Ceremony dates and times

Find out when your graduation ceremony will take place. All ceremonies in 2026 will be held in-person across Guildford Cathedral and our Stag Hill campus and are secular events.

Invitations

Invitations to attend our postgraduate graduation ceremonies in April 2026 will be sent to both your university and personal email addresses in December 2025.

Invitations to attend our undergraduate graduation ceremonies in July 2026 will be sent to both your university and personal email addresses in March 2026.

All our graduation ceremonies will be live streamed on YouTube. If you can't make it on the day, make sure to check out our coverage online.

Unable to attend your ceremony?

We would love to see as many of you at our ceremonies as possible, but we understand there will be circumstances that mean you cannot attend. 

If you would still like to attend your ceremony on a later date, you can defer your attendance.

If you do not want to attend any graduation ceremony, you can receive your degree certificate by post. 

Upcoming ceremony dates and times

Postgraduate ceremonies - April 2026

The next postgraduate ceremonies take place on 15, 16 and 17 April 2026

Ceremony A – Wednesday 15 April, 11am, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Business and Management Education
•    Digital Marketing and Channel Management
•    Digital Marketing
•    Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
•    FinTech and Policy
•    Human Resources Management
•    Human Resources Management with Professional Placement
•    International Business Management
•    International Marketing
•    Investment Management
•    Management
•    Management and Business (MPhil and PhD)
•    Management with Study Abroad
•    Master of Business Administration
•    Occupational and Organisational Psychology
•    Strategic Marketing

Ceremony B – Wednesday 15 April, 2pm, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Accounting and Finance
•    Air Transport Management
•    Business Analytics
•    Hospitality and Tourism Management (MPhil and PhD)
•    International Corporate Finance
•    International Events Management
•    International Financial Management
•    International Hotel Management
•    International Tourism Management
•    Strategic Hotel Management

Ceremony C – Thursday 16 April, 10am, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Acting
•    Audio Engineering
•    Creative Writing
•    Criminology programmes
•    Digital Media Arts
•    Economics programmes
•    English Literature
•    Film, Animation and Digital Arts
•    Film Studies
•    Higher Education
•    Higher and Professional Education
•    Intercultural Business Communication and Marketing
•    International Relations
•    International Relations (International intervention)
•    Interpreting (Chinese Pathway)
•    Law
•    Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
•    Linguistics
•    Music
•    Musical Theatre
•    Politics
•    Professional Legal Practice
•    Public Affairs
•    Sex, Gender and Sexualities
•    Sociology
•    Sound Recording
•    Stage and Production Management
•    Theatre
•    Translation 
•    Translation and Interpreting
•    Translation and Interpreting Studies
•    Master of Philosophy in the above programmes
•    Doctor of Philosophy in the above programmes

Ceremony D – Thursday 16 April, 12:30pm, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  • Astrophysics
  • Data Science
  • Data Science with Professional Postgraduate year
  • Financial Data Science
  • Mathematics
  • Medical Physics
  • Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Nuclear Science and Applications
  • Nuclear Science and Radiation Protection
  • Physics
  • Radiation and Medical Physics
  • Satellite Communications Engineering
  • Space Engineering
  • Master of Philosophy in the above programmes
  • Doctor of Philosophy in the above programmes
Ceremony E – Thursday 16 April, 3:30pm, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

•    5G and Future Generation Communication Systems
•    Advanced Technology Institute
•    Applied Quantum Computing
•    Artificial Intelligence
•    Communications Networks and Software
•    Computer Science
•    Computer Vision, Robotics and Machine Learning
•    Cyber Security
•    Electronic Engineering
•    Information and Communication Systems
•    Information Security
•    Information Security with Professional Postgraduate year
•    Institute for Communication Systems
•    RF and Microwave Engineering
•    Vision, Speech and Signal Processing
•    Master of Philosophy in the above programmes
•    Doctor of Philosophy in the above programmes

Ceremony F – Friday 17 April, 11am, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

•    Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
•    Aerodynamic and Environmental Flow
•    Automotive Engineering
•    Biomedical Engineering
•    Bridge Engineering
•    Chemical and Process Engineering
•    Chemistry
•    Civil Engineering
•    Civil and Environmental Engineering 
•    Corporate Environmental Management
•    Engineering Materials
•    Environment and Sustainability
•    Environmental Strategy
•    Infrastructure Engineering and Management
•    Mechanical Engineering Sciences
•    Micro and Nano-Materials and Technologies
•    Petroleum Refining Systems Engineering
•    Pharmaceutical Sciences
•    Pharmaceutical Science with Industrial Practice
•    Process Systems Engineering
•    Quantum Biology (Engineering PhD)
•    Renewable Energy Systems Engineering
•    Structural Engineering
•    Sustainability
•    Sustainable Development
•    Sustainable Energy
•    Water and Environmental Engineering
•    Master of Philosophy in the above programmes
•    Doctor of Engineering in the above programmes
•    Doctor of Philosophy in the above programmes

