Ceremony dates for 2026 graduations

Our graduation award ceremonies are a major highlight of the academic year, and a fantastic opportunity for you to celebrate your hard work and academic achievement with your family and friends.

Dates and venues

Dates and venues for our winter 2026 graduation ceremonies are:

Students studying at our overseas partners should contact their place of study for their graduation ceremony arrangements.

Cambridge

Monday 6 July

6pm:

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences – Police Education (7 Forces (October 2023-August 2024 Cambridgeshire cohorts and all Hertfordshire cohorts))

Tuesday 7 July

11am:

  • Cambridge School of Creative Industries – all courses
  • School of Education – all courses

3pm:

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences – all courses and Police Education (7 Forces (November 2022-July 2023 Cambridgeshire cohorts and all Bedfordshire cohorts))

6pm:

  • Cambridge School of Art – all courses

Monday 6 July

3pm:

  • School of Management – Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Tourism courses
  • School of Economics, Finance and Law – Law courses

6pm:

  • School of Management – Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour courses
  • School of Economics, Finance and Law – Economics and International Business courses and Accounting and Finance courses

Wednesday 8 July

6pm:

  • School of Allied Health and Social Care – all courses
  • School of Midwifery and Community Health – all courses
  • School of Nursing – all courses

Tuesday 7 July

6pm:

  • School of Life Sciences – Biomedical Science courses

Wednesday 8 July

11am:

  • School of Computing and Information Sciences – Computer Systems courses
  • School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences – Psychology courses and Sport and Exercise Sciences courses

3pm:

  • School of Computing and Information Sciences – Information Science and Security courses
  • School of Life Sciences – Biology courses and Forensic Science courses
  • School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences – Vision and Hearing Sciences courses

Chelmsford

Monday 13 July

6.30pm:

  • School of Education – Early Childhood courses
  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences – Police Education (7 Forces (September 2023-September 2024 Essex cohorts, July 2023-September 2024 Kent cohorts, February 2024-May 2024 Norfolk cohorts, and January 2024-May 2024 Suffolk cohorts))

Tuesday 14 July

11am:

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences – Criminology and Policing courses and Police Education (7 Forces (June 2022-June 2023 Essex cohorts, May 2022-March 2023 Kent cohorts, February 2023-September 2023 Norfolk cohorts, September 2022-May 2023 Suffolk cohorts, and DOC location Graduate Diploma))

1.30pm:

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences – Police Education (DOC location Hons)

6.30pm:

  • School of Education – Education and Primary Education courses

Friday 17 July

4pm:

  • School of Management – Supply Chain and Operations courses
  • School of Economics, Finance and Law – Accounting and Finance courses

6.30pm:

  • School of Management – Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour courses and Business Management and Development courses
  • School of Economics, Finance and Law – Law courses and Economics and International Business courses

Tuesday 14 July

4pm:

  • School of Nursing – all

Wednesday 15 July

11am:

  • School of Medicine – Medicine courses

1.30pm:

  • School of Allied Health and Social Care – Public Health and Leadership courses
  • School of Midwifery and Community Health – all

4pm:

  • School of Medicine – Medical and Health Education courses
  • School of Allied Health and Social Care – Clinical Therapies courses

6.30pm:

  • School of Allied Health and Social Care – Medical Sciences courses, Paramedic Science courses, Operating Department Practice courses, and Social Care courses

Monday 13 July

1.30pm:

  • School of Engineering and the Built Environment – Civil Engineering courses, Electronic and Electrical Engineering courses, and undergraduate Construction and Surveying courses

4pm:

  • School of Engineering and the Built Environment – Biomedical and Medical Technology Engineering courses, Mechanical Engineering courses, Architecture and Planning courses, and postgraduate Construction and Surveying courses

Thursday 16 July

11am:

  • Healthcare: BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care

1.30pm:

  • Healthcare: BSc (Hons) Business and Healthcare Management and MBA Health and Social Care
  • Business: MSc International Project Management

4pm:

  • Business: BSc (Hons) International Business Management

6.30pm:

  • Business: BSc (Hons) Business and Human Resource Management, BSc (Hons) Business and Marketing and MBA Business Administration (International)

Friday 17 July

11am:

  • Business: MSc International Marketing
  • Accounting, Law, Hospitality, Events and Tourism: BSc (Hons) Finance and Accounting, BSc (Hons) Business and Events Management, BSc (Hons) Business and Hospitality Management and MSc International Hospitality and Tourism Management

1.30pm:

  • Accounting, Law, Hospitality, Events and Tourism: BSc (Hons) Business and Law, LLB (Hons) Law, MSc Accounting and Financial Management, LLM Law and LLM International Law

Peterborough

Thursday 9 July

2pm:

  • ARU Peterborough - all courses

Writtle

Monday 13 July

11am:

  • Writtle School of Agriculture, Animal and Environmental Science – all
  • School of Psychology and Sensory Sciences – Sports and Exercise Sciences courses