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Seven new honorary doctors in technology at Aalto University in 2026
The ceremonial conferment takes place on university campus in June.
The School of Business will confer ten Honorary Doctors at its May 2026 Ceremonial Conferment 鈥 this prestigious celebration is held every five years
The first Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business was held in 1946, so the 17th Ceremonial Conferment of the School of Business will take place in spring 2026
Honorary Doctors in Arts and Design 2025
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture has granted the title of Honorary Doctor to six distinguished professionals in the fields of art and design.
68 doctors, five honorary doctors - see photos from the conferment of Doctoral Degrees in Technology
The Ceremonial Conferment of Doctoral Degrees in Technology 2024 took place on Friday 14 June at Dipoli.
Ashok Kumar, the new Honorary Doctor in Technology, is a pioneer in bioengineering
Professor Ashok Kumar is a globally awarded researcher and pioneer in bioengineering.
Five new honorary doctors in technology at Aalto in 2024
The ceremonial conferment took place on campus in June.
Pauliina Ilmonen: The scientific community is like my second family
'The moment when the new doctors receive the hats is the one that gets me particularly emotional. There is plenty of work behind each new doctoral degree and that work has a huge societal impact.'
Aalto University grants honorary doctorate to Ari Niemel盲
The Head of Hull Basic Design at the Meyer Turku shipyard, Ari Niemel盲, is one of the world's leading experts in ship hull design. He has developed pioneering advances that have promoted Finnish shipbuilding expertise around the globe and enabled the implementation of complex new ship concepts.
Honorary doctors in technology 2023
Aalto University has granted seven Honorary Doctorates of Science in the field of technology. The new honorary doctors have all made significant impact in science, technology and society.
President Ilkka Niemel盲 conferred as Honorary Doctor of Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies
The Conferment Ceremony was followed by an event that brought together 200 Aalto EMBA alumni in South Korea
Gary Marquis was awarded Honorary Doctorate
Riga Technical University recognised Gary Marquis for his work in advancing cooperation between RTU and Aalto University.
Ceremony week panel discussions envision the future of research
Join us to hear the views of new honorary doctors on future technology trends. You can also watch the live stream.
Honorary doctors in technology 2020 - 2022
Aalto University has granted ten Honorary Doctorates of Science in Technology. The new honorary doctors have all made significant impact in science, technology and society.
Gerfried Stocker: Creativity requires nurture
The Director of Ars Electronica brings up how artists are the experts we have in the human-technology encounter 鈥 but creativity can鈥檛 be used as a never-ending raw material.
Newly conferred Honorary Doctor, algorithmics pioneer Esko Ukkonen: 鈥滳omputation will become like electricity鈥
Professor Esko Ukkonen was made Honorary Doctor of Technology at Aalto University鈥檚 Conferment Ceremony 10 October 2014.