Two graduates stood in the Cathedral ruins

Graduation registration

Details about your graduation event.

Students who may be eligible to graduate in July 2026 will be invited to register from 21st April 2026. When registration is open, you will receive an email inviting you to register for the graduation event via your university email account.

This email will include all the information you need about how to log into your account and book your tickets, gown and photography. If you do not receive an email invite to register for your ceremony by 6 May 2026, please contact Academic Registry via email at graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk.

IMPORTANT - If you are a student studying with one of our collaborative partners through the Academic Partnership Unit (APU), your registration will be released on 21 April 2026.

Further details will be communicated through your partner institution.
For any additional queries, please contact us at: events.apu@coventry.ac.uk.

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By registering for the summer graduation event you’ll be signing up to the following:

Graduation Ceremony: Your graduation is the culmination of your studies and is an important event for you, your family and friends. During the ceremony you’ll hear from esteemed academics and colleagues.

Graduation Celebration: To celebrate your accomplishments, we are delighted to invite you and your guests to a Graduation Celebration event at The Hub for an hour immediately after your ceremony, where we will be serving refreshments. This is an opportunity for you to gather with your fellow graduates, family, friends and academic staff to reflect on your time with us and celebrate your bright future ahead.

Students Eligible to Graduate

Students eligible to graduate in July 2026 must have their results released on Solar by 15 June 2026.
If you have any outstanding debt that has not been cleared by 10 July 2026, or if you become financially blocked at any time after the registration deadline but before the graduation ceremony, you will still be eligible to attend the ceremony. However, you will not receive your award certificate on the day. Your award certificate will only be released once the Finance Team provides written confirmation that your debt has been fully cleared. At that point, the certificate will be posted to you.

Please note that no award verification can be completed until your debt has been cleared.

Keep in mind that payments can take up to five working days to process. Therefore, making a payment on the final day of the deadline may result in a delay and could still be too late to meet the deadline. (For any further queries please visit Finance Home).

July Graduation Key Dates

Key Information	Dates
Results Released Deadline to be Eligible to Graduate	15 June 2026
Blocked Students - Outstanding Debts Cleared By ( to receive award certificate on the day of the graduation)	10 July 2026
Check Your Details and Correspondence Address on SOLAR and Name	30 June 2026
Graduation Registration Open	21 April 2026
Graduation Registration Closed	1 June 2026
Ede & Ravenscroft Gown Hire and Photos Registration Open	21 April 2026
Ede & Ravenscroft Gown Hire and Photos Registration Closed	13 July 2026
Carer Tickets	30 June 2026
Deferrals for Graduation Ceremony	30 June 2026

Registration

Registration for the July 2026 graduation opens on 21 April 2026. Students who are eligible to graduate in July 2026 will be sent essential information relating to the ceremony directly to their student email account closer to the time. Please ensure you check your student email account regularly.
In order to register, you need to book your tickets. Please note that each graduand is guaranteed two guest tickets, provided these are purchased by the registration deadline. This is to ensure that all graduands can bring the same number of guests to the ceremony and to make the process fair for everyone.
Additional guest tickets may be released prior to the ceremony, dependent on guest numbers. Students will be alerted to this via email after 25 June 2026. Please do not contact us about extra tickets as we will not be able to provide any information prior to the alert email. If you have not received an email by (3 July 2026), then no extra tickets are available.
Graduating students' tickets are free of charge. Guest Tickets are £25 (inc. VAT) per ticket. You will be able to book your ticket and purchase your guest tickets on the Ede & Ravenscroft website.
After the registration deadline, students that have purchased guest tickets but are no longer eligible to attend graduation, will receive a refund. Refunds will be processed in accordance with the Refund Policy.
For more details please see Graduation Ticket Refund Procedure.

Checking your details

Deferring graduation ceremony

You cannot choose which ceremony to attend. You will be automatically allocated to the ceremony closest to the date you have been officially awarded by your Progression and Award Board.
You may only request to defer your ceremony if you have extenuating circumstances such as hospitalisation, or military deployment etc.
Please provide formal third party evidence by emailing graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk no later than 30 June 2026.

Guests

If you or one of your allocated guests require a carer, please provide medical evidence to support this request by emailing: graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk before 30 June 2026.
If any graduates have guests travelling from overseas, we would encourage them not to book flights until you have received official confirmation of your award. The Group will not be held responsible for any costs incurred by your guests.
Should your guests require proof of travel, or an invitation letter, please contact engagement@coventry.ac.uk. Please do not contact the graduation team as we cannot assist with these letters.

Certificate

For those that do not attend, certificates will be posted following the graduation event to the correspondence address.
Certificates posted by Royal Mail to UK address – up to 3 weeks
Certificates posted by Air-Mail to EU address – up to 6 weeks
Certificates posted by DHL to Overseas address – up to 6 weeks
Check that your correspondence address is up to date on SOLAR. Log in: CU SOLAR (coventry.ac.uk) before the deadline date 30 June 2026.
If you have not receive your graduation certificate six weeks after the ceremonies have taken place, please contact graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk.
If your address is not updated by this date and your certificate is returned to us, you will be required to cover the postage costs for resending it. Please note that the University is not responsible for any certificates not received due to an incorrect correspondence address. In the event that the certificate is lost due to an incorrect address, you will need to order and pay for a replacement certificate and pay for the postage via the online shop.

Tickets

Ticket collection

Tickets are available to collect on the day of your graduation ceremony from the ground floor of the George Eliot building, opposite The Hub, (Travel Directions Information | Coventry University)
Tickets desk will be open two hours before your graduation ceremony for graduates to collect.
A graduate ticket will be issued to each student registered to attend their graduation ceremony. All students are guaranteed two guest tickets up to the 1 June 2026. If any additional tickets become available after this date, the Graduation team will inform you via email. Please do not contact us about extra tickets as we will not be able to provide any information prior to the alert email. If you have not received an email by 3 July 2026, then no extra tickets are available.
Ticket desk will close 45 minutes before your graduation ceremony starts.If you don't collect your tickets on time, you will not be allowed to attend the ceremony, as your name will be removed from the order of proceedings

Extra guests

Gown Hire

Order gown

Book your gown through Ede & Ravenscroft - Academic Hub | Graduation Services | Ede & Ravenscroft (edeandravenscroft.com). You will need to following information in advance, height, head and chest measurements. The deadline for ordering gown hire is 13 July 2026. Tickets must be collected from George Eliot building before collecting your gown. If you do not have your tickets, you will not be allowed to collect your gown and you will be redirected to the George Eliot Building.
Gowns are collected and fitted at The Hub (Travel Directions Information | Coventry University).
Coventry University is not able to assist you with the ordering of gowns or answering questions about gown hire or graduation photography as it is run by a third-party supplier. Please contact Ede & Ravenscroft:
- Telephone: 01223 734759
- Email: student@edeandravenscroft.com
- Contact Graduation Services.