Ceremony dates

After your degree is conferred you will receive an email invitation to attend the next available graduation ceremony.  Invitations for the December graduation ceremonies will be sent on October 31 and additional invites sent on November 22.  You must have received an invitation by these dates to be able to attend a 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
Semester 1, 202314 July  2023August 2023
Semester  2, 202331 October  2023December 2023

Ceremony dates

December 2023

DateTimeOpen toLocation
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 who have received and accepted their invitation and are 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.

Step 1, complete your degree. Step 2, ceremony dates. Step 3, invitations. Step 4, book tickets and gown. Step 5, graduation day!