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Key dates for graduating
Browse our list of important dates for upcoming graduation and conferral rounds:
Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 04 June 2025Graduation registration begins for all students for mid-year ceremonies.Students will receive an invitation and be able to register once course complete.
Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Friday 06 June 2025Cut off for students to lodge credit (advanced standing) application to be eligible for Mid-Year ceremonies.
Cut off for students to lodge cross-institutional results to be eligible for Mid-Year ceremonies. If you wish to exit early from your current course. Apply to Graduate Early with an Approved Exit Course (Early exit request).Applications are subject to faculty approval.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Saturday 14 June 2025Cut off to apply to exit early from your current course. Apply to Graduate Early with an Approved Exit Course (Early exit request). Applications are subject to faculty approval.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 18 June 2025HDR candidates must submit their final thesis requirements by this date to be eligible for Mid-Year ceremonies.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 02 July 2025Course requirements cut-off for HDR awards to be included in Mid-Year ceremony roundGraduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 09 July 2025Cut off date to clear sanctions (e.g. outstanding fees, library fines and student loans) to be included in Mid-Year ceremonies. Allow 4 working days for financial payments to clear. You will not be able to graduate if you have an active sanction.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Monday 14 July 2025Course requirements cut off - You must complete all course requirements by 4pm on this date and your course status set to Complete, to be invited to attend the Mid-Year ceremonies. This does not include HDR candidates.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Tuesday 15 July 2025Final 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 Gardens Point.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 16 July 2025Cut off for TPA forms - Final date to request for your parchment to be collected by yourself or another person. In person collection is from HiQ Kelvin Grove only.
Email ceremonies@qut.edu.au with your request and include your TPA form if you would like your parchment collected by another person.
TPA (Third Party Authorisation)
Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 16 July 2025Cut off for students to amend personal details including mailing address, phone and email contacts via HiQ.Final date to make a change to your name and request for cultural variation to be recorded on your award certificate. To update, check your personal details page for more information. Requests received after this date won’t be reflected on your graduation documents.
Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 16 July 2025Cut off for graduation ceremony registration. Register for ceremony attendance by midday.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 30 July 2025 to Monday 04 August 2025Graduation ceremonies will be held at the Star Brisbane Event Centre.Graduation - Mid-Year Ceremonies
Wednesday 30 July 2025Digital certified copies of your Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS) and digital parchment will be available online through My eQuals within 10 working days after conferral date.Note: Progressive mailing out of parchments commences 30 July 2025.
Ceremony schedule
You'll be invited to the correct ceremony for your study area when registrations open.
Check the graduation eligibility steps
You can plan ahead by checking the graduation ceremony schedule below and finding the ceremony date and time for your study area.
Mid-year ceremonies
Mid-year ceremonies will be held from Wednesday 30 July to Monday 4 August 2025 at the Star Brisbane Event Centre.
| Date | Time (AEST) | Faculty |
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| Wednesday 30 July | 9.30am |
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| Wednesday 30 July | 2pm |
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| Wednesday 30 July | 6pm |
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| Thursday 31 July | 9.30am |
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| Thursday 31 July | 2pm |
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| Thursday 31 July | 6pm |
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| Friday 1 August | 9.30am |
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| Friday 1 August | 2pm |
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| Friday 1 August | 6pm |
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| Saturday 2 August | 9.30am |
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| Saturday 2 August | 2pm |
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| Saturday 2 August | 6pm | No ceremony |
| Sunday 3 August | 9.30am |
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| Sunday 3 August | 2pm |
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| Sunday 3 August | 6pm | No ceremony |
| Monday 4 August | 9.30am |
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| Monday 4 August | 2pm |
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*If you're a higher degree by research candidate, you'll be allocated to a ceremony that best reflects your principal supervisor's school.
End-of-year ceremonies
End-of-year ceremonies will be held from Monday 8 December to Wednesday 17 December 2025 (subject to change).
Further details about the ceremony schedule will be available in mid-September, 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.
No permanent recording will be kept by or used for any other purpose by the University.