Graduation

All graduations are provided per the university Graduation Policy, the information below is the more common information requested by students.

For those awarded from 1 November 2023 up to the Awards Board publication on 5 July 2024 (including all partner institutions).

Monday 29 July 2024

10.30 am - The School of Art, Architecture and Design

2.30 pm - School of Computing and Digital Media

6.30 pm - School of Human Sciences

Tuesday 30 July 2024

10.30 am - Guildhall School of Business and Law (Subject Areas: Accounting, Banking and Finance / Languages / Strategic Management)

2.30 pm - Guildhall School of Business and Law (Subject Areas: Law / Marketing and Creative Enterprise) & School of Social Sciences and Professions (Subject Area: Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations)

6.30 pm - School of Social Sciences and Professions (Subject Areas: Education / Health, Social Care and Early Childhood / Social Work, Community and Youth / Psychology)

Please check your Evision home page to confirm your School and Subject Area.

Wednesday 31 July 2024

10.30 am - All partner institutions

For those awarded after the 5 July Awards Board and up to 31 October 2024 (excluding all partners).

Invitations will be sent by email on Monday 11 November 2024.

Monday 2 December 2024

10.30 am - Guildhall School of Business and Law & School of the Built Environment & The School of Art, Architecture and Design

2.30 pm - School of Computing and Digital Media & School of Human Sciences & School of Social Sciences and Professions

The invitation will be emailed to both personal and London Metropolitan University email addresses as held on your student record. We do not use any email address you use in email communication, only those placed on your record. It is a student's responsibility to keep this information up to date.

Invitations will only be sent after the final Awards Board publication for the graduation period. If you have not received an invitation after this date please log into your Evision account to confirm you have been awarded. You can also check the email address you have on record. If you have to update your email address please let us know, as soon as you have updated it via graduation@londonmet.ac.uk.

We strongly recommend that you do not make any travel arrangements for yourself, or your guests until you have been formally invited and have made a booking to attend graduation. London Met cannot take accountability for any costs incurred if you are either not invited to or do not book to attend any graduation in time.

Anyone requiring a visa

We appreciate that if you and/or your guests require a visa to attend the graduation ceremony then you may require a visa to enter the UK. Please visit the UKVI webpages for information about visitor's visas.

The University does not issue any special documentation in connection with visa applications to attend the graduation ceremony. The graduation team can only issue a letter confirming the dates of your graduation ceremony before the official invitation is issued, please email us at graduation@londonmet.ac.uk to request one.

London Metropolitan University holds graduation ceremonies in the Barbican Hall at the Barbican Centre which is in central London and is easily accessible by rail, underground and road. A map of the immediate area, clear directions and parking information are helpfully provided by the Barbican Centre on their website.

It is always worth checking the travel conditions in London before starting your journey and Transport for London (TfL) provides the latest travel information.

Remember that if you are driving into central London you may have to pay the London congestion charge.

Graduate

Each graduation holds a maximum of 600 graduate seats. Bookings will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. You must book by the given deadline in your invitation letter, even if you are only booking a ticket for yourself.

The graduate ticket is free, but must still be ordered using the University's official booking site. More information on how to book will only be communicated by your invitation email.

Graduates and guests are seated in different parts of the hall and all tickets are non-transferable.

Guests

Graduation is a formal and celebratory occasion and graduates may wish to enjoy the day with their family and friends. The duration of the ceremony is normally around 1 hour and 30 minutes. We ask graduates and guests to respect their peers and to remain seated until the ceremony has finished.

Guest tickets cost £30 per person. You may purchase up to 3 tickets.

Please ensure you book any guest tickets by the given deadline in your invitation letter, do not wait for payday or family to confirm, as we cannot take any bookings after this deadline.

Children

Any child over the age of two years old will require a ticket. There are no concession prices and tickets are checked by staff before entering the main hall.

Young children may become restless and cause some disruption to those seated nearby, in which case we would advise exiting the main hall. Please note there isn't a creche or any child-minding facilities at the Barbican Centre and prams and pushchairs are not permitted inside the hall and will have to be stored in the cloakroom before the start of the ceremony.

Special requirements

If you or your guests have any special requirements, you should inform the graduation team of this during the booking process. Please note that graduates normally ascend and descend the stage via a short set of steps. If this is inaccessible, please email us at graduation@londonmet.ac.uk immediately and we can make alternative arrangements.

The Barbican has produced a very detailed Access Guide, which may help you identify any special requirements you may have for the day.

The Vice-Chancellor has decided that academic dress (gown, hood and hat) is optional for London Metropolitan University graduation ceremonies. However, as this is a formal event, we suggest graduates and guests are smartly dressed.

