Doctoral Award Ceremony

The annual doctoral award ceremony, SLU’s largest ceremonial occasion took place on Saturday 3 October. This is where we celebrate those who have recently completed their doctoral studies, honorary doctors and jubilee doctors, and recognise those who have made valuable contributions to our university in various ways. The day before, on Friday 2 October, the new honorary doctors gave their open lectures. The lectures and the ceremony are still available to watch.

Live broadcast – Doctoral award ceremony

Join the live broadcast ceremony on 3 October at 3 PM (15:00) here.

Live broadcast – lectures by honorary doctors

The topics for the lectures of this year's honorary doctors range from the future of the Baltic Sea and our forests to culinary arts and reindeer husbandry. Watch the recorded lectures here. Between each lecture there is a 10-minute break. Please see the programme for further details.

Meet this year's honorary doctors
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Daniel Berlin

Honorary doctor of Agricultural Science at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science

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Brett Butler

Honorary Doctor of Forest Sciences at the Faculty of Forest Sciences

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Mikhail Durkin

Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Sciences at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

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Franciska Rensberg

Honorary Doctor of Agricultural Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

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New doctors

See the names of all new doctors this year (list in Swedish)
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Medals for Distinguished Service awarded to Ingrid Öborn, Ann Dolling and Maliheh Mehrshad

Each year, SLU awards three Medals for Distinguished Service – the Great Medal, the Gold Medal and the Silver Medal. This year’s recipients are Professor Emeritus Ingrid Öborn, Researcher Ann Dolling and Senior Lecturer Maliheh Mehrshad, respectively.

The Educational awards
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Cecilia Kronqvist

Researcher Cecilia Kronqvist from the Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare is one of the two recipients of SLU's Educational award of 2026.
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Jonas Bohlin

Lecturer Jonas Bohlin from the Department of Forest Resource Management is one of the two recipients of SLU's Educational award of 2026.
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SLU alumnus of the year – Jens Thulin

Jens Thulin, founder of Mylla and the driving force behind Vismarlövsgården, has been awarded SLU Alumnus of the year 2026. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Landscape planning from SLU in 2011, after which he continued with studies in sustainable urban planning at SLU's campus Alnarp.

This year's promotors
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Mikael Berg

Professor of Veterinary Virology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science.

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Maud Langton

Professor of Food Science at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

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Johan Stenberg

Professor of Integrated Plant Protection at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Sciences.

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Rishikesh Bhalerao

Professor of Professor of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Forest Sciences.

Our ceremonies

Doctoral Award Ceremony, inauguration of new professors and Vice-Chancellor's inauguration – learn more about the ceremonies, traditions and insignia.
More information on the academic ceremonies

Our medals & awards

In conjunction with the doctoral award ceremony, the SLU Medal for Distinguished Service, the Educational Awards and the Arvid Lindman medal are conferred.
These awards are presented annually
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