Graduation ceremonies 2023
Summer 2023 graduation ceremonies
Monday 12 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Ester Ruskuc, Vice-Principal (Strategy, Policy, and Planning)
- Laureation address: Dr Kenneth Wood, School of Physics and Astronomy, for Professor Anneila Isabel Sargent FRSE
Tuesday 13 June 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Mark Chaplain, School of Mathematics and Statistics
- Principal’s Medal: Simone Korsgaard Jensen
Tuesday 13 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Brad MacKay, Deputy Principal
- Laureation address: Dr Daniel M Knight, School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, for Professor Michael Herzfeld
Wednesday 14 June 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Frank Gunn-Moore, School of Biology
- Laureation address: Professor Ineke De Moortel FRSE, Master of the United College, for Professor Simon Tavaré FRS
Wednesday 14 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Dr Rebekah Widdowfield, Vice-Principal (People and Diversity)
- Laureation address: Robert Fleming, Director of Development, for Sam Torrance OBE
Thursday 15 June 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Dr Lorna Dargan, Director of Careers
- Laureation address: Professor Alan Sutherland, School of Economics and Finance, for Professor Carmen Reinhart
- Principal’s Medal: Isabelle Molinari
Thursday 15 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Aileen Fyfe, School of History
- Laureation address: Dr Sam Haddow, School of English, for Professor Margaret Bennett
Friday 16 June 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
- Laureation address: Niall Scott, Vice-Principal (Communications), for Dr Kirsty Wark FRSE
- Laureation address: Professor Richard White, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, for Professor Sir Alex Halliday FRS
Friday 16 June 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Tobias Jung, School of Management
- Laureation address: Caroline McWilliams, PhD Candidate, School of History for Ronald William Renton
Winter 2023 graduation ceremonies
Tuesday 28 November 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Josep Call FBA FRSE
- Laureation address: Dr Bede Williams, Deputy Director of Music, for Dame Evelyn Glennie
Tuesday 28 November 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE FRSE
- Laureation address: Rev Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain, for Rufus Norris
Wednesday 29 November 2023 – morning ceremony
- Graduation address: Bishop Wardlaw Professor Kathryn Rudy FBA FRSE
- Laureation address: Professor Philipps O’Brien, Head of the School of International Relations, for Margaret Atwood
Wednesday 29 November 2023 – afternoon ceremony
- Graduation address: Professor Gareth Miles, AVP Dean of Science
- University Medal: Ben Stuart, Director, Residential and Business Services, for Gordon Moir