Dress code

Person/Event	Conferment of degrees, day event	Banquet and ball
Conferree, women	High-necked, black, long attire with long sleeves, unassuming jewellery, no trouser suit.	Formal evening gown
Conferree, men	Tailcoat, black waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square	Tailcoat, white waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square
Guest or companion of conferree, women	Black or dark short attire (e.g. a skirt suit), doctors wear the doctoral hat	Formal evening gown
Guest or companion of the conferree, men	Dark suit or tailcoat, black waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square, doctors wear the doctoral hat	Tailcoat, white waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square
Professors of the Aalto University School of Science and Technology, women	Black or dark short attire (e.g. a skirt suit), doctors wear the doctoral hat	Formal evening gown
Professors of the Aalto University School of Science and Technology, men	Tailcoat, black waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square, doctors wear the doctoral hat	Tailcoat, white waistcoat, white bowtie, no pocket square

All participants

Major decorations are worn both at the day event and at the banquet and ball.

Black leather shoes (NOT patent leather) should be used with the tailcoat at the day event.

In academic festivities, black patent leather shoes are to be worn with the tailcoat in the evening.

No wristwatch should be worn with the tailcoat.

Doctoral hats are included in the banquet and ball dresscode, but they are taken off and left on the coat rack.

The evening gown is full-length.