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The 17th Conferment Ceremony of the School of Business will be held on 21–23 May 2026. All information related to the School of Business conferment ceremony in 2026 will be available on this website. The pages will be updated during 2025.

The ceremony in 2026, will confer master's degrees upon new alumni (promovendi) who have graduated between April 1, 2022 and March 30, 2026, and doctorates upon alumni who have graduated between May 1, 2022 and March 30, 2026. In addition to these young promovendi, jubilee masters and doctors from 1976 and the new honorary doctors of the School of Business will be conferred at the ceremony.

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.

The Ceremonial Conferment adheres to academic traditions and ceremonies, and it is an internationally rare event. More information about the tradition can be found on The conferment tradition and Offitiang the conferment pages.

The dress code for all conferment events and roles (promovendi and companions, invitees) is strict and specific. The unified attire creates ambiance and is a stunning visual experience. Exact dress codes for each role and event can be found on the Dress code page.

Jubilee masters and jubilee doctors will also be re-conferred 50 years after their original conferment date. At the conferment, they represent a continuation of the conferment tradition from generation to generation.

The ceremonial conferment committee oversees the practical arrangements. The Committee for the 2026 Conferment, in alphabetical order: 

• Marjo-Riitta Diehl, Head Marshal
• Anni Enkkelä, Event producer
• Satu Holm, Assistant
• Seppo Ikäheimo, Master of Ceremonies
• Timo Korkeamäki, Dean of the School of Business
• Markku Kuula, Conferrer
• Sini Myllyniemi, MC at the Conferment Ceremonies for Aalto University Technical Schools and ARTS
• Emilia Nevalainen, Communications coordinator for the Conferment Ceremony
• Helmi Nuortimo, Gratista of the Ceremonial Conferment 2026
• Terhi Ollikainen, Communications Specialist
• Iina Salmela, Dean's Assistant
• Jonna Söderholm, Head of External Relations

The publication of the 16th Ceremonial Conferment

You can read the ceremonial speeches from the previous conferment (2022) and get a sense of the atmosphere from the festivities of the conferment (see PDF below).