Ceremony G – Friday 17 April, 2pm, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

•    Advanced Clinical Practice
•    Advanced Practice in Psychological Wellbeing
•    Behaviour Change
•    Biosciences and Medicine
•    Clinical Psychology (PsychD)
•    Education for Health Professionals
•    Environmental Psychology
•    Food Science
•    Health Psychology
•    Health Sciences
•    Healthcare Practice
•    Human Nutrition
•    Leadership in Healthcare
•    Nutritional Medicine
•    Nutritional Sciences
•    Physician Associateship Studies
•    Primary and Community Care programmes
•    Psychological Intervention
•    Psychology
•    Psychology (Conversion)
•    Psychology in Game Design and Digital Innovation
•    Public Health Practice programmes
•    Quantum Biology (Biosciences PhD)
•    Social Psychology
•    Veterinary General Practice
•    Veterinary Medicine and Science
•    Doctor of Psychology programmes
•    Doctor of Medicine programmes
•    Master of Philosophy in the above programmes
•    Doctor of Philosophy in the above programmes

Undergraduate ceremonies - July 2026

The next undergraduate ceremonies will take place on 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 July 2026.

Ceremony A – Friday 10 July, 11am, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Acting
•    Actor Musician
•    Applied and Contemporary Theatre
•    Business Management and French
•    Business Management and Spanish
•    Creative Music Technology
•    English Literature programmes
•    Film Production and Broadcasting Engineering
•    Modern Languages programmes
•    Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister)
•    Music
•    Musical Theatre
•    Theatre
•    Theatre Production
 

Ceremony B – Friday 10 July, 2pm, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Law (and Law pathways)
•    Law with Criminology
•    Law with International Relations

Ceremony C – Monday 13 July, 11am, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Criminology
•    Criminology and Sociology
•    Criminology with Forensic Investigation
•    Economics
•    Economics and Mathematics
•    Media and Communication
•    Sociology

Ceremony D – Monday 13 July, 2pm, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Business Economics
•    Economics and Finance
•    International Relations
•    Politics
•    Politics and Economics
•    Politics and International Relations
•    Politics and Sociology

Ceremony E – Tuesday 14 July, 11am, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Accounting and Finance
•    Business Management

Ceremony F – Tuesday 14 July, 2pm, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences

•    Business Management with Business Analytics
•    Business Management with Entrepreneurship and Innovation
•    Business Management with Human Resource Management
•    Business Management with Marketing
•    International Business Management
•    International Event Management
•    International Hospitality and Tourism Management
•    International Hospitality Management
•    International Tourism Management
•    International Tourism Management with Transport

Ceremony G – Wednesday 15 July, 10am, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

•    Chemical Engineering
•    Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
•    Chemistry
•    Chemistry with Forensic Investigation
•    Financial Mathematics
•    Mathematics
•    Mathematics and Physics
•    Mathematics with Statistics
•    Medicinal Chemistry
•    Physics
•    Physics with Astronomy
•    Physics with Nuclear Astrophysics
•    Physics with Quantum Technologies

Ceremony H – Wednesday 15 July, 12:30pm, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

•    Aerospace Engineering
•    Automotive Engineering
•    Biomedical Engineering
•    Civil Engineering
•    Environment and Sustainability
•    Mechanical Engineering

Ceremony I – Wednesday 15 July, 3:30pm, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

•    Computer and Internet Engineering
•    Computer Science
•    Computing and Information Technology
•    Electrical and Electronic Engineering
•    Electronic Engineering
•    Electronic Engineering with Computer Systems
•    Electronic Engineering with Nanotechnology
•    Electronic Engineering with Space Systems

Ceremony J – Thursday 16 July, 10am, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Health Care
  • Nursing Studies programmes
  • Paramedic Science
Ceremony K – Thursday 16 July, 12:30pm, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • Biosciences
  • Biological Sciences programmes
  • Food Science and Nutrition
  • Microbiology
  • Nutrition
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Sport and Exercise Science
  • Veterinary Biosciences
Ceremony L – Thursday 16 July, 3:30pm, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
  • Biomedical Science
  • Health Care
  • Midwifery: Registered Midwife
Ceremony M – Friday 17 July, 11am, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Psychology

Ceremony N – Friday 17 July, 2pm, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

•    Veterinary Medicine and Science
•    Veterinary Science

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