Attendance and eligibility
We’re really sorry but Graduation 2020 has been postponed.
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Joint degree students
Joint degrees are administered by one department and you will attend the
ceremony for this department. Taught students can check which department they
belong to by accessing
myEssex and selecting
'Education'. Select 'my scheme for this year' and your Programme specification
will detail the name of your department.
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Can I defer my graduation?
It is not possible to defer your graduation. All students who have either
completed their award or are due to complete their award this year (by a given
deadline) will be invited to attend the forthcoming Graduation. If you are
invited this year, you may not attend a ceremony in a subsequent year.
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Can I choose which ceremony to attend?
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Do I have to attend a ceremony?
You can graduate 'in absentia' which means in your absence. Your certificate
will be posted to your permanent home address approximately two weeks after the
date of the ceremony. It is very important that you keep your permanent home
address and external email address up to date via myEssex.
If you wish to collect your certificate, please notify the Graduation Office
by emailing: graduation@essex.ac.uk.
If you decide to attend a ceremony, you must book your place by using our online
booking system which is open from April to June. You will be emailed in April
with a link to the booking system.
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How much do I have to pay to graduate?
Gown hire
If you attend the ceremony you will be required to wear an
academic robe, this needs to be hired and will incur a charge.
Your ticket
You do not have to pay for your own Graduation ticket which
allows you entry to your
ceremony and your
departmental reception afterwards. A complimentary Graduation programme
which includes your name, and a Certificate holder will also be available to
take away with you.
Guest tickets
In the first phase of the online booking system, each student can purchase two tickets
at a cost of £25 which will admit
guests to the graduation ceremony in the Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall and entrance
with you to the departmental reception, which includes light refreshments.
Eligibility
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Graduating with an appeal in progress
Until your appeal is concluded, your eligibility to graduate is determined by
your published examination results.
Postgraduates
If you are a postgraduate student and your published result was to be awarded
a Diploma, you would attend Graduation and be granted a Diploma of the
University. If your appeal is subsequently upheld and you were awarded a Masters
degree, you would receive a replacement certificate on return of the Diploma
certificate. You would not be invited to attend another Graduation.
Undergraduates
If you are an undergraduate student who has been awarded a degree but is
appealing against the class, there is no impact upon your attendance at
Graduation. The class of the degree is not published in the Graduation
programme, but you would receive a new award certificate if an appeal was
upheld.
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Unpaid debts
You will not be able to attend the graduation ceremony if
you are still in debt to the University on the day of your graduation. This is
regardless of whether your debt is educational or non-educational.
You can clear your debt any time up to, and including, the day of your ceremony via:
- myEssex
- phoning our Income Team: +44 (0)1206 872372
If you don't clear your debts until after
Graduation takes place you will not be invited to a future
Graduation. Your certificate will be available once the debt has been cleared.
Please refer to the University's
Student debt policy. (.pdf)
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Pending disciplinary hearings
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Thesis submission - deadline (research students)
The deadline for postgraduate research students to
submit their thesis to
the Research Repository in order to join
Graduation is Friday 3 July 2020 at 5pm.
Research students must have had their award conferred upon them in order to
attend a Graduation ceremony. Students will receive confirmation of this in
writing from the Postgraduate Research Education Team once they have submitted copies of their thesis
to the Research Repository.
Please ensure that you visit the
Student Services Hub on
the first floor of the Silberrad Student Centre during their opening hours to
check that your attendance at Graduation can be processed in time.
Students who do not manage to have their award conferred upon them before
their Graduation ceremony will receive a refund in August for any guest tickets
purchased. If a refund on gown hire is required, then students should contact
the
University's official gowning company.
Watch online
We broadcast our Graduation ceremonies online, so if you or your guests can't attend, they will be available to watch
during the week of Graduation. You can also purchase a DVD of your ceremony.
Guest tickets
Guest tickets will be available to purchase and will admit the ticket holder to the Graduation Ceremony in the Ivor Crewe
and to the departmental reception.
Gown hire
All graduating students attending the graduation ceremony wear academic robes of the University of Essex (gown, cap/mortar
board and hood) appropriate to the degree being conferred.