Dates, Deadlines, Eligibility and Important Information

Download a short version of the Graduation ceremony schedule - winter 2025.

You can also use the Filterable scehdule.

Summer Graduation 2026

Streatham Campus: 13–20 July 2026
Penryn Campus: 24–25 July 2026

Full schedules, including exact dates, times, and course allocations, will be confirmed from February/March 2026.

Subject timetable
Graduation deadlines

Subject timetable

Winter Graduation December 2025

Please see below the list of ceremonies in relation to your subject area.

You will attend the ceremony of the subject that you are majoring in (that which appears first in your degree programme title).

Exeter by subject
Thursday	11^th December	9am	Ceremony 1	Accounting Finance Management MBA Strategic Leadership Financial Services Responsible Business Management Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Thursday	11^th December	11.45am	Ceremony 2	Business Strategy and Marketing Business Analytics/Operations Management Economics Human Resource Management Business Studies
Thursday	11^th December	3.00pm	Ceremony 3	Geography Biosciences - Cornwall Renewable Energy Geology Mining Sustainable Business
Friday	12^th December	9am	Ceremony 4	Computer Science Data Science Cyber Security Digital and Technology Solutions Engineering Mathematics Physics Natural Sciences
Friday	12^th December	11.45am	Ceremony 5	Sociology Philosophy Anthropology Criminology Law Politics Arab and Islamic Studies
Friday	12^th December	3.00pm	Ceremony 6	English Liberal Arts Modern Languages Theology and Religion Classics Communications Studies Drama Film Studies Art History & Visual Culture Archaeology History
Saturday	13^th December	9am	Ceremony 7	All HLS courses except Psychology and Clinical Psychology
Saturday	13^th December	11.45am	Ceremony 8	PGCE/Education
Saturday	13^th December	3.00pm	Ceremony 9	Psychology Clinical Psychology

Graduation deadlines

To ensure you are able to attend your graduation ceremony without any problems, please make sure you adhere to the deadlines below:

Winter 2025 Graduates
When?	Deadline
W/C Monday 15th of September	Online Registration opens week commencing the 15th of September and registration emails will be sent over a number of days in that week
Monday 22nd of September	Supplier website for booking robes (academic dress).
Midnight Sunday 19th of October	Deadline for completing registration If you do not register by the deadline, you will not be able to attend your ceremony. The registration deadline is final. Late requests will not be able to be processed.
Monday 13th of October	Deadline for clearing all remaining academic debt owed to the University.
Wednesday 22nd of October	PGR Students: Deadline for uploading your final thesis to ORE.
Tuesday 28th of October	UG/PGT Students: You must have received a confirmed award on or before this date.
Thursday 30th of October	Complimentary and initial additional guest tickets for ceremonies will be made available. Registered  graduates will be advised of the process for this by email. Additional ticket availability is dependent on the remaining capacity in the graduation venue. The initial release will close on Thursday 13th November for us to calculate any remaining tickets available to be released on Monday 24th November.
Wednesday 29th of October	Academic dress closes, you will be charged a late fee of £8.33 +VAT for any order placed after this date.
Monday 3rd of November	Name check opens.
Friday 7th of November	Last day for late accessible requests
Sunday 9th of November	Deadline for confirming a name change for your ceremony.
Thursday 13th November	Additional tickets close for initial requests then if any left available they will be released on a first come first served basis.
Friday 15th of November	Name check closes.
Monday 24th of November	Remaining additional tickets (subject to availability) will be released on a first-come, first-served basis.

