Graduation Live
Watch the graduation ceremonies live
Please note: the Graduation Live stream begins each broadcast about 30 minutes before each ceremony. A list of ceremony dates and times can be found below.
Dates of Ceremonies
Wednesday 13 July 10.30am
- School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies
Wednesday 13 July 2.30pm
- Portsmouth School of Architecture
- School of Education and Continuing Studies
Thursday 14 July 10.00am
- Department of Accounting and Finance (Postgraduates)
- Department of Economics (Postgraduates)
- Department of Human Resource and Marketing Management (Postgraduates)
- Department of Strategy and Business Systems (Postgraduates)
- School of Law (Postgraduates)
Thursday 14 July 1.15pm
- Department of Strategy and Business Systems (Undergraduates)
- School of Law (Undergraduates)
Thursday 14 July 4.30pm
- Department of Economics (Undergraduates)
- Department of Human Resource and Marketing Management (Undergraduates)
Friday 15 July 10.30am
- Department of Accounting and Finance (Undergraduates)
- School of Creative Arts, Film and Media
Friday 15 July 2.30pm
- School of Art, Design and Media
- School of Creative Technologies
Monday 18 July 10.30am
- Department of Psychology
- School of Health Sciences and Social Work
Monday 18 July 2.30pm
- Department of Sport and Exercise Science
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
- University of Portsmouth Dental Academy
Tuesday 19 July 10.00am
- Department of Geography
- Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tuesday 19 July 1.15pm
- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering
Tuesday 19 July 4.30pm
- School of Languages and Area Studies
Wednesday 20 July 10.30am
- School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (including MSc Historic Building Conservation and MSc Coastal and Marine Resource Management)
- School of Computing
Wednesday 20 July 2.30pm
- Institute of Criminal Justice Studies
- Learning at Work
Order of Ceremonies
The ceremonies will last approximately one hour and three quarters. The length of each ceremony will depend on the number of students graduating and may be a little longer for the larger departments.
Each ceremony adheres to the following standard outline:
- as members of the audience are seated, a programme of organ music is played by Portsmouth Cathedral's organist
- the University procession signals the start of the ceremony
- the Chancellor opens the Congregation
- the Vice-Chancellor, or a Pro Vice-Chancellor, addresses the congregation
- the Academic Registrar confirms the awards
- the Chancellor admits the students to their degrees
- the Chancellor and Dean receive successful candidates – please see below as to the procedure for being admitted to the degree
- the Chancellor concludes the ceremony
- the University procession leaves the Guildhall followed by the procession of diplomats and graduates
For more information on Graduation 2011 please visit the Graduation website.
Alumni Association
If you're graduating this summer, why not join the University of Portsmouth Alumni Association? It's free and offers many benefits, including invitations to events, an annual magazine and a search and message facility for you to find your classmates. Visit our website www.port.ac.uk/alumni to register.