The Spring 2020 ceremony schedules are below. These will be held over the following dates at Spark Arena:
- Tuesday 6 October
- Wednesday 7 October
- Thursday 8 October
We recommend not making any travel arrangements or bookings until you have received the final confirmation email. These are sent to your student univeristy email address after applications have closed.
The Graduation Office reserve the right to make any changes to the schedule to ensure a better balance of ceremony sizes.
Graduation Schedule
Tuesday 6 October
Ceremony One, 10am
Faculty of Science
Ceremony Two, 3pm
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Education and Social Work
Wednesday 7 October
Ceremony Three, 10am
Faculty of Business and Economics
Ceremony Four, 3pm
Faculty of Business and Economics
Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences*
Event Ceremony, 7:30pm
A ceremony for select students from all Faculties
Thursday 8 October
Ceremony Five, 10am
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Law
Ceremony Six, 3pm
Faculty of Engineering
* The Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences students who did not apply during the Autumn application period will be automatically rolled over to the December Graduation ceremonies.
December Graduation 2020
The December Graduation will be held on 15 December 2020.
The schedule for the December Graduation is yet to be confirmed.
All Faculty of Medical and Health Science students who did not apply for Autumn Graduation 2020, but are applying for Spring Graduation 2020 will be automatically rolled over to the December Graduation 2020.
We recommend students and whānau not making any travel arrangements or bookings until you have received the final confirmation email. These are sent to your student univeristy email address after applications have closed.
The Graduation Office reserve the right to make any changes to the schedule to ensure a better balance of ceremony sizes.
Applying to graduate
Application dates
Applications to graduate are now open. Applications will close promptly at 11.59pm on Sunday 9 August 2020.
An email will be sent to all eligible students when the tile becomes available in Student Services Online so please check your student email frequently.
How to apply
You can apply to graduate using Student Services Online. Please allow two working days for the ‘apply to graduate’ tile to become available on Student Services Online after your degree status has been updated.
If you become eligible to graduate during the application period, you will receive an email notifying you that you may apply to graduate.
For questions about the online application form, contact the Student Support team.
Request for Late Application to Graduate
Due to the complex processes that are undertaken once applications have closed, it is not possible to accept late admissions. There is no right of appeal against a decision from the Graduation Office to decline a late application request.
Attendance at a ceremony
You have two options for graduation: in person and in absentia.
In person
- Select “in person” if you wish to attend a ceremony and receive your certificate at the ceremony.
- If you apply to graduate in person, and later find you cannot attend a ceremony, you must change your online application before the closing date.
- No one may attend the ceremony on your behalf.
In absentia
- Select “in absentia” if you wish to graduate but do not wish to attend a ceremony for this qualification.
- Your certificate will be sent out to you via courier or standard mail (according to the selection you make on your graduation application form) approximately three weeks after the graduation ceremonies.
More than one degree or diploma
- If you’re graduating in person with more than one qualification within the same faculty, those qualifications will be announced at the same time.
- Conjoint degrees will be awarded in person at only one ceremony. You choose which faculty’s ceremony you wish to attend and you wear the hood for that faculty.
- Multiple qualifications from different faculties which are not conjoint degrees may be awarded at separate ceremonies. In this case you can choose to graduate in person and/or in absentia for each.
Your name
- You must graduate under your official name held on the official University record.
- The requirements for a name change are very strict.
- We recommend you contact us in the first instance so that we can advise you regarding the correct documentation.
Documents that can be used as evidence:
| Student type | Acceptable evidence includes: |
|---|---|
| International Student | Passport (we do not accept ‘observations’ and ‘also known as’ statements in passports)Marriage certificatesName change certificates |
| Permanent Resident | Resident visa/Permanent Resident visa (including the front page of your passport)New Zealand/Australian name change certificateNew Zealand/Australian marriage certificateNote: If you have married or changed your name in a country other than the one you have residency in we will only be able to update your name once you have updated your visa. |
| New Zealand or Australian Citizen | New Zealand/Australian name change certificateNew Zealand/Australian birth certificateNew Zealand/Australian citizenship certificateMarriage certificate |
Note: We cannot accept photocopies of certified documents or copies sent by fax or email.
- A driver’s licence can’t be used for a name change.
- We will also accept a photocopy, endorsed with the statement ‘Original sighted, certified true copy’ carrying the original signature of a Justice of the Peace, solicitor or Notary Public.
- The evidence must be received by the Graduation Office before the application closing date.
For more information, see How do I change my name on my record?.
Information for Graduands ebook
We’ll email an Information for Graduands ebook and guest tickets to in person graduands approximately three weeks before the graduation ceremonies.
This ebook gives information about:
- The procession
- What happens at the ceremonies
- What to wear
- Other graduation events