University of Suffolk at West Suffolk College

Graduation Registration will open in August and is online. The registration form will take you through a few steps during which you will check your name, confirm your address, and register your interest in attending, or not attending, your graduation ceremony. The online registration form will be available in OASIS until noon on Tuesday 24 September 2024. Please complete your registration as soon as possible after receipt of your invitation email, and by noon on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at the latest.

Whether you wish to attend your ceremony or not, it is important that you complete your online Graduation Registration so that we have a correct record of your name and the address where you can be contacted until November 2024. If you are not attending and you do not complete the graduation registration form, we will not post your certificate.

For graduates whose awards were conferred in April, if you completed the graduation registration form in April and registered your interest in attending your graduation ceremony, you will be sent details by email in August about how to purchase your tickets and order your gown. If you did not complete the graduation registration form in April but would like to register your interest in attending your graduation ceremony, please email the Graduation Office.

Academic dress - Graduands must wear academic gowns provided by our recognised supplier for the ceremony. We are using the graduation services of Ede and Ravenscroft who provide a cost effective, high quality service that covers all the needs and requirements of graduation.

Arrangements are in place for you to order your gown from Ede and Ravenscroft online at www.gownhire.co.uk or by calling 01223 861854. Please note that on the ceremony details page of the website, when asked for the institution you should enter West Suffolk College and then select ‘University of Suffolk at West Suffolk College’.

We strongly recommend that you order your gown as soon as possible after receiving your email confirming that your details have been uploaded to the Ede and Ravenscroft gown order system, and at least two weeks before your graduation ceremony. You should receive your gown order email within three days of completing your graduation registration form in OASIS.

Photography - Ede and Ravenscroft Photography Ltd are the appointed official photographers for the ceremony. Their graduation portrait service will be available on the day in the Guildhall and can also be booked online when you order your gown.

NB Please inform us if you do not wish to be part of the official photographs that may be used for publicity purposes.

Certificates will be handed to graduates on the day once you have left the stage. If you have changed your name without notifying the University of Suffolk, or we appear to hold your name incorrectly, please indicate this when completing the online graduation registration form. It is the responsibility of each student to ensure that the details supplied to the University are correct.

If you do not attend the ceremony and have completed the graduation registration form in OASIS, your certificate will be posted to you.

Whether you choose to attend your ceremony or not, it is important that you complete your online graduation registration form so that we have a correct record of your name and the address where you can be contacted until the end of November 2024. If you are not attending and you do not complete the graduation registration form, you will not receive your certificate.

For graduates whose awards were conferred in April, certificates have already been posted to graduates who completed the graduation registration form in April. If you did not complete the form in April, please contact the Graduation Office to either confirm your address details so that arrangements can be made for your certificate to be posted to you if you do not wish to attend the graduation ceremony, or to register your interest in attending the graduation ceremony so that you can receive your certificate on the day.