External guests

The ceremony on 6 November

The academic ceremony will take place at Halmstad Theater. It begins with a procession. Other items in the programme include the inauguration of professors, the conferment of doctoral degrees and the recognition of other academic achievements. Music and various ceremonial speeches are also part of the ceremony.

Registration, dinner and seating

You have the opportunity to bring a guest to the ceremony and dinner. You must register yourself and your guest. Registration is done via the link in the email invitation that you receive in September. Please note that the invitation and registration link are personal and non-transferable.

You and your guest participate free of charge. You are both seated. Staff on site will inform you where to sit.

During dinner, entertainment is offered and after dinner there will be dancing.

Dress code

• Participants in the procession at the ceremony: formal attire or dark suit.
• Other guests at the ceremony and dinner: festive attire.

Use of doctoral hat

If you have been conferred and have a doctoral hat, you are welcome to bring it with you to the academic ceremony. Until the conferment part of the ceremony, the hat should be on your lap. You put on your hat at the same time as the promoter puts on their conferment wreath and encourages the guests who have a doctor’s hat to put on their hat. You then have your hat on your head for the rest of the ceremony. Foreign doctoral hats are allowed. A general rule for the use of doctoral hats is that it is worn when the promoter wears their wreath.