Graduation registration

Registration 

• Registration for the November 2024 graduation opens on 25th September 2024. Students who are eligible to graduate in November2024 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.
• Once you registration is completed, if you are attending, 2 guest tickets and your own graduate ticket will automatically be issued to you on the day of your graduation ceremony.
• If you have any outstanding debt that has not cleared by Tuesday 8th October 2024, or you are blocked at any point after the registration deadline, but prior to the graduation ceremony, you will not be eligible to attend the November 2024 graduation. Once your debt has been cleared you will be eligible to attend a future graduation.

Registration for November 2024 Graduation closes on 14th October 2024.

Checking your details

• It is important that your correspondence address is up to date on SOLAR by no later than Monday 14 October 2024.Check your details on SOLAR Log in: CU SOLAR (coventry.ac.uk). You will collect your certificate on the day of your graduation if attending. Any certificates not collected on the day will be posted out, following the graduation events.

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 serious medical condition, for yourself or your allocated guest or military deployment etc.
• Please provide email the evidence to graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk by 14th October 2024.

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 the deadline date.
• If any graduates have guests travelling from overseas, we recommend you not to book flights before you have received official confirmation of your award. The university 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.

Certificate

• Your graduation certificate will be issued to you on the day of your graduation ceremony.
• Students who do not wish to attend, your certificate will be posted to your correspondence address after the ceremonies have taken place.
• 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 14th October 2024.
• If you have not receive your graduation certificate 6 weeks after the ceremonies have taken place, please contact graduation.reg@coventry.ac.uk.

Tickets 

Ticket Collection

• Tickets are available to collect on the day of your graduation ceremony from The Refectory, Priory Hall, (Travel Directions Information | Coventry University)
• Tickets will be open 2 hours before your graduation ceremony for graduates to collect.
• 2 Guest and a Graduate Ticket will be issued to each student registered to attend their graduation ceremony.
• Tickets will close 45 minutes before your graduation ceremony starts.

Extra Guests

• Guests without tickets, live streaming will be available on campus for guests watch from a location close to the Cathedral. The live streaming will take place in the George Elliot building, Hillman Lecture Theatre, Room, GEG32.
• There are no tickets for the live streaming venue and seats will be available on a first-come-first-served basis.