Graduation

Saturday 21 May 2022

• ceremony full
• degree ceremony at 4.15pm
• schedule of events will start at 1pm and finish after the ceremony at about 6pm

Saturday 4 June 2022

• ceremony full
• degree ceremony at 1.30pm
• schedule of events will start at approximately 12noon and finish late afternoon

Saturday 16 July 2022

• ceremony full
• ceremony at 1.30pm for 15 graduands (including graduating clinical medical students)
• schedule of events will start at 12noon and finish after Afternoon Tea

Saturday 10 September 2022

• spaces currently available
• ceremony at 10.30am for 30 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 9am and finish with lunch in the Dining Hall

Saturday 24 September 2022

• spaces currently available
• ceremony at 10.30am for 105 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 9am and finish after a buffet lunch in the Marquee and the Chapel

Saturday 12 November 2022

• spaces currently available
• ceremony at 1.30pm for 23 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 12noon and finish after Afternoon Tea

Saturday 25 February 2023

• spaces currently available only for graduating research students
• ceremony at 10.30am for 18 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 9am and finish with lunch in the Dining Hall

Saturday 6 May 2023

• spaces currently available
• degree ceremony at 4.15pm for 30 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 1pm and finish after the ceremony at about 6pm

Saturday 13 May 2023

• spaces currently available
• ceremony at 1.30pm for 30 graduands
• schedule of events will start at 12noon and finish after Afternoon Tea

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 in advance.

For undergraduate degrees (eg BA), undergraduate Masters degees (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. 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.

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 suit with dark socks, or
b) Dark skirt with black tights or stockings, or
c) Dark trousers with dark socks

Dark Coat if required
Black Shoes
Plain white collared shirt or blouse
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.

Current students are given priority to attend ceremonies. Due to the cancellation of ceremonies during 2020, we are currently unable to accept requests for in person conferral of the Oxford MA at this time.

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 £40 fee for MA conferral which should be paid no less than 30 days before the ceremony, or your booking will be cancelled. On receipt of your application form, you will be issued with a link to follow to make the online payment.