If you’ve almost completed your time at Manchester, and are looking forward to celebrating your successes with friends and family at Graduation, you will need to complete a few steps to make sure you’re all set for the big day.
All information on how to complete these steps can be found on the ‘Preparing to graduate’ and ‘On the day’ sections of the graduation website – please read over these pages carefully ahead of your ceremony.
1. Have you registered?
Even if you’re not attending, please still register your intention – the deadline to register is by end of day on Friday, 28 June 2024. The schedule of ceremonies can be found here.
2. Have you booked your guest tickets ?
You can select up to two guest tickets when you register – you’ll collect these once you arrive at the registration desk.
3. Have you checked your name and home address is correct in the Student System?
To do this, scroll down to ‘other student services’ on the accessing university systems page.
4. Have you paid all outstanding tuition fees?
You won’t be able to graduate until you’ve settled all your debts and paid all outstanding fees. If you are unsure what debts you owe to the University, email the Credit Control Team on self.funding@manchester.ac.uk as soon as possible.
5. If you’re not attending, have you registered to say ‘No’ and checked your information is correct *
You’ll need to check your name, home address, home telephone number, and home email address are all up to date on the Student System, so we can send your certificate to you.
6. Have you ordered your cap and gown?
You must wear official academic dress (a gown, hood and cap) to your ceremony. You can book these online here.
7. Have you familiarised yourself with what you need to do on the day?
You can find this on the ‘On the day’ page of the Graduation website.
8. Have you planned your travel to ensure you will arrive on time? (at least 2 hours before the start of your ceremony)
Here’s a video from December’s ceremonies to walk you through the process once you arrive and get a feel for what you need to do on the day.
Careers Support
Finally, don’t forget you can still access careers support for a further two years after you graduate. The Careers Service has bespoke appointments and events just for graduates, on-demand pathways, online resources and much more available. Find out more here.