Ceremony dates
After your degree is conferred you will receive an email invitation to attend the next available in-person graduation ceremony.
Please check your University email regularly, as all graduation correspondence will be sent to this account. You can also divert your student email to a different account to ensure you receive important University correspondence, including your invitation to your graduation ceremony.
Invitation schedule
Your final semester | Invites sent | Ceremony Month |
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| Semester 1, 2023 | 14 July 2023 | August 2023 |
| Semester 2, 2023 | October 2023 | December 2023 |
Ceremony dates
August 2023 | |||
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| Date | Time | Open to | Location |
| Wednesday 9 August | 5PM | PhD graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Thursday 10 August | 11AM | PhD graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Thursday 10 August | 5PM | Faculty of Fine Arts and Music graduates and Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 11 August | 11AM | Faculty of Science graduates and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 11 August | 5PM | Faculty of Science graduates and Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 12 August | 11AM | Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Faculty of Business and Economics graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 12 August | 5PM | Melbourne Graduate School of Education and Faculty of Business and Economics graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Monday 14 August | 11AM | Faculty of Arts graduates and Melbourne Law School graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Monday 14 August | 5PM | Faculty of Arts graduates and Melbourne Law School graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Tuesday 15 August | 11AM | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences graduates conferred by 31 July 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
December 2023 | |||
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| Date | Time | Open to | Location |
| Thursday 7 December | 5PM | Veterinary School graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 8 December | 11AM | PhD graduates from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and the Faculty of Science conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 8 December | 5PM | Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 9 December | 10AM | Melbourne Medical school graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 9 December | 2PM | Melbourne Dental school graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 9 December | 6PM | Melbourne Law school graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Sunday 10 December | 11AM | Faculty of Science graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Monday 11 December | 11AM | Faculty of Science graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Monday 11 December | 5PM | Faculty of Science graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Tuesday 12 December | 10AM | Faculty of Arts graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Tuesday 12 December | 2PM | Faculty of Arts graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Tuesday 12 December | 6PM | Faculty of Arts graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Wednesday 13 December | 10AM | Faculty of Business and Economics graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Wednesday 13 December | 2PM | Faculty of Business and Economics graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Wednesday 13 December | 6PM | Faculty of Business and Economics graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Thursday 14 December | 11AM | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Thursday 14 December | 5PM | Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 15 December | 11AM | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Friday 15 December | 5PM | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 16 December | 11AM | Melbourne Graduate School of Education graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Saturday 16 December | 5PM | Melbourne Graduate School of Education graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
| Sunday 17 December | 11AM | Faculty of Fine Arts and Music graduates conferred by 6 December 2023 | Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton |
Please do not book travel until you have received confirmation of your ceremony date and time via email. The University reserves the right to make changes to the graduation schedule. This is to ensure that our schedules best meet all students' needs in a timely manner. If changes are made that affect your ceremony, we will contact you at the earliest opportunity.
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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.