Graduation

COVID19 UPDATE:
You cannot graduate in person until further notice. Hopefully this will resume sometime in 2021, but we don’t know yet. You may opt to defer graduation in person until Congregations can resume as usual.

Alternatively you may graduate in absence, but note that you cannot later graduate in person to the same degree. However, those who graduate in absence in the current circumstances will be given a later opportunity to celebrate their degree in College and at the Senate House.

You cannot obtain a degree certificate without graduating in person or in absence. If you have completed your course requirements but not graduated, you can still claim to have completed your degree and can obtain a transcript to confirm this.

You must graduate in order to obtain your degree. You can do this in person or in absence, but in either case Hughes Hall must enter you for a graduation ceremony.

Cambridge has two types of graduation ceremony:

• Congregation, held on eight dates throughout the year, for all degrees including MA.

• General Admission, held after the Easter Term, only for BA and related courses (MSci, MEng, MMath). Elegibile students will be informed directly.

Apart from General Admission, the university does not specify particular dates for particular degrees, and each college is free to make its own arrangements. The President, Fellows and Senior Members of Hughes Hall would like to celebrate the occasion with you and your guests, so we encourage you to graduate in person on one of the seven dates when we offer a reception or refreshments. However, we recognise that this will not be possible for everyone, so other dates are available for graduation in absence.

• For information about what happens on the day of the graduation ceremony itself, please see Graduation Day
• To find out what you need to do to graduate, see What You Need To Do
• There are strict regulations on clothing and dress at graduation ceremonies, please see What You Need To Wear
• For information about Certificates and Transcripts, see Certificates and Transcripts
  
• See also the list of Frequently Asked Questions about graduation.