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Academic Celebrations
At Linköping University the main academic tradition is the Academic Ceremony, which takes place once a year. On this occasion, doctors are conferred and professors are inaugurated.
The 2025 Academic celebration will take place on 23-24 May
The Academic Celebration at Linköping University includes the Doctoral Promotion and Installation of Professors which takes place once a year. This is when new doctors receive their insignia and new professors are installed.
The Academic Celebration in pictures
See the photos from the 2024 festivities
The solemn Doctoral Promotion and Installation of Professors Ceremony is traditionally held once a year. Following the installation of new professors, the university confers awards and sometimes medals to people who have made important contributions for Linköping University. The doctoral promotion takes place one faculty at a time, and is carried out by a conferrer appointed by the faculty. New doctors and honorary doctors receive symbols of their dignity in the form of insignia, i.e. a hat or a laurel wreath, a diploma and sometimes a ring.
The grandest event of the year
News about academic celebrations
Upcoming Academic Celebrations
- 31 May - 1 June 2024 (Linköping)
- 23-24 May 2025 (Norrköping)
- 22-23 May 2026 (Linköping)
- 21-22 May 2027 (Linköping)
- 19-20 May 2028 (Norrköping)
Every third year the ceremony takes place in Norrköping.
Another academic traditions at Linköping University are graduation ceremonies, which confer Bachelor and Master's degrees, at the Faculty of Technology Sciences.