Graduation ceremony 17.12.2022

Graduation Ceremonies are annually organised in June and December. They are mainly for master’s degree graduates, but bachelor’s degree graduates who do not have the right to study for a master’s degree may also attend.

All students who graduated in 2020-22 are welcome to participate in the graduation ceremonies in December 2022. You can also attend the ceremony if your studies are finished but you do not graduate in time for the ceremony. Relatives are welcome to attend the event, up to 2 guest per graduate.

Unless your Faculty advises you differently, graduated students gather about half an hour prior to the event in Rectors’ portrait gallery on the second floor of the main building.

The graduated students will form a procession that walks into the auditorium led by the President. The relatives and other guests should find places in the auditorium well in advance (half an hour).

The dress code is either

• a suit (a combination of a jacket, trousers and a dress shirt is also all right as long as the outfit is festive) or
• a festive dress, skirt suit, or a trouser suit.

The same dress code also applies to the guests. On the Hervanta campus, wearing the Teekkari cap is recommended.

The programme of the ceremony:

• The Formal Procession at 12.00
• Greetings by Representative of the Executive Leadership of Tampere University, provost Jarmo Takala
• Alumnispeech, managing director Miikka Seppälä, Tampereen Särkänniemi Oy
• Music, Henna Leppänen
• The Graduates' Speech by M.Sc. Severi Konttinen
• Greetings from TREY Student Union by chariman of the board, Aleksi Niemi
• Gaudeamus Igitur

The ceremony lasts for about an hour, after which sparkling wine is served outside the auditorium and the guests can congratulate the graduates.

The students of early childhood education will provied a childpark-service during the ceremony in lecture hall C9 in close proximity of Rectors’ portrait gallery.

There will be two graduation ceremonies in December:

• One at the city centre campus at 12.00 on Saturday, 17 December 2022 (for max. 250 graduates).
• One at Hervanta campus at 18.00 on Friday 16 December 2022 (for max 150 graduates)

The ceremony at Hervanta campus is mainly for those who have studied at Hervanta campus, but you can also attend a ceremony at city centre campus if that suits you better.

Deadlines to sign-up for the ceremonies are:

• 17 December 2022 ceremony at 12.00 at the city centre campus (by 12.00 on 9th December)
• 16 December 2022 ceremony at 18.00 at Hervanta campus (by 12.00 on 9^th December)

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