Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony
- Date
- 26 February 2027, 15:00–17:30
- Location
- Grand Auditorium, Biskopsgatan 3
- Type
- Academic ceremony
- Organiser
- Communications division
- Contact person
- Sarah H Schütz
- Language
- English, Swedish
Uppsala University’s 550th anniversary celebrations will commence with a conferment ceremony for honorary doctors featuring the anniversary’s honorary doctors, together with new doctoral graduates in all of the University’s faculties.
Registration for those who are to be conferred is open 1 September until 1 October 2026.
The event is open to the public, but a ticket must be booked in advance. Tickets for audience members attending the ceremony in the Grand Auditorium can be booked free of charge via this page. A link to the ticket booking system will be available a few weeks before the ceremony.
Programme
07:00 Cannon salute from Uppsala Castle
08:00 Bell-ringing, Uppsala Cathedral
12:00 Conferment Ceremony for all nine faculties in the Grand Auditorium in the University Main Building. Uppsala University’s symphony orchestra, the Royal Academic Orchestra, will play during the ceremony.
The ceremony includes cannon salutes at intervals between approximately 12:45 and 15:00.
Seats must be taken by 12:00.
Welcome!