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Key dates for graduating
Browse our list of important dates for upcoming graduation and conferral rounds:
Graduation - December ceremonies
Tuesday 26 November 2024Graduation registration cut-off for HDR studentsGraduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024Final date to make a change to your name and request for cultural variation to be recorded on your award certificate. If you wish to amend your name you should update your name online on or before this date.Graduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024You must complete course requirements by this date to be eligible and invited to attend the December ceremonies.Graduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024Final date to amend personal details including mailing address, phone and email contacts via HiQ.Graduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024Final date to complete registration to graduate in December ceremonies.Graduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024Final date to clear sanctions (e.g. outstanding fees, library fines and student loans) to be included in December ceremonies.Graduation - December ceremonies
Monday 02 December 2024Final date to arrange TPA (Third Party Authorisation) collection of your parchment after completion of ceremonies. You must submit the TPA form, and you must also email askqut@qut.edu.au with the subject ‘Parchment collection’ requesting that your parchment be collected by the third party. Parchment collection is only available the week after the graduation ceremonies from HiQ Kelvin Grove.
Ceremony schedule
You'll be invited to the correct ceremony for your study area when registrations open.
You can plan ahead by checking the graduation ceremony schedule below and finding the ceremony date and time for your study area.
If you complete your course after the cut-off date but are still eligible to graduate, you'll be included in either the March or September conferral round. These are non-ceremony rounds which means you'll receive your parchment by mail and be invited to attend a future ceremony.
End-of-year ceremonies 2024
End-of-year ceremonies will be held from 10-18 December 2024.
NS42 Bachelor of Nursing
Due to the large cohort, Bachelor of Nursing students are spread across two ceremonies. Your allocation will be confirmed in your graduation invitation email.
| Date | Time | Faculty |
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| Tuesday 10 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Health 1 Bachelor of Nursing (until allocation is exhausted) |
| Tuesday 10 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Health 2 Bachelor of Nursing (all remaining allocations), Nursing double degrees, Aged Care and Paramedicine |
| Tuesday 10 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Health 3 Postgraduate Nursing programs (including Doctoral) |
| Wednesday 11 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Health 4 Behavioural Science (excluding Double degrees and including Doctoral) |
| Wednesday 11 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Health 5 Public Health, Social Work, Health Management, HSE and Behavioural Science double degrees (including Doctoral) |
| Wednesday 11 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Health 6 Biomedical Science, Genomics, Medical Laboratory Science and Pharmacy (including Doctoral) |
| Thursday 12 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Health 7 Medical Imaging, Radiation Therapy, Optometry and Vision Science (including Doctoral) |
| Thursday 12 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Health 8 and QUT College Nutrition, Exercise Science, Podiatry (including Doctoral) and all QUT College courses and programs |
| Thursday 12 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Business and Law 1 Law programs (undergraduate and double degrees) |
| Friday 13 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Business and Law 2 Law postgraduate programs, Human Resources, Management and Graduate School of Business programs (including Doctoral) |
| Friday 13 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Business and Law 3 Economics, Property Economics, Finance, International Business, Philanthropy and Non-Profit (including Doctoral) |
| Friday 13 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Business and Law 4 Accounting, Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations (including Doctoral) |
| Saturday 14 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 1 Education undergraduate programs excluding double degrees |
| Saturday 14 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 2 Education masters programs, Early Childhood and Primary Education postgraduate programs (including Doctoral) |
| Saturday 14 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 3 Education double degrees, graduate certificate programs and Secondary Education postgraduate programs (including Doctoral) |
| Sunday 15 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 4 Fine Arts programs (including Doctoral) |
| Sunday 15 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 5 Creative Industries and Design programs (including Doctoral) |
| Sunday 15 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice 6 Communications and Justice programs (including Doctoral) |
| Monday 16 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Science 1 Bachelor of Information Technology |
| Monday 16 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Science 2 Information Technology double degrees and postgraduate programs, Computer Science postgraduate programs, Games and Interactive Environments (including Doctoral) |
| Monday 16 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Science 3 Science, Mathematics and Data Science programs |
| Tuesday 17 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Engineering 1 Design (Interior and Landscape Architecture), Project Management and Urban Development (including Doctoral) |
| Tuesday 17 December | 1:30pm | Faculty of Engineering 2 Design (Architecture), Architecture and Architectural Studies programs (including Doctoral) |
| Tuesday 17 December | 6:00pm | Faculty of Engineering 3 Engineering programs (Electrical, Civil, Computer and Software Systems) (including Doctoral) |
| Wednesday 18 December | 9:30am | Faculty of Engineering 4 Engineering programs (Chemical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Medical and Management) (including Doctoral) |
Mid-year ceremonies 2025
Mid-year ceremonies are typically held in July or August.
Further details about the ceremony schedule will be available in Semester 1, 2025.
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Live streaming
All graduation ceremonies will be live streamed for the benefit of family members or friends who are unable to attend the ceremony.
This stream can be viewed from Windows and Mac OS X computers, Apple iOS and Android mobile devices. Streaming video can be data-intensive - be aware of your mobile plan's 3G/4G data limits.
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