A Winter Graduation replaces the cancelled Spring Graduations

A Winter Graduation for those affected by cancelled Spring Graduations

Due to the pandemic, the Vice-Chancellor has decided to cancel the 2021 Spring Graduation. An extra celebration - Winter Graduation - will be held 4-5 February 2022 for the Doctors, Jubilee Doctors and award recipients who have been affected by the cancelled 2020 and 2021 Spring Graduations. The concept of the Winter Graduation will need to be adjusted slightly in adaptation to the large number of honorees, but the ceremonial characteristics and the overall experience will remain intact.

The Annual Celebration ceremony from both 2020 and 2021

Umeå University's Annual Celebration ceremony 22–23 October 2021 will be adjusted in the same manner to accommodate both the 2020 and 2021 Professors, Honorary Doctors, and scientific award recipients.

– We are pleased to have found a solution to acknowledge our Doctors, Jubilee Doctors, Professors, Honorary Doctors and award recipients despite the cancelled events in 2020 and 2021. It is important for Umeå University that their achievements get the focus they deserve and that we get to celebrate them in the best possible way. Our hope is that the development of the pandemic will make it possible to realize our Annual Celebration and the Winter Graduation, says the Vice-Chancellor Hans Adolfsson