Graduation Live
Watch the graduation ceremonies live
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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
Monday 16 July - 11.30am*
- Department of Accounting and Finance (undergraduates)
- Department of Strategy and Business Systems (undergraduates)
*Please note the later start time of this ceremony due to the Olympic Torch leaving the city.
Monday 16 July - 2.30pm
- Institute of Criminal Justice Studies
Tuesday 17 July - 10.30am
- Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
- Learning at Work
- School of Engineering
Tuesday 17 July - 2.30pm
- Department of Economics (undergraduates)
- School of Computing
Wednesday 18 July - 10.00am
- School of Civil Engineering and Surveying
Wednesday 18 July - 1.00pm
- School of Languages and Area Studies
Wednesday 18 July - 4.00pm
- School of Education and Continuing Studies
Thursday 19 July - 10.30am
- Department of Sport and Exercise Science
- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
Thursday 19 July - 2.30pm
- Department of Geography
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
Friday 20 July - 10.00am
- School of Creative Technologies
Friday 20 July - 1.00pm
- Department of Psychology
- School of Creative Arts, Film and Media
Friday 20 July - 4.00pm
- 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)
Monday 23 July - 10.30am
- Portsmouth School of Art, Design and Media
- School of Biological Sciences
- Dental Academy
Monday 23 July - 2.30pm
- Portsmouth School of Architecture
- School of Health Sciences and Social Work
Tuesday 24 July - 10.30am
- Department of Human Resource and Marketing Management (undergraduates)
- School of Law (undergraduates)
Tuesday 24 July - 2.30pm
- School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies
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 2012 please visit the Graduation website.
Alumni Association - our students will always be part of Portsmouth!
Our graduates automatically become members of the Alumni Association which exists to keep all former students in touch with each other and the institution, for life.
Membership of the Alumni Association is free and entitles graduates to some great benefits, including invitations to events and a glossy annual magazine with news from the University.
Students will receive an email shortly after their graduation ceremony with details of how to log in to the My Alumni portal.
Graduating students, parents, friends and family please also like us on Facebook to keep up-to-date with our latest news and events www.facebook.com/uopalumni
