
Farewell ceremonies
During the year, Luleå University of Technology organises farewell festivities for the students who are about to finish or have finished their studies.
We want to formally thank students for their studies and give them an opportunity to celebrate their time at the university together with their fellow students and family members.
Read what applies at your campus below.
Luleå
Students of the philosophy programmes ending in the spring semester 2025 are invited to the ceremony held on Saturday 17 May 2025. An invitation with a registration link and information about the ceremony was sent on 5 February to the email address you registered in Ladok.
For questions about the farewell ceremony, see the FAQ below. If you cannot find an answer to your question, please email avslutningsceremoni@ltu.se.
Don't forget that the student unions organise a banquet to celebrate the end of your study time together at Luleå University of Technology. More information about the banquets can be found on each of the student union's websites. In May, the banquet is organised by Luleå Studentkår.
Registration
- Register here by 2 March. Remember to register in time, we cannot accept late registrations.
FAQ for those who study in Luleå
The farewell ceremony for students who study in Luleå is held in the large auditorium "stora salen External link, opens in new window." at Kulturens Hus in Luleå's city centre. The ceremony consists of music, speeches and the awarding of a thank-you diploma and a LTU-pin.
The students are called up by class and then thanked one by one on stage by the vice-chancellor who hands over the thank you diploma and by a representative of the programme who hands over an LTU pin. After the ceremony, a photographer takes a photo of each class.
We need to wait until after the registration deadline to know how many students and guests have registered. After that, we will plan when each program will have their ceremony. As soon as the planning is complete, we will send out an email to all registered students with practical information, including the time of their ceremony and photography.
Depending on the number of registrations, there will be either two or three ceremonies on 17 May. Approximate starting times in case of two ceremonies are morning and afternoon, with each ceremony lasting approximately two hours. Approximate starting times in case of three ceremonies are morning, lunchtime and late afternoon, with each ceremony lasting approximately 1.5 hours.
The ceremonies should be completed by 17:00 at the latest as there is the student union banquet that evening.
Yes, you can bring a maximum of 4 guests. Guests must be registered in the registration form.
There are a limited number of seats in Kulturens hus. Once registration has closed, seats will be allocated so that everyone can be accommodated at each ceremony. Therefore, you cannot bring guests who are not registered.
Yes, if you are at the end of your training. If you register, you will receive a diploma, thanking you for your studies. It is not a degree certificate. Once you have completed all the courses, you apply for a degree Opens in new window., which usually takes about 8 weeks to process.
The farewell ceremony is a formal event.
We recommend that you are dressed up. For example, suit, jacket, nice shirt and tie or bow tie, dress, skirt or formal dress.
It's preferable that guests are also dressed up to honour the students and add to the festive feeling of the ceremony.
Students and guests are not seated together. As each class is going on stage, students are placed with their education in reserved, labelled rows of benches closest to the stage. Guests are seated in the rows behind with free seating.
After the ceremony, a photographer hired by Luleå University of Technology will take pictures of each class. The photographer also takes some environmental pictures during the ceremony, both of students on stage and in the rows of benches. These pictures are for university documentation and marketing purposes. Therefore, please note that far from all students will be captured in the environmental pictures.
A link to the class photos and the environmental photos will be posted on this page some time after the ceremony.
If you don't wish to appear in the photos, please contact avslutningsceremoni@ltu.se.
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Photography during the ceremony is allowed from the respective seats. Avoid noisy or bulky cameras.
The banquet is organized by the student unions and is a separate event from the university's graduation ceremony. Contact the student unions.
More about the banquets below:
Send to avslutningsceremoni@ltu.se.
Please always indicate your full name and your education when asking questions.
Piteå
Information about the farewell ceremony for those who have completed or are about to complete their education at the Academy of Music will be posted in the spring.
Contact: mona.wallstrom@ltu.se
Skellefteå
The farewell ceremony for those who have completed or are about to complete their education in Skellefteå will be held on Tuesday 3 June 2025, at 14.00 in Forumhallen.
No registration is required.
Contact: linnea.sundberg@ltu.se
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