This year’s promovendi

On this page there is information for those who will be conferred at this year’s Academic Ceremony. You are referred to as promovendus/promovenda, in the plural form: promovendi. You are a new doctor with a doctoral degree from Halmstad University.

The academic ceremony day contains many programme items, see below. To give you an idea of the day and the different parts, we have summarised the most important things here. More detailed information and practical instructions will be obtained from the University’s event coordinator.

Doctor’s ring and hat (insignia)

At the conferment ceremony, you who are to be conferred have the opportunity to receive either a doctor’s hat or a laurel wreath from the promoter. The doctoral ring is not part of the ceremony itself at Halmstad University.

Hat (and ring) must be specially ordered well in advance to be ready for the ceremony. The cost of the doctoral hat is SEK 9,400 and that of the ring SEK 8,000–10,000. You are responsible for the cost of the hat and ring. Both the hat and the ring are voluntary. If you do not want a hat, the conferment ceremony takes place with a laurel wreath that the University orders and pays for. You will be contacted by the University for more information about measuring before ordering.

The ceremony on 6 November

The academic ceremony will take place at Halmstad Theater. For you, it begins with mingling and a procession. Other items on 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.

Mingle and procession

Before the ceremony, those who will participate in the procession gather for a mingle. When you arrive at Halmstad Theater, staff on site will inform you where the mingle is taking place.

The procession includes marshals, Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Chairman of the University Governing Board, guests of honour, installandi and promovendi, honorary doctors, Student Union President, professors who have already been inaugurated, visiting professors and adjunct professors. The procession goes ceremonially – to music – in formation (two rows) through the theatre’s auditorium to the stage. Staff on site will inform you where in the procession you should be.

When the procession enters the theater auditorium, the installandi and promovendi go up on stage and take their seats. These locations will be labeled. Installandi and promovendi remain on stage throughout the ceremony. Other processional participants go to designated seats in the front rows of the auditorium.

Registration, dinner and seating

You must register yourself and your guest(s). Promovendi can invite six guests to the dinner. You and three guests participate free of charge. You can invite three more guests to the dinner at a cost of SEK 190 per person, which you pay for yourself.

Registration is done via the link in the email invitation that you will receive in September. Please note that the invitation and registration link are personal and non-transferable.

You and your guests are seated at dinner. Staff on site will inform you where to sit.

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

Guests at the ceremony

You can invite several guests to the ceremony free of charge. You must register your guests. You do this by sending an email to the University’s event group. Guests who participate only during the ceremony will be instructed by staff on site on where to sit in the auditorium.

Register guests for (ceremony only): event@hh.se