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Eligibility and registration

Eligibility

You need to register for graduation (attending or graduating in absentia) before results are published. You need to meet the criteria below:

• Registered your intentions for your graduation ceremony by Friday 8 November.
• Successfully complete your programme of study
• Your examination results must have been submitted to the Student Administration Service by their deadline (your department or the Student Administration Service can provide you with information relating to their deadlines).
• Students who are awarded a Postgraduate Certificate exit award will be removed from the graduation ceremony and certificates will be made available by Student Services .

All debts to the University have been paid. See the debts information page for further details.

Registration

Registration is now open

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Robe hire

It is a University Regulation that graduands wear the correct academic dress. You can hire or purchase these directly from the official robe makers for the University, Ede & Ravenscroft, or an alternative supplier that provides University Regulation compliant academic dress.

The deadline to hire robes is Friday 20 December.

How to hire

More information will be available in November 2024.

Robe types and hood colours

View photograph examples of the different types of robes and hoods for each level of study and department below:

Academic dress examples (PDF, 743kb)

Dress code

Graduation ceremonies are formal occasions and we recommend that graduands dress smartly. We welcome national dress and military uniforms.

Contact

for Ede & Ravenscroft.

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Your name

Printed name

Your name, which is taken from your student record, will be shown on the registration form. This is the name printed in the graduation programme and on your certificate. If this is incorrect, you need to change it before you register. 

To do this, contact the Student Services Information Desk (SSiD) with documentary evidence (e.g: passport, birth certificate). SSiD has more information on .

Once this is done, you can then register for graduation. Please register by Friday 8 November as this deadline cannot be extended. 

Name pronunciation

At graduation, your forename and surname (as held on your student record) will be announced as you cross the platform. If you have a name that is frequently mispronounced, you may wish to provide guidance on how your name should be correctly pronounced. 

Please do not use accents and special characters on the form as these are not recognised by the system and can corrupt the information that is submitted.

Complete this form to provide guidance on name pronunciation. 

Please complete this form by Friday 15 November.

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Certificates

Attending graduation

If you attend your ceremony you will receive your certificate on the day. 

Not attending graduation

If you are not attending graduation you need to register your intention to graduate in absentia. This allows you to confirm your personal details and to provide an address for us to post your certificate to following the ceremonies. We are unable to send your certificate if you don't complete this process.

Please note, it is not possible for someone to collect your certificate on your behalf at the graduation ceremony.

Postage of certificates

• Certificates to the UK: certificates sent to addresses in the UK are sent by second class mail as standard. However, if you would like your certificate sent by a tracked service, we can send it using . The deadline to purchase this service is Friday 20 December.
• Certificates to overseas addresses: Royal Mail is unable to provide a tracking service for most overseas countries. Certificates are therefore sent by standard airmail. However, if you would like to have your certificate sent using the DHL Express Worldwide service we can arrange this for you. The cost for this service is dependent on the destination country and is available to more than 220 countries worldwide. If you would like to purchase this service, more information can be found here. The deadline to purchase this service is Friday 20 December.

Certificates lost in transit

Occasionally some items will get lost in transit. In order to guarantee the delivery of your certificate, we would strongly advise you to use one of the guaranteed methods above. If your certificate doesn’t arrive using these methods please contact us. If you choose a standard service for delivery, you will need to order a replacement certificate (for which the usual fee will be charged) from Student Services.

Digital certificates

Following graduation, your digital certificate will be released in Gradintelligence. 

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Schedule

The full graduation ceremony schedule for the week can be found on on the postgraduate ceremony schedule page.

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Tickets

Graduands are guaranteed two guest tickets if requested at the time of registration. This is in addition to your own ticket of admission as a graduate.

Your e-tickets will be released to download from this page on Wednesday 8 January 2025.

Additional tickets

It is unlikely that tickets over the two guaranteed will be available. However, if further tickets are available, you will be notified via email as detailed below.

Special seating arrangements/access arrangements

You must inform us of any specific access requirements or special assistance that you or your guests may need in advance of the ceremony. There is a dedicated section of the registration form to do this..

Once tickets have been allocated, we may not be able to accommodate special arrangements, but we will do our best to meet these requirements.

If you require the loan of a wheelchair for the day, visit your local

Children

Children over the age of three will require a ticket for the ceremony.

Due to the length and formal nature, we do not recommend bringing young children to the ceremony. Guests with young children may wish to watch the ceremony live in the Auditorium in the Students’ Union, where the atmosphere is informal and tickets are not required.

Children are not permitted on the platform at any time.

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Photography

The official graduation photographers are Ede & Ravenscroft Photography and you will find them located in the Students' Union. You can pre-book photography packages when you order your robes through Ede & Ravenscroft or you can order on the day.

The location and opening times will be published here in November.

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Graduands checklist

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Terms and conditions

Cancellation or postponement of the event

While every effort will be made to host graduation ceremonies as planned, the University may cancel, delay, or postpone its graduation ceremonies due to circumstances beyond its control or where ceremonies can no longer reasonably or safely take place.

In the event of any postponement or cancellation, the University will communicate this clearly on its website and will contact each attending student directly with as much notice as is reasonably practical. 

The University will not be liable for any costs incurred by either the graduand or guests due to postponement or cancellation of the event.  This includes, but is not limited to, travel, accommodation and subsistence costs or any loss of business or earnings. 

Therefore, the University strongly advises that graduands and their guests ensure they have sufficient insurance protection to cover any losses they may incur as a result of postponement or cancellation of ceremonies and book flexible rates for travel and accommodation wherever possible.

Academic robes

By confirming your attendance at graduation, you the graduand confirm that you agree to wear official University of ºù«Ӱҵ academic robes provided by our official supplier, robing company Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd, or an alternative, University Regulation compliant supplier at the ceremony.

Data Protection

Publication of names

The names of graduating students will be printed in the graduation programme which is available to all ticketed guests on the day.  If you would like your name removed from this publication, you must advise the Events Team in writing. Please email us giving your full name, student registration number and award title and clearly confirm that you wish to be removed from the programme by the deadline of Friday 22 November.

We do not print degree classification in the graduation programme.

Digital media

Graduation video - By electing to take part in the ceremony proceedings, you are giving permission for your image to be recorded.

Live stream of the ceremony - The graduation ceremonies are broadcast live over the University website. By electing to take part in the ceremony proceedings, you are giving permission for your image to be recorded and broadcasted.

Photography - Professional photographers will be on campus during graduation and their photographs may be used in the university's future promotional literature. By electing to take part in the ceremony proceedings, you are giving permission for your image to be photographed and used.

Graduand and guest conduct

Anyone who becomes disruptive will be asked to leave the hall.

More on data privacy and terms and conditions can be found here.