Ede & Ravenscroft provides the University officials' gowns and also provides a gowning service for graduates which can be booked online in advance of graduation. Information about how to use this service will be sent in your invitation. Other suppliers are also available and if you choose to use them you will be required to bring your academic dress with you on the day.

Please note that only gown suppliers can assist with any queries you have regarding their services - the University cannot deal with these queries.

A photography service is provided by Ede & Ravenscroft on the day of graduation. They will have several photography studios available on the day in the Barbican Centre (not within the main hall). Photography must be ordered in advance when you order your tickets.

Other suppliers may be available, but other photographers will not be permitted to use Ede & Ravenscroft's studios and can only attend in the main hall as a paid ticketed guest of the graduate. If they attend as a guest, they can only take photos from their seat and must not disrupt other guests around them.

You must only arrive at the Barbican Centre about 1 hour and 30 minutes before your ceremony is due to commence. This will give you time to register, collect your tickets and academic dress (if ordered), and have your photograph taken. There will be queues, so please ensure you and your guests know where you each need to go and leave enough time.

Registration desk

The registration desk will open 1 hour and 30 minutes before the start of your ceremony. Join the queue corresponding to your last name to register, collect your graduate seat ticket, any guest tickets, and your presentation card (without these you will not be able to enter the hall). Please keep your presentation card with you at all times.

Collecting Ede & Ravenscroft academic dress

If you have ordered a gown via Ede & Ravenscroft or you wish to do so on the day, after registration turn to face where you entered the stalls floor and the Ede & Ravenscroft gowning area is in the far-left corner.

Photography studios

Once you have registered and collected your academic dress, you can have your photographs taken by Ede & Ravenscroft.

It's better to have your photograph taken before your ceremony if you have arrived in time to do so - but you must get to your seat in the main hall in good time before your ceremony is due to start.

Cloakroom

This is directly behind the main registration desk. We recommend you check in your coats and bags as soon as you can and please remember prams and pushchairs are not permitted inside the hall and will have to be stored in the cloakroom before the start of the ceremony. 

In the hall

You should take your place in the hall (via the door number shown on your ticket) at least 15 minutes before your ceremony begins. In the hall, a marshal will direct you to your allocated seat. To be part of the student procession on stage you must sit in your allocated seat.

At the appropriate point in the ceremony, marshals will tell you when to leave your seat to be presented.

When you go onto the stage, hand your presentation card to the marshall on stage, and stand by the lectern until your name is read out. Then walk along the red carpet across the stage and leave the stage by the steps on the far side.

Marshals will guide you back to your seat, where you remain until the very end of the ceremony when the academic staff and stage party have left the hall.

We do ask, out of respect for everyone who is attending and who has celebrated for you, that you stay in the hall for the duration of the ceremony. Please make sure you have planned and prepared to be in the hall for at least 2 hours, this gives you time to get ready for the ceremony and for the intended duration.

You will not be presented with your award certificate, as advised before this is posted to you by the awards team.

Refreshments

Refreshments will be available for 30 minutes after the ceremony for graduates and their guests on the Ground Floor (Level 0) after the ceremony.

Arriving late

We appreciate that for a variety of reasons, graduates can be delayed. If you do arrive late, staff will make every effort to accommodate you. However, we stress that if you arrive after the ceremony has commenced, to avoid disruption, your entry to the hall will be delayed until an appropriate point in the ceremony and you may not be located in your correct seat, and it may not be possible for you to process across the stage.

After the ceremony

The Barbican Centre has several restaurants and cafes providing a range of food and beverages if you wish to use those services.

Mygraduationfilm.com will be filming your graduation ceremony live. You can order a USB/digital download of the ceremony or a personalised 30-second graduation clip of you crossing the stage. Both products will be issued as soon as they are available. Please visit the London Metropolitan page on their website if you want to place an order.

You can watch the live stream by visiting the mygraduation.com website.

When booking you must agree to the Terms and Conditions of which one is "I understand that once booked, tickets are neither refundable nor transferable, unless cancelled by the University."

However if after booking tickets you find that you/your guests will not be able to attend, please contact us and explain the circumstances and if this is before your seat/ticket allocation we may try to reallocate the seats.

The specific times and school allocations will not be confirmed until the start of the calendar year, along with the cut-off dates for inclusion in graduations.

2025

Summer - 28 and 29 July 2025

Winter - 1 December 2025

Your award certificate will not be presented to you at the ceremony. It is posted to the address recorded as your official home address in the University's Student Records System. You may amend your home address record via your Evision account. The Graduation team are not involved in this process and any queries should be directed to awards@londonmet.ac.uk