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The conferral of your award is when your award is officially granted and you are issued with your certificate.

The conferral dates for 2024/25 are as follows:

• Winter conferral – Tuesday 28 to Wednesday 29 January 2025
  For awards agreed by an assessment board on or before Friday 13 December 2024
  
• Spring conferral – Wednesday 7 May to Thursday 8 May 2025
  For awards agreed by an assessment board after 13 December 2024 but on or before Friday 3 April 2025
  
• Autumn conferral – Friday 17 October to Friday 24 October 2025
  For awards agreed by an assessment board after 3 April 2025 but on or before Friday 5 September 2025

Please see the Certificates section below for details of how and when you will receive your certificate.

The 2025 graduation ceremonies will be held on the following dates:

• Unicaf - Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 May 2025 at the University of Suffolk and The Hold in Ipswich
• University of Suffolk at East College - Friday 17 October 2025 at Great Yarmouth Minster
• University of Suffolk; London School of Commerce (UK campuses); LD Training; SCITT providers; University of Suffolk at Suffolk New College; Unicaf; Unitas - Saturday 18 to Wednesday 22 October 2025 at the University of Suffolk on the Ipswich Waterfront
• British School of Commerce - the graduation celebration event will take place in November 2025 in Sri Lanka
• London School of Commerce (Malta) - the graduation celebration event will take place in November 2025 in Malta
• Global Banking School - the annual graduation celebration day will be held in July 2025 in London. Students whose awards are conferred in Winter and Spring 2025 will be invited to attend the event in July 2025. Those whose awards are conferred in Autumn 2025 will be invited to attend the annual graduation celebration day in 2026.
• Hanbridge Institute - the graduation celebration event will take place in November 2025 in Singapore.
• Rushmore Business School - the graduation celebration event will take place in November 2025 in Mauritius.

For Winter conferral, students who have completed their studies and had their award agreed by an assessment board by Friday 13 December 2024 will be contacted by the Graduation Office in December and asked to complete the Graduation Registration form in OASIS by noon on Tuesday 14 January 2025.

For Spring conferral, students who have completed their studies and had their award agreed by an assessment board after 13 December 2024 and by Friday 4 April 2025 will be contacted by the Graduation Office from March onwards and asked to complete the Graduation Registration form in OASIS by noon on Tuesday 15 April 2025. 

For Autumn conferral, students who have completed their studies and had their award agreed by an assessment board after 4 April and by Friday 5 September 2025 will be contacted by the Graduation Office from August onwards and asked to complete the Graduation Registration form in OASIS by noon on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

When the form is available for you to complete, you will be sent an email to your student email address and the personal email address that we have for you on our records. A copy of this email will also be stored in your correspondence history in OASIS. You do not need the email to be able to access the form, but you will not be able to see the Graduation Registration form in OASIS until the email has been sent.

Whether you are interested in attending the annual graduation ceremonies or not, it is important that you complete the registration form when asked to do so to ensure that we have a correct record of your name and address details. This is the final opportunity for you to check your details and correct any misspelling of your name before your award is conferred and your certificate is issued. We also need you to confirm your postal address for your certificate. If you do not complete the form, we will not post your certificate.

When you complete the form, you will also be able to register your interest in attending the annual graduation ceremonies. You will be invited to attend a particular ceremony. It is not possible for you to change to another ceremony if the date or location is not convenient. If you register your interest in attending, you will be contacted again with further information, including how to book your attendance, purchase guest tickets and order your gown. 

It is important that all graduating students complete the Graduation Registration form when asked to do so.

• For Winter conferral, the deadline for completing the form and confirming your details is noon on Tuesday 14 January 2025.
• For Spring conferral, the deadline for completing the form and confirming your details is noon on Tuesday 15 April 2025.
• For Autumn conferral, the deadline for completing the form and confirming your details is noon on Tuesday 23 September 2025.

On the day your award is conferred, you will be issued with your final Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) and a digital copy of your certificate (for those receiving University of Suffolk awards) via Gradintelligence. Please note that your HEAR is your transcript, and the HEAR is only issued in digital format so you will not receive a paper copy. Details about how and when you will receive the paper copy of your certificate are provided below.

For Winter conferral, certificates will be available for collection in person from the Waterfront Building in Ipswich from Monday 3 February to Friday 14 February 2025. Any certificates that are not collected during this period will be posted by recorded delivery by the end of March to the address provided on the graduation registration form.

For Spring conferral, certificates will be available for collection in person from the Waterfront Building in Ipswich from Monday 12 May to Friday 23 May 2025. Any certificates that are not collected during this period will be posted by recorded delivery by the end of June to the address provided on the graduation registration form.

For Autumn conferral, students who attend the graduation ceremonies in Ipswich and Great Yarmouth will normally be issued with their certificate on the day. After the graduation ceremonies have taken place, certificates for students who did not attend (i.e. those who graduated in absentia) will be available for collection in person from the Waterfront Building in Ipswich from Monday 27 October to Friday 7 November 2025. Any certificates that are not collected during this period will be posted by recorded delivery by the end of December to the address provided on the graduation registration form.

We will not post certificates unless the address has been confirmed and/or updated in the graduation registration form.

Please note that for graduates from British School of Commerce, London School of Commerce Malta, Hanbridge Institute, Rushmore Business School and Unicaf, certificates will be couriered to the headquarters of the partner institution for onward distribution.

It is not possible for certificates to be issued before the awards have been conferred.

Please note that the name shown on your certificate will be your full name as held on your student record. When you complete the graduation registration form you will be asked to confirm that your name is correct or to let us know if any corrections are required. It is your responsibility to ensure that your name is correct before your award is conferred. The University will not reissue a certificate to change a name once the award has been conferred.

For information about how we use your data for the purposes of the graduation ceremonies and conferral of awards, please see the Graduation Privacy Notice.

All students on an eligible course at the University of Suffolk will be issued with an electronic Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR), which replaces the traditional transcript and diploma supplement - find out more about what this contains, who is eligible, when they are issued and more.