Where will my Degree Congregation take place?
Your Degree Congregation, or graduation ceremony, will take place on our Edgbaston Campus in the Great Hall (Aston Webb Building). It is important that you and your two guests arrive in plenty of time for the start of the ceremony. The doors will close 15 minutes before the ceremony start time, after which point you will not be able to join the event. The doors will open 45 minutes to an hour before the ceremony starts. Graduating students have an allocated seat at the back of the Great Hall. Guest seating is at the front of the Great Hall and is unallocated.
Graduands with blue tickets should enter the Great Hall through the left-hand doors. Graduands with gold tickets should enter through the doors on the right. Guests enter through the middle doors. You will be asked to show your ticket to the staff on the doors. Guests should then proceed to the front of the Hall to find an available seat. Graduands will need to check in at the desk inside the Great Hall before taking their numbered seat. This is crucial as otherwise you will not be presented for your degree in the correct order, and you risk your name being crossed out of the list!
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