Graduation Ceremonies

Graduation dates and registration

Your graduation ceremony marks the end of an era, but also celebrates new beginnings as you embark on your career or continue with more in-depth study.

Our winter graduation ceremonies will take place on Wednesday 8 – Friday 10 January 2025 in the prestigious Symphony Hall in Birmingham City Centre.

Invitations and Registering Your Attendance

Invitation emails will be sent out to all eligible students who have already or are due to complete their course and have their award confirmed at an exam board by Friday 29 November 2024. These will be emailed out before the end of October 2024.

To attend a ceremony you must reserve your graduate seat by registering your attendance, via the Registration task on MySRS (a direct link will be included in your invitation), by the deadline outlined in your invitation email. Please do not wait to receive your final award before reserving a seat as they are not automatically reserved for you.

You should receive a confirmation of reservation email once you have successfully registered. It is therefore important to email us on award.ceremonies@bcu.ac.uk if you do not receive a receipt email within 48hrs as this may mean your registration has not been processed correctly.

If your Faculty Student Centre does not confirm your award to us by Friday 29 November 2024 then your place will be withdrawn, and we will notify you by email. Similarly, if you hold outstanding academic related debt then your place will also be withdrawn. If you achieve your award after this date or clear any outstanding debt you then will be invited to a future ceremony.

If you are unable to attend the ceremony to which you have been invited and would like to defer your place at a future ceremony, you can do this as part of the Registration task when you receive your invitation. Please note, graduates are only able to defer their place on one occasion.

Graduation schedule

The specific dates and timings of when each Faculty Student Centre will be presented will be made available here in due course.

The scheduling of your graduation ceremony will be based on your course of study and the number of graduate and guest seats available in the Symphony Hall. Whilst every effort is made to reserve and maintain your place in the ceremony to which you were invited, we may sometimes have to re-allocate you to another ceremony on a different date or time; for example, if student registration unexpectedly exceeds capacity.

Cancellations

In the event of the Birmingham City University’s graduation ceremonies being cancelled, delayed, prevented, hindered or postponed due to circumstances beyond the control of the University, including (but not limited to): fire; explosion; terrorist act (or threat of a terrorist act); act of God; crisis situations; pandemic; epidemic; industrial action or dispute involving the University or the venue(s) at which the ceremonies are due to be held, the University will not be liable for any losses direct or otherwise incurred by students or their guests. Graduands and their guests should ensure they have sufficient insurance protection to cover any losses they may incur because of postponement or cancellation of the ceremonies. The University will endeavour to maintain accurate information on its website and regular communications with the attending students.