Booking your tickets and gown
Information about ticketing, fees, guests and regalia for your graduation ceremony.
How to book
Graduation booking service
The graduation booking service will open in the weeks leading up to your ceremony.
When the graduation booking service opens, you will need to:
- Reserve your graduation regalia (academic gown/dress)
- Reserve your two guest tickets (Doctoral graduates receive five guest tickets)
- Pay your graduation fee.
Please ensure you complete the above steps prior to your graduation day. If you reserve your regalia (also known as your graduation gown) and ceremony tickets on the day of your graduation, this will incur a $50 late fee.
Fees
All graduands attending a ceremony need to pay a graduation fee.
| Fee | Cost | Payable | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation fee | $243.00 | Online card payments only. You will receive an email when your ceremony fee is due. |
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Students facing financial hardship can seek assistance by making an appointment with Financial aid. This service provides student loans, advice and advocacy around government student payments, grants based on financial need (including housing/rent assistance grants) and welfare support.
You must pay all fees or fines owed to the University before you can graduate. Find out more about how to how to pay outstanding fees and debts.
What happens to my graduation fee if I do not attend my graduation?
If you do not attend your ceremony and have paid your ceremony fee, you will automatically be refunded within two weeks of the last ceremony date. Please submit an online enquiry if you do not receive your refund within two weeks. Please include a copy of your proof of purchase with your enquiry.
Extra guest tickets
Each graduating student is allocated two guest tickets included in the ceremony fee, which can only be reserved through the graduation booking service.
You will be notified by email when the booking service opens if extra guest tickets are available for purchase. Extra guest tickets are very limited and are sold on a first-come, first-served basis until sold out.
Extra guest tickets will incur a cost of $23 and are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Guests who cannot attend the ceremony can still watch via a live video stream.
Your regalia
Your graduation regalia includes your gown, hood or hat. This will vary depending on your qualification. Only University of Melbourne regalia is permitted and must be collected from the regalia marquee at the Royal Exhibition Building. Graduates are not permitted to wear self-sourced regalia. Clothes worn underneath your gown will be visible, so please dress appropriately. We suggest you wear clothing appropriate for a job interview.
The University does not provide the option of purchasing regalia.
Degree | Gown | Hood | Hat |
|---|---|---|---|
Bachelor, Bachelor (Degree with Honours) | Plain black gown | Black hood, bound with white silk, partially lined with discipline colour | None |
Master degree | Black master gown | Black hood, fully lined with discipline colour | Black trencher with black tassel |
Extended Master degree (MD, JD, DPT, DVM, DDS, DCD, DO) | Black master gown | Black hood, fully lined with discipline colour | Black trencher with tassel in discipline colour |
Doctoral degree (PhD) | Black gown with | Cherry-red hood, fully lined with cherry-red discipline colour | Black velvet bonnet with red tassel |
Higher doctorates | Cherry-red gown faced with discipline colour | Red hood fully lined with discipline colour | None |
Certificate and Diplomas (Faculty of VCA and MCM only) | Plain black gown | None | None |
Collecting your regalia
You will collect your regalia on the day of your graduation ceremony. Please refer to Graduation Day event information for collection times and locations.
Returning your regalia
Regalia must be returned to the collection point within two hours after the conclusion of your ceremony. Regalia cannot be returned during the ceremony.
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1. Complete and confer your degree
Steps to complete your course and confer your degree.
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2. Ceremony dates
Check dates for upcoming graduation ceremonies.
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3. Ceremony invitations
All about invitations and your option to attend, not attend, wait for the next round of ceremonies or postpone attendance until completion of honours.
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4. Booking your tickets and gown
Information about booking your ceremony ticket, graduation gowns, guest tickets and fees involved in participating.
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5. Graduation day
Everything you need to know about your ceremony day including event details, venue maps, merchandise and the ceremony livestream.