Chalmers was given the right to confer doctorates in 1940. Since then 11 jubilee doctors, 215 honorary doctors, 3 279 PhDs (Engineering), 353 PhDs (Philosophy), 3 PhDs (Economics) and one PhD (Medicine) and have been conferred.
Chalmers organizes a Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony every year.
At the solemn ceremony, the new PhDs receive their symbols of honour: a diploma, a hat and a ring.
(Chalmers hands out diplomas and the hat and the ring is bought by the PhD voluntarily).
Jubilee doctor is a title earned by individuals who received their doctoral degrees fifty years earlier at Chalmers University of Technology.
At the Conferment Ceremony, honorary doctorates are awarded to distinguished individuals from Sweden and abroad. The honorary doctors receive all three symbols of honour: a hat, a diploma and a ring.
NEW! Due to the situation with the coronavirus outbreak and the remaining restrictions, Chalmers' Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony 2020 will be postponed from October 10, 2020 to January 16, 2021.
Ceremony
NOTE!
New location: The Congress Hall, Swedish Exhibition Center
Entrance 8, Mässans gata 8, Gothenburg
Banquet
Location: Kårrestaurangen, Chalmersplatsen 1.
Upcoming Conferment Ceremony:
May 29, 2021
Location: The Gothenburg Concert Hall, Götaplatsen
For further information on the ceremony and the banquet please contact Events; promotion@chalmers.se