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

Find out more about:

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

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

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

PGR students can find additional information about:

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

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)