Nested FAQ - statements conferral

Conferral

  • You can request a deferral before the deadline outlined in your conferral email that you will receive when you complete your course. Go to the ‘Graduations’ tab on your my.unimelb account and select defer.

    If you choose to defer:

    • You do not need to provide evidence
    • Your conferral will automatically be deferred for 12 months from your course completion date.

    Check conferral dates

    Please note it is not possible to be conferred on a date that is not published on the conferral date page.

    Deferral is recommended only if:

    • You are applying for further study that requires recent conferral
    • Your employment requires a particular conferral date

    Otherwise, it is best to confer your degree as early as possible to:

    • Officially confirm your qualification
    • Receive your testamur (certificate) and academic transcripts.

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  • Bachelor and master students will be conferred in absentia if no response is received to their graduation options email. The University is unable to revoke conferral once the conferral date has lapsed.

    PhD and higher doctorate students must RSVP their conferral preference otherwise it would result in an automatic 12 month deferred conferral from your course completion date if no response is received.

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  • On your conferral date, you’ll receive access to your:

    • Digital graduation certificate (testamur)
    • An updated academic transcript that lists your award
    • AHEGS (Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement) via My eQuals.

    Check conferral dates

    If you are conferred in July or December and plan to attend your graduation ceremony, you will get a physical copy of your graduation certificate (testamur) at your ceremony.

    If you are conferred outside these dates or you do not attend a graduation ceremony, we will send your graduation certificate (testamur) to you by post in the month after your conferral.

    Visit the conferral dates page for more details on postage timings

    Please note:

    • In-person collection of certificates at Stop 1 is not available
    • Certificates will be posted to your preferred address.

    To ensure correct delivery:

    • Update your ‘contact’ or ‘home’ address in my.unimelb
    • Mark the correct address as ‘preferred'

    The Graduations team will email you a tracking number once your testamur has been posted as per the timelines on the conferral dates webpage.

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  • After results are released, you can download a free evidence of qualification from my.unimelb.

    This document is helpful for:

    • Job applications
    • Further study applications
    • It shows that you have completed your degree but does not include a conferral date until your degree is officially conferred.

    On your conferral date, we’ll send you an updated transcript that lists your award and your official testamur with your conferral date.

  • If you're not sure that you've completed or enrolled in the required subjects to satisfy your course completion, you can view the Handbook  and your Study Plan to check your course requirements

    If you require clarification, or need assistance getting back on track, you can speak with a specialist Course Planner to discuss your course progression.

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  • Each graduation ceremony round has a final results deadline. By this date, all your final subject results must published and passed for you to be eligible to graduate.

    For the upcoming August graduation ceremonies, the deadline is 5pm AEST Friday 10 July.

    If you have any interim or pending subject results after this date, you will not be able to graduate in August.

    Interim or pending results include:

    • Interim result grades (SPE, SUP, WAF, or WXT)
    • Outstanding special or supplementary assessments (unless declined by the deadline)
    • Delayed results due to assessment extensions
    • Pending outcomes from misconduct hearings
    • Uncleared sanctions that prevent results from being released
    • Non-standard study period subjects with results released after 5 August.

    If you miss out on the August ceremonies, we'll invite you to graduate in the next ceremony round you are eligible for.

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  • Your Bachelor degree and Honours year are treated as separate awards.

    Your Bachelor degree should be conferred at the first available opportunity after completion.

    You can either:

    • Attend a graduation ceremony after your Bachelor degree is conferred, or
    • Wait until you complete your Honours year to attend a ceremony

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  • Graduates of the following programs will have ‘with distinction’ printed on their testamur if eligible:

    • Master of Engineering (all specialisations)
    • Master of Environment
    • Master of Computer Science
    • Master of Information Systems
    • Master of Information Technology
    • Master of Science (all listed streams)
    • Doctor of Dental Surgery
    • Doctor of Physiotherapy
    • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

    More information about testamurs can be found on the Academic transcripts and statements page.

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  • Before 2013, students had to respond to a graduation invitation to have their degree conferred.

    If no response was provided, the degree was not automatically conferred.

    Since 2013, degrees are automatically conferred in absentia if there is no response.

    If you're unsure whether your degree was conferred:

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