Information for academic staff

Personal belongings can be left in auditorium Maximum, which will be locked during the entire ceremony. Please note that the instructions differ from the Opening of the Academic Year.

The academic procession will enter the Assembly Hall in the following order:

1.    Rector
2.    Deans
3.    Professors in order of seniority
4.    Professors emeriti
5.    Professors of practice
6.    Directors for administrative units (those with a doctoral exam go first)
7.    Members of faculty
8.    Conferrer
9.    Honorary doctors
10.  Promovendi

As the academic staff enters, the audience rises and remains standing. Seats have been reserved for the academic staff in the front rows.

Both academic staff and audience should remain standing while the conferrer and promovendi walk to their seats. When the rector sits down, everybody else can be seated.

During the procession into the Assembly Hall, the doctoral hat should be carried in the left hand and put on only when the conferrer puts on his hat when the actual conferment ceremony begins. Doctors shall keep their hats on throughout the whole ceremony but should temporarily be taken off during the national anthem. The hat should then again be put on when exiting the hall.

After the national anthem, the audience remains standing. The procession leaves the room in the following order: Conferrer, honorary doctors, promoti, rector, deans, professors, professors emeriti, professors of practice, directors, members of faculty and head marshal last. After the procession have left the hall, the audience may exit.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact doktorspromotion@hanken.fi