Graduation

Saturday 28 February 2026

• ceremony at 1.30pm for 35 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 10.30am and finish after afternoon tea
• places for students whose results will be released by November or mid-December 2025

Saturday 23 May 2026

• ceremony at 4.15pm for 21 graduands
• schedule of events to begin at 11.30am and finish after the ceremony
• places for students whose results will be released by the end of December 2025

Saturday 18 July 2026

• ceremony at 1.30pm for 4 medics
• 19 spaces for research students
• schedule of events will start at 10.30am and finish after Afternoon Tea in the Dining Hall

26 September 2026

• ceremony at 10.30am for 111 Undergraduate Finalists (those taking FHS in summer 2026)
• schedule of events will start at 8.15am and finish after a Buffet Lunch in the Marquee & Chapel
• our main undergraduate finalists’ Degree Day

14 November 2026

• ceremony at 10.30am for 35 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 8.45am and finish after Lunch in the Dining Hall
• places for students whose results will be released from June to October 2026

6 March 2027

• ceremony at 10.30am for 23 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 8.45am and finish after Lunch in the Dining Hall
• places for students whose results will be released from June to October 2026

15 May 2027

• ceremony at 4.15pm for 23 graduands
• schedule of events to begin at 11.30am and finish after the ceremony
• places for students whose results will be released by the end of December 2026

22 May 2027

• ceremony at 4.15pm for 34 graduands
• schedule of events to begin at 11.30am and finish after the ceremony
• places for students whose results will be released by the end of December 2026

Receiving your degree without attending a ceremony (in absentia)

It is possible to take a degree without being present at a ceremony in the Sheldonian Theatre. If you wish to do this there is no waiting list and your name will be entered at the next University degree ceremony. Your certificate will be posted to you after the ceremony.

Academic dress can be hired or purchased from Shepherd and Woodward and Walters of Oxford. Hire arrangements must be made by the candidate well in advance.

For undergraduate degrees (eg BA), undergraduate Masters degrees (eg MBiochem, MEng etc) and postgraduate taught degrees (eg MSt, MSc, BCL etc): please hire (or buy) the gown and hood of your new degree (this is not the gown you wore for Matriculation). You will be required to enter the ceremony wearing the gown of the new degree together with the academic cap / mortar board and sub fusc (see below). The academic hood will be added during the ceremony.

For DPhils: please hire or buy the DPhil gown. DPhil graduands are required to enter the ceremony wearing either the Oxford graduate gown (not the DPhil gown) or the gown and hood of their current Oxford degree status, together with the academic cap / mortar board and sub fusc (see below). During the ceremony, the graduates will change into the DPhil gown.

For MAs: please hire or buy the black Master of Arts (MA) gown and the hood (black lined with crimson). You should also wear a mortarboard or soft cap. You will enter the Sheldonian in your MA gown. The hood will added during the ceremony.

The academic cap / mortar board may be worn outdoors but should be removed and carried indoors.

The Vice-Chancellor has asked that candidates should be warned that they may be refused admission to the degree ceremony if they are not properly dressed.

Sub fusc

One of:

a) Dark (black or virtually black) suit with black socks, or
b) Dark (black or virtually black) skirt with black tights or stockings, or
c) Dark (black or virtually black) trousers with black socks

Dark coat if required
Plain black shoes
Plain white collared shirt or blouse with sleeves
White bow tie, black bow tie, black full-length tie, or black ribbon.

Members of the University serving in H.M. Forces are permitted to wear uniform together with a gown.

If you would like an in-person conferral please email degreeceremonies@spc.ox.ac.uk with your request and your name will be added to a waiting list for a place at a future ceremony. We are not able to accept group requests.

To collect your MA in absentia please contact degreeceremonies@spc.ox.ac.uk so you can be sent the latest version of the application form.

There is a £110 fee for MA conferral which must be paid no less than 30 days before the ceremony, or your booking will be cancelled. When your booking is confirmed, you will be issued with a link to follow to make the online payment.