Your graduation ceremony

Celebrating your success
Graduation ceremony at St Andrews Church
 
 

Graduation booking is open

 

Graduation ceremonies

Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 February 2025

Ceremony venue: The Minster Church of St. Andrew, Royal Parade, Plymouth, PL1 2AD.

(The timetable for the Summer Graduation ceremony will be available here in the new year)

At a glance – important dates

Registration

Booking for tickets: Monday 16 December 2024 at 10:00 am
Booking closes: Monday 6 January 2025 at 10:00 am
Ticket refund deadline: Friday 31 January 2025 at 10:00 am

Gown hire and photography

Gown and photography booking opens: Monday 16 December 2024 at 10:00 am
Gown and photography booking closes: Friday 31 January 2025 at 10:00 am
  • Ede & Ravenscroft is the official photographer for the ceremonies. For a prompt on-the-day experience, we recommend that you preorder your photographs/photography package online, prior to your ceremony. Alternatively, you can pay a studio sitting fee on arrival at the venue. This fee will be deducted from any photographs that you purchase, so long as you retain your sitting fee receipt to use as your discount code on your photography purchase. Please note, the sitting fee in non-refundable.
  • Ede and Ravenscroft are the official gown suppliers for the University of Plymouth from whom the University receives a commission.

Additional important information

Students with outstanding tuition fee debt with the university are not eligible to attend their ceremony or receive their certificate. Outstanding balances must be cleared by Thursday 9 January 2025.

Eligibility

Only students whose awards have been confirmed by Thursday 9 January by their faculty office can attend the graduation ceremony. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact your faculty office.
Students and guests are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and other costs, and should ensure that such arrangements include appropriate cancellation and amendment rights, or that they have obtained appropriate insurance to cover such cancellation, amendments or losses.

Preparing for your graduation

Information about booking your academic dress, planning your day and everything else you need to know about your graduation is included in our Postgraduate graduation flyer February 2025 .
Please take some time to read it to ensure you are prepared for your graduation.

Important information about receiving your certificate

Collaborative programmes

If you studied a collaborative programme with a partner institution, please contact your institution for information about your certificate.

Non-collaborative programmes

Once your award has been conferred, your degree certificate will be posted to the home address you have registered on your student portal. Please ensure this information is up to date and correct. You can update your home address by logging in to the Student Portal.
Certificates posted to UK addresses are sent using Royal Mail second class. Certificates posted to international addresses are sent using standard international airmail (this is not a tracked service and can take up to 28 days to arrive).
If your home address is overseas and you wish to receive your certificate by tracked DHL Express Worldwide courier, please contact examsandawards@plymouth.ac.uk, who will guide you accordingly. Please note that the cost for tracked DHL delivery is £20.
 

Postgraduate graduation timetable 2025

10:00am 1:15pm 4:30pm
Tuesday 11 February School of Biological and Marine Sciences School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics School of Biomedical Sciences
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences School of Psychology
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Health Professions
Peninsula Dental School/Peninsula Medical School
Partnerships
Wednesday 12 February Plymouth Business School 1 Plymouth Business School 2 School of Society and Culture
School of Art, Design and Architecture

Update your contact details

It is a requirement of all students to keep their contact details up to date. This includes a residential full address (including postcode/area code/country), telephone number, mobile number and personal email address. Please ensure that you check and update your details regularly. Instructions on how to update your details can be found on the Student Portal.
Student Portal

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Graduation at the Minster Church of St. Andrew
Graduation mace bearer
Graduation at the Minster Church of St. Andrew

Your graduate community

Graduating from Plymouth means you're now part of a thriving alumni community making a difference across the world. We're incredibly proud of you and hope you feel the same way about us.
Your lifelong connection with us offers you many benefits, including careers support for three years after graduation and a host of alumni events around the world to help you to network and stay in touch with your old university friends.
Ankitha graduation
 

Future dates and venues for our graduation ceremonies

  • Summer Ceremony – week beginning 14 July 2025 – Guildhall, Royal Parade, Plymouth
  • Winter Ceremony - week beginning 8 December 2025 – Guildhall, Royal Parade, Plymouth

Contact the graduation team

Email: graduation@plymouth.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 1752 586399
Address: The Graduation Team, 008 Hepworth House, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
Twitter: @PlymUni
Facebook: /plymouthuni
In any communication regarding graduation ceremonies, please quote your full name, telephone number, student reference number and programme of study. Please note that to be fair to all students, we can only discuss ceremony details with the student who is graduating. Unfortunately this does not include family and friends. Thank you for your understanding.
University of Plymouth graduation, Plymouth Hoe