Graduation of doctoral degree
You may apply for the degree certificate in Peppi's graduation service. Fill in the application as soon as your thesis has been approved, if you wish to have the degree on the next possible graduation day (see dates below).
Instructions:
1. Log in to Peppi.
2. Check your PSP and make sure that you have completed the studies required for your degree (20-50 credits depending on the degree programme). Please contact the Graduate School (uniogs(at)oulu.fi), if you have questions about the studies.
3. Reviewing phase: Fill and send the graduation application via your doctoral study right in Peppi. Link to the graduation application can be found in the top menu in Peppi.
- Please answer to all questions, even if they may not seem relevant (the same application is used in other degrees).
- Please provide on your graduation application an email address that will remain valid after graduation. The download link for your degree certificate will be sent to the email address provided in the graduation application.
- If you wish to complement your knowledge after graduation you can apply for a complementary study right when submitting your application for degree certificate through Peppi's Graduation service. The complementary study right is applied by filling in a specific form and attaching this as a part of your graduation application. Detailed instructions and link to the form will be available starting in Peppi's Graduation service. Please note that complementary study right cannot be applied anywhere else or later after submitting the graduation application.
- Please note that the graduation day can be different from the delivery day of the degree certificate.
- Your application will be processed after your doctoral thesis has been accepted and graded.
4. Finalizing phase: Applications will be processed at the Graduate School.
5. After all your information has been processed, you will get a notification of the acceptance and confirmation of the graduation date. You can also follow the graduation phases in Peppi.
Graduates from the University of Oulu will receive the official degree certificate in an electronic format from August 2022 onwards.
Download the electronic degree certificate as soon as you get information about completed certification. The certificate is available for download for 14 days via the link provided to you.
In order to receive the degree certificate, the doctoral researcher must be enrolled as a “present” at the university for the semester.
Graduation day depends on the meeting timetables of the doctoral education committees. Check the meeting dates of your Doctoral Education Committee!
Please note that the graduation day can be different from the delivery day of the degree certificate.
Doctoral degree graduation days for 2026:
- 31.8.2026
- 7.9.2026
- 5.10.2026
- 6.11.2026
- 27.11.2026
- 31.12.2026