One of our graduates from last year

Graduation 2013 is the biggest ever staged at the University of Essex with close to 2,900 students graduating at our Colchester Campus watched by their families and friends.

Tens of thousands are also expected to watch the graduation ceremonies around the world through our live online broadcast.

Alongside the thousands of graduates receiving their degrees we will award honorary degrees to seven outstanding individuals at the ceremonies this week.

Graduation 2013 also offers the University the chance to highlight the many successes of our students and the many unique opportunities offered by an Essex education.

A free live screening of the Graduation ceremonies will also take place for any guests without ceremony tickets, or those with young children, in the Lecture Theatre Building and Square 2 on campus.

• Watch Graduation 2013 live online
• Our Honorary Graduands
• Find out more about our graduate successes
• See timetable of the graduation ceremonies, including the Honorary Graduands

Graduation in numbers

• 70,000 - Essex graduates since 1964
• 28, 625 – Number of hits on our live streaming of graduation ceremonies in 2012
• 11,356 – Distance in miles from the Colchester Campus to Auckland in New Zealand, the furthest away recorded viewing of our graduation ceremonies
• 4,449 – Number of graduates this year
• 2,632 – Number of undergraduates graduating in 2013
• 1,817 – Number of postgraduates graduating in 2013
• 2,900 – Approximate number of graduates attending graduation ceremonies
• 132 – Number of countries represented at Essex
• 11 – Number of graduations overseen by our Chancellor Lord Phillips of Sudbury, these will be his final ceremonies
• 2 – Nobel Prize winning graduates.