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Graduation ceremony dates
- Conferral and ceremony schedule
- Requesting an alternative conferral date
Requesting an alternative conferral date
Most students are conferred their degree at their graduation ceremony.
Subject to availability, if you're eligible to graduate you may be able to request an earlier or later conferral date. If your request is approved, your conferral date will likely take place on a different date to your ceremony.
Who can apply?
You can apply if you:
- completed your studies in Semester 1, 2026
- receive your completion letter by 11 August 2026
- complete the 'Getting Ready to Graduate' task in Sydney Student by 11 August 2026, and
- have a valid reason, such as:
- to align with China’s graduate recruitment rounds
- to apply for further studies or graduate opportunities
- for work-related reasons
- for visa-related reasons.
What dates are available?
Earlier conferral
The early conferral date is Monday, 24 August. You can apply for this date if you plan to attend your graduation ceremony. Ceremonies for most students will be held in October 2026.
If you aren't attending your ceremony you'll need to apply to graduate without attending a ceremony instead. Don't submit the form on this page.
Later conferral
The late conferral date is Monday 2 November. You can apply for this date whether or not you plan to attend your graduation ceremony. Ceremonies for most students will be held in April - May 2027.
It's important that you don't complete a request to graduate without attending a ceremony in Sydney Student, as this will set an early conferral date for you.
How to apply
To apply, submit the request for an early or late conferral form.
Deadline to apply
The deadline to apply is 11:59 pm on 17 August 2026.
Receiving your documents
Digital documents
You'll receive a digital version of your graduation documents 2-5 business days after your degree is conferred. These will be sent to your personal email address, as recorded in Sydney Student, with information on how to create an account with My eQuals. This will also be the address we use to set up your My eQuals account.
Hard-copy documents
If you’re applying for an earlier conferral date, you'll receive your hard-copy documents at your ceremony.
If you’re applying for a later conferral date, we’ll contact you to ask for your postal address and send your hard-copy documents in the mail.
If you receive your completion letter after 7 October 2026, there will be no alternative conferral dates remaining in 2026. We expect to publish 2027 dates in December-January.