Academic eligibility 

Undergraduates: 

To attend the ceremony, you need approval from the University Committee, confirming your eligibility for a degree. Generally, this means passing enough credits for an Ordinary degree, which is awarded without honours.
If you've had referred or deferred assessments, you can still participate if you've passed 300 credits with at least 60 credits of stage 3 modules in your final year. Please note that you may graduate with a lower award title related to your program.
If you have taken Stage 1 or Stage 2 credits in your final year and have referred or deferred assessments this may affect your ability to graduate until your referred or deferred assessments have been completed.
If we temporarily calculate an award for you for graduation eligibility, you may graduate with a lower award title related to your program. Your degree will be recalculated once all assessments are completed, and you have been awarded.
For Winter 2025 graduation, you must have a confirmed award by Tuesday 28th of October. If not, you'll be invited to the Summer 2026 graduation instead.  
If you are awarded credits after the deadline above, these will not count towards your graduation. If you already had enough credits for a lower degree, you may be invited to graduate with that degree at the Winter ceremony or you can choose to graduate at Summer graduation 2026 when your full award is approved.
Late awarding of credits will not change the name of your award to be announced at the ceremony.
To attend the graduation ceremony for the 4-Year Integrated Masters program, such as MEng or MMath, you need approval from the University Assessment Committee. This typically requires passing enough credits for an Undergraduate level award. Having deferred or referred assessments doesn't disqualify you if you've passed at least 360 credits. You can still participate in the ceremony, but you'll cross the stage with a different award title (such as BSc). 
If you are unsure about your eligibility to attend, please contact the Graduation Team

Postgraduate Taught Students:  

For  Winter graduation 2025, you must have received a confirmed award on or before 28th October. If you have not received a confirmed award before this date, you will be invited to the next graduation session in the Summer 2026.
Your award must have been confirmed by the University Assessment, Progression and Award Committee to be eligible to attend the ceremony.  If any final assignments are not marked or your award is not confirmed by your discipline APAC by the deadline, you will not be eligible to attend the ceremony.
If you are unsure about your eligibility to attend, please contact the Graduation Team.

Cedar (Clinical Training):

You will receive an invitation to attend the graduation ceremony once your award has been officially confirmed by the University. To ensure your participation, please make sure to register by the specified date
If your award has been confirmed through the exam board or via chairs action before the 3rd October 2025 you will be invited to attend the winter graduation ceremonies taking place in December. If your award is confirmed between 4th  October 2025 and  March 2026, you will be invited to the summer graduation ceremonies that will take place in July 2026.

Postgraduate Research Students: 

Submit your thesis, get the examiners' report, make any needed corrections, and upload the final copy to ORE by Tuesday 28th of  October. 

Postgraduate Extensions: 

If you're thinking about requesting an extension to your study e.g. assessment extension or deferral, be aware that it might delay when your degree is awarded and affect which graduation ceremony you can attend. Please consider this before you apply for an extension.

Outstanding Debts: 

If you owe money to the University for your studies, you can't graduate.
If you're due to graduate in Winter 2025, all debts must have been paid and have cleared in our Bank account* before Monday 13^th October 2025. This is an absolute deadline and cannot be extended. Payments or clearance of funds after this date won't be processed in time for winter graduation eligibility.
*Please note that when you make the payment it can take up to 9 business days for your payment provider to process the payment and for it to be credited to your account with us, please factor this into your payment.
If you pay after this deadline or your funds have not cleared our account by this date and your eligibility is confirmed, you'll be invited to the Summer 2026 graduation.
You can make a payment online see our website for details. For assistance contact SID on 0300 555 0444 (UK callers) or +44 (0)1392 724724 (International callers).
If you are unsure or have any questions about your financial status, please contact SID through SID Online or as above.

Transferring to a future Graduation session

Due to the large numbers of students eligible for each graduation session, it is not normally possible to accommodate requests to attend graduation at a different time of year. If you have specific circumstances preventing you from attending your ceremony and would like to request a transfer to a future ceremony, please log an enquiry via SIDOnline using the category “Ceremony Session Transfer”. 

Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and depending on the attendance size of the future graduation session. Please note we cannot guarantee your request will be successful and we will not be able to give you a confirmed response to your transfer request before your assigned graduation session. 

This is because of the graduation planning and organisation cycle across the year. Winter graduation sessions are scheduled in late August. Summer graduation sessions are scheduled in early February. Therefore if you are a Winter graduate requesting an exception to transfer to Summer, we will not be able to confirm to you if this is possible until the following February. This means you will need to carefully consider that if you miss your assigned ceremony session, that may be your only opportunity to attend a graduation ceremony as we cannot provide you with a response until after your original ceremony session has passed. 