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Graduation Ceremonies 2026

Graduation Ceremonies 2026

Make sure you don’t miss this special celebration of your achievements.

July 2026 Graduation Ceremonies

Registration for July 2026 graduation ceremonies is open from 2 April to 8 May 2026.

Graduation ceremonies are expected to take place between 27 and 31 July 2026.
Final ceremony dates and times will be confirmed by the end of June.

Registering for your ceremony

Registration is open from 2 April to 8 May 2026 via e:Vision.

Students identified as being in a position to complete their course and be awarded before or at the June award boards will be invited to register. Invitations are based on expected completion dates and may change as assessments are completed during the semester.

  • If you have received an invitation, you should complete the registration task in e:Vision to confirm your intentions.
  • If you register to attend but find you do not complete your award in time for the July ceremonies, you will be invited to attend a future set of ceremonies.
  • If you complete your award but are unable to attend in July, you may choose to defer your place to the next available ceremony period by completing the registration task.

If you believe you should have received an invitation (for example, you expect to complete your assessments in the May assessment period and be awarded in June) but do not have a registration task in e:Vision, please raise a call with ASK

Eligibility to attend

To attend a July ceremony, students must:

  • Register by 8 May 2026
  • Have their award formally conferred by the University by 29 June 2026
  • Clear any outstanding tuition fee debt by 29 June 2026
  • Students who are still completing assessments should register if they expect to be awarded at the June award boards.

Only students whose awards have been formally conferred by 29 June 2026 will be eligible to attend the July ceremonies.

What happens next

After registration closes, checks will be carried out to confirm which registered students are eligible to attend, based on awards being formally conferred and any outstanding tuition fee debt being cleared by 29 June 2026.

  • Students who are not eligible will be contacted directly. 
  • Students who are eligible will receive confirmation of their ceremony.
  • Final ceremony dates and times will be confirmed in June.
  • Information about academic dress (gown hire) will be available during May, with gown hire bookings expected to open in June. 
  • Guest ticket sales are expected to open in early July.

Registered students will be contacted by email as further information becomes available, updates will also be published on this webpage. 

Graduation Schedule Change – FAQs

Graduation ceremonies will now take place twice a year, in July and January. 

  • Winter Graduation 26th - 31st January 2026
  • Summer Graduation provisionally 27th–31st July 2026

Specific ceremony dates and times will be finalised in December 2025 for January graduation, May 2026 for Summer Graduation.

You will receive further details once they are confirmed. 

No, there are no changes to ticketing.

  • All eligible students will be allocated a seat free of charge.
  • Guest tickets are charged - you will be emailed when tickets are on sale. 

Guest tickets are released in the lead-up to the ceremonies. 

  • Guest tickets for Winter Graduation are expected to on sale in December 2025. 
  • Guest tickets for Summer Graduation will be released for sale in July 2026. 

Invitations are sent before all results are confirmed. To remain eligible to attend, you must achieve a pass and have your award conferred by the published deadline for that set of ceremonies.

If you need to re-sit an assessment that takes you past the award deadline, you will no longer be able to attend the upcoming ceremonies. Instead, your place will be deferred to the next set of ceremonies (Summer or Winter, depending on when you complete your studies). You will also receive an ineligibility email explaining this.

Students on non-standard courses that do not meet the semester two award board deadline will be invited to attend Winter Graduation instead.

No, this change does not impact when you receive your award, only when you attend your graduation ceremony. 

  • Students who pass in Semester 2 and receive their award by 30th June will attend Summer Graduation in July. 
  • Students who resit in July will receive their award in August and be invited to attend Winter Graduation in January. 

Finalist students on courses due to finish before or in time for the semester two award boards in June will soon be invited to register for Summer Graduation. Look out for an email from noreply@wlv.ac.uk and visit the graduation page of e: Vision to register. 

All updates will be sent via email from noreply@wlv.ac.uk, so please check your inbox regularly. Updates will also be published on the relevant webpages, so please visit www.wlv.ac.uk/graduation for further details. 

Don't worry—graduation ceremonies are large events, with thousands of students from across all courses split between Summer and Winter ceremonies. Whichever period you attend, you are likely to be celebrating alongside fellow students from your course.  

Qualifying awards confirmed after 30th June 2025 and on or before 3rd December 2025 are expected to be invited to Winter Graduation in January 2026.  

Qualifying awards confirmed after 3rd December 2025 through to Semester Two June boards 2026 will be eligible for the next Summer Graduation ceremonies in 2026.  

If you have any additional questions about your graduation, please visit ASK at WLV for further support and guidance. 

You will be invited to complete the graduation registration task in e:Vision This task will be available on the Graduation page in e:Vision and you must complete it by the given deadline to confirm your attendance. 

If you fail to register your intention to attend in e:Vision by the deadline, you will not be included in the Graduation ceremonies.

You will be sent a reminder to register for Graduation soon. You will receive an email from noreply@wlv.ac.uk and a notification in e:Vision once the registration task is available.  You do not need to wait for the email before registering.  Just log on to eVision, and go to the Graduation Page.

The registration deadline will be confirmed in your invitation email. It is important to complete the graduation registration task in e:Vision by this deadline to ensure you are included in the ceremony. 

Invitations for the 2026 summer ceremonies have not yet been issued.

If you were expecting an invite to the January 2026 ceremonies and cannot see this in your e: Vision account, please contact ASK@WLV for assistance. 

Yes, you may opt to defer to the next available graduation period, but you may only do this once. 

When you complete the graduation registration task in e:Vision you will have the option to register to attend, defer (once) or tell us you are not attending.

If you achieve your intended award but choose to defer, you will be invited to the next set of ceremonies, after which no further invitations will be issued.