information about the ceremony at Hanken and the dinner invitation. The information for Hanken’s staff is behind login.
If you have any questions, please contact doktorspromotion@hanken.fi