Tampere University will confer 13 honorary doctorates at the June 2025 conferment ceremony
The title of Honorary Doctor is the highest recognition that a university can award. Tampere University’s faculties have invited individuals from Finland and abroad to become honorary doctors based on achievements in the fields represented at the University or on other outstanding scientific, artistic, or societal merits.
The Honorary Doctors to be conferred in June 2025 are:
Faculty of Built Environment
Professor Alan C. McKinnon, Kühne Logistics University, Germany
Faculty of Education and Culture
Permanent Secretary Anita Lehikoinen
Professor Jane Wilkinson, Monash University, Australia
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Professor Pierangelo Metrangolo, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Professor Luca Benini, Università di Bologna, Italy
Professor Mia Consalvo, Concordia University, Canada
Actor Esko Roine
Faculty of Management and Business
Professor Jan Bebbington, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
M.Sc.Econ. Ari Kaperi
Mayor Kalervo Kummola
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
Professor Wei Zhang, Wake Forest University, United States
Faculty of Social Sciences
Counsellor of Health Eila Häihälä
Professor Richard Ryan, Australian Catholic University, Australia
Please visit the Doctoral Conferment website for further information
Enquiries: promootio2025 [at] tuni.fi (promootio2025[at]tuni[dot]fi)
