Your graduation

Find confirmed ceremony dates and which cohorts will be eligible to graduate.

• July 2025
• February 2026
• July 2026

Graduation invitation emails are sent to students' personal (home) address as recorded in Student Info.

Find out more, including:

• When invitations are due to be sent out
• How to update your email address

Find out about everything you need to know, for current and future ceremonies:

• Registration
• Eligibility
• Gowns
• Tickets and other ways to watch
• Accessibility/special requirements
• Photography, films and other merchandise
• Name pronunciation
• Travel, parking and venues
• What to expect at the ceremony
• Terms and conditions

PGR students can find additional information about:

• Potential graduation dates
• When you should expect a graduation invitation
• Eligibility

Follow our checklist to help with your planning and preparation for graduation.

Find out where you need to be and when, on the day of your ceremony.

International students can find out about:

• Visa requirements for attending graduation
• Requesting a visa support letter to support applications
• Contact details for further visa advice

Find out about the deferral option if you can't attend your scheduled ceremony at a forthcoming congregation, or if you have already deferred:

• Our deferral policy
• How to defer
• When the deferred ceremony will be

Find out more about:

• when you will get your certificate
• receiving your transcript
• requesting a verification of award letter

Graduation is just the start, discover how you can:

• stay connected with our Alumni network
• get support and advice from our Careers service.

• How to register attendance as a member of staff
• Gown hire
• Information about the ceremony
• Accessibility needs
• Ceremonial officers

• Information about nominations
• Details of forthcoming and previous Honorary graduates and Honorary fellows

Students can attend either their graduation ceremony in Bristol or a China celebration event, or both, if they meet the relevant eligibility criteria.

• See the China celebration webpages for updates about future events. 
• Contact china-celebration@bristol.ac.uk with any queries.

Find out who to contact with questions about:

• Graduation
• Certificates, transcripts and award verifications
• Gown and photography orders
• Postgraduate research assessment
• Job opportunities and careers events (for employers)