Booking Information and Tickets
On this page you can find information around registering for your graduation, as well as purchasing guest tickets and hiring your robes.
Eligible students will receive an email inviting them to register for their graduation ceremony. You must complete the registration process by the deadline given in your invitation. You will not be able to attend your ceremony if you do not meet this deadline.
Do not wait for confirmation that you have successfully completed your studies. If, subsequently, you do not pass your course, your place at Graduation will be cancelled. You will then need to seek a refund for your gown hire.
Registration
You will receive an email to your student account in mid-February formally inviting you to register your place at Graduation. Your attendance at your graduation ceremony is free but you must remember to register otherwise you will not be able to attend.
If you have any questions regarding Graduation, please contact the Graduation team.
You must register for graduation before the deadline – this will be announced in an email you will receive in February. You will not be able to attend your ceremony if you do not meet the deadline. Do not wait for confirmation that you have successfully completed your studies. If, subsequently, you do not pass your course, your place at graduation will be cancelled.
Attendance at graduation for graduating students is free. However, graduating students must wear academic gowns, which can be hired. Details about gown hire are available below. Guest tickets are available for a small fee and are initially limited to two per student.
If you can’t or don’t want to attend your ceremony, Student Programmes & Achievement (SPA) will instead post your degree certificate to you. Please make sure you have updated your student record with your full legal name and correspondence address. You can do this on MyFalmouth or by emailing student.records@falmouth.ac.uk.
If you’re not sure whether you can or want to attend your graduation ceremony, we recommend that you register yourself and your guests regardless. You can then cancel later by emailing graduation@falmouth.ac.uk. If you don’t book a place before the deadline, you will not be allowed to attend.
Guest Information
Once registration is open, you will be able to purchase a maximum of two guest tickets for family, friends or loved ones to attend your ceremony with you. These will cost £15 per guest. Further details on how to purchase guest tickets will be provided in your registration email.
Extra guest tickets may become available in June, and we will notify students who have registered and confirmed their attendance when this happens.
Information regarding live streaming venues will be provided shortly.
All guests will be able to attend the reception in the Italian Gardens after the ceremony has taken place.
Hiring your gown
Graduation ceremonies are formal occasions, so you must wear an academic robe hired from our official suppliers, Ede & Ravenscroft. You will be able to order your robes at the same time you register.
We welcome national dress for international students, underneath your cap and gown.
Special Requirements
Accessibility
If you have any questions regarding Graduation, please contact the Graduation team.
Preferred names
If you have a preferred name that you would rather be read out in the ceremony, please ensure you notify us in advance by emailing graduation@falmouth.ac.uk, otherwise your legal name will be read out as a standard. Please note that your graduation certificate will contain your legal name unless it has been changed with the Student Programmes and Achievement team.
Pets
Only assistance animals are permitted inside the Hall and on campus during graduation week. Please let us know when booking if you or your guests will be bringing an assistance dog with you.
Once you have registered, we may contact you ahead of the day to discuss anything in more detail. If you have any additional queries, please email the graduation team at graduation@falmouth.ac.uk.
Guest visa applications
If your guests require a visa to attend your graduation ceremony you may request a 'graduation invitation' letter. You will need to provide the full names of all your guests. Please note that by issuing this letter, the University does not guarantee that all guests will receive a guest ticket for your ceremony. We only guarantee two tickets per graduand.
Please send the following information to graduation@falmouth.ac.uk
- Full name of the student
- Student ID (not email username)
- Student’s address
- Guests’ names
- Guests’ Address
Plan your journey
Book on-campus accommodation
Stay on-campus during Graduation at our Glasney Student Village. You'll be just a short walk from the ceremonies, you'll have a host of amenities on your doorstep and you'll find straightforward public transport links close by.
Free Wi-Fi and free parking are included in the cost, while breakfast can be additionally purchased from The Stannary.
Falmouth town accommodation
Falmouth offers a wide range of bed and breakfast and hotel options to suit all tastes and budgets.
For further information go to the Visit Falmouth website.
When you call to make your booking ask about special graduation rates as some of the individual hotels have these offers.
However you travel to your ceremony, please ensure you allow plenty of time for your journey. Find directions to download and print here. Please remember the ceremonies are at the Penryn Campus.
Not attending?
If you cannot attend you will graduate in absentia. You will not be able to attend a ceremony at a future date.
Student Programmes & Achievement will post your Degree Certificate to you. Please ensure that you have updated your student record with your full legal name and your correspondence address.
More information
Graduation Terms and Conditions
Read about the terms and conditions associated with graduation.
University Leavers
From health and wellbeing support to joining our alumni community, get practical tips and useful adv...
Alumni
Find out about our global alumni network and how you can become part of it.