User:John Cummings/Articles/PhD sword

A PhD sword or Doctoral sword is a sword given to people who have completed a PhD in Finland. It is given to people along with a doctoral hat, which is given to people in several countries, whilst the sword is specific to Finland.


 * https://www.discoverphds.com/blog/finlands-phd-sword-and-hat-tradition
 * https://www.thephdlab.com/phd-in-finland/
 * https://www.oulu.fi/confermentceremony/the_hat_and_sword
 * https://www.univaasa.fi/en/promootio/osallistujille/hatun_ja_miekan_tilaus/