Invitation to Degree Ceremony

During October and April the University Academic office will send out invitations to the Degree Ceremony for all candidates that they believe are/might be eligible to graduate in January or July. This invitation will, of course, be conditional on you successfully completing the degree before the ceremony. The invitation will ask you whether you wish to:

1. Graduate in person (i.e. attend the ceremony at Warwick), in which case your certificate will be issued on the day

2. Graduate in absentia (i.e. do not attend the ceremony), in which case your certificate will be sent to you in the month following the ceremony

3. Defer your graduation to a later ceremony

NOTE: if you do not reply to this invitation, then you will automatically graduate "in absentia", but your certificate will not be sent to you until you make contact with the graduation office. Once you have graduated, you cannot then defer your attendance to a later degree ceremony.

Full information about the degree ceremonies can be found on the main University websiteLink opens in a new window.

Graduation

The official University graduation ceremonies are held in January and July, in the Butterworth Hall. The Student Records team (not WMG) issues Degree Certificates once you have graduated. If you attend the degree ceremony, then the Certificate is issued as you leave the stage. If you graduate in absentia, (and have responded to the degree ceremony invitation) the degree certificate will be sent to you by registered mail after the ceremony. If you have not responded to the invitation, the University will assume that the address held is incorrect, and the certificate will NOT be issued, until you contact the graduation office, confirming the address to which it should be sent.