• Albany: UWA Graduation: Albany Ceremony is scheduled for (dates to be confirmed). Information pertaining to the Albany Ceremony can be found below.

• Crawley (Perth): UWA Crawley Graduation Ceremonies are scheduled for Monday, 24 August - Thursday 27 August 2026 and Monday, 8 February - Wednesday, 17 February 2027. Information pertaining to the Crawley (Perth) ceremonies can be found here

Step 1: Apply to Graduate (dates to be confirmed)

• In Absentia application, complete your course and your award will be conferred date (dates to be confirmed)
• Attend a ceremony, see steps 2 to 6 

Step 2: Confirm your attendance (dates to be confirmed)

Step 3: Email the Graduations team requesting to attend your ceremony in Albany date (dates to be confirmed)

Step 4: Order your tickets 

Step 5: Complete your course requirements by (dates to be confirmed)

Step 6: Attend your ceremony!

• It is an Australian Government requirement that from 01 January 2023, all higher education students must have a Unique Student Identifier (USI) for their degree to be conferred. Students who do not have a USI by their chosen conferral date will not be graduated, and will be moved to the next conferral.
•  Please click on the link below for information on how to create your USI.

• How do I get a USI?

• Applications are open from (dates to be confirmed)
• You will receive an email inviting you to “Apply to Graduate” in studentConnect on (dates to be confirmed).
• The “Apply to Graduate” deadline is (dates to be confirmed).
• It is important to “Apply to Graduate” to reserve a spot for you in the ceremony, even if there is only a small chance that you will not complete the course requirements before (dates to be confirmed).

You can apply to graduate and attend an in-person ceremony or to graduate in absentia, without attending a ceremony.

GRADUATING AS ATTENDING AT AN IN-PERSON CEREMONY

• Your award will be conferred at an in-person ceremony (either in Crawley (Perth) or Albany)
• You will receive your certificate at your ceremony

GRADUATING IN ABSENTIA

• You award can be conferred in absentia, without you attending a ceremony.
• Please be advised, once your award is conferred in absentia, you will not have the opportunity to attend a future graduation ceremony for your award.
• Your certificate will be mailed to you.

• If you applied to graduate as Attending, you will receive an email from the Graduations Team on (dates to be confirmed) asking you to “Confirm your Attendance” via studentConnect. If you are confirming your attendance for a Crawley (Perth) ceremony, this email will include the date and time of your allocated ceremony. If you are confirming your attendance for an Albany ceremony, refer to STEP 3 for Albany.
• You must confirm your attendance between (dates to be confirmed).
• If you have applied to attend your ceremony and you do not “Confirm your Attendance” by (dates to be confirmed), your graduation status will be changed from attending to in absentia.

• IMPORTANT: Once you have completed the Confirmation of Attendance process in studentConnect, if you wish to be allocated to the Albany Graduation Ceremony scheduled for (dates to be confirmed), you must email the Graduations Team via askUWA between (dates to be confirmed), in the following format:
  
  • Select 'Graduations' from the 'My enquiry is about' drop down 
  • Subject: Albany Graduation Ceremony request
  • Message: Include your student number and the award for which you would like to graduate at the the Albany ceremony

If you do not email the Graduations Team visa AskUWA, you will be allocated to the Crawley (Perth) ceremony for your discipline even if you are enrolled as an Albany student.

Once you have confirmed your attendance and you have met course completion requirements, you will receive an email from the Graduations Team with further information and a link to order your academic dress. Please note that you will only be able to place your order after you have confirmed your attendance, your course has been officially completed, and you have emailed the Graduations Office advising that you would like to attend the Albany ceremony.

If you don't receive the email within 24 hours, contact the Graduation Team via askUWA so your confirmation details can be checked.

GFP Graduations is the University's preferred provider of academic dress. You can obtain your academic dress from any supplier as long as the academic dress complies with the University Policy on Graduation Academic Dress (Policy Number:UP11/49). Should your academic dress not comply, you will not be able to present on stage as you will not be appropriately attired AND at a regional campus, we are unable to cater for last minute requests. 

Please order regalia at least 4 weeks prior to your ceremony to ensure the supplier is sufficiently stocked and able to be transported to Albany on time.

Academic dress prices vary according to the award that is being conferred. Full details are available on the Albany GFP Online Ordering Portal.

If you have any problems with the GFP Online Ordering Portal, please contact GFP directly: [email protected], call GFP's customer support team at Australia: 1300 360 445 - International: +61 8 8154 1388

• All academic regalia for Albany graduation attendees will be shipped directly to and from Albany Campus in one batch, by courier.
• Graduands are to collect the regalia from UWA Albany staff on the day of the ceremony from the Albany Entertainment Centre (AEC). You will receive further details from UWA Albany to specify arrangements for regalia collection and gowning closer to the ceremony date. 
• Regalia MUST be returned to UWA Albany Campus Administration Staff at the AEC immediately following the ceremony and reception.

Complimentary Guest tickets: To collect up to three complimentary guest tickets, please log in to the GFP online ordering portal from the date to be provided soon. You will be able to send your guests their electronic tickets via the portal.

• If you have not met your course requirements by (dates to be confirmed), your application to graduate (in person or in absentia) will be moved.
• Applications to attend an in-person ceremony, are moved to the next round ceremonies.
• Applications to graduate in absentia, will be allocated to the next available monthly in absentia ceremony, as soon as course requirements have been met.
• If you would like to review your graduation status, log in to studentConnect and click the “Graduations” tab on the left

2 weeks prior to Graduation, you will receive an email from Albany Administration, that gives you all the event-specific information for the day, for both you and your guests. 

• Once your award is conferred, you will be sent an email with how you can access your certificate and AHEGS statement via My eQuals
• My eQuals gives you the ability to access all your tertiary credentials through your own secure online portal and share them with anyone you like, anywhere in the world.
• It’s a secure and easy way for verification agencies, employers and recruitment professionals to receive and instantly verify your official tertiary credentials online.
• My eQuals removes the hassle of keeping physical copies of your credentials, making copies, getting them certified and posting them when applying for a job or further study. Everything is online and available anywhere, anytime.

• Should you have any questions, please contact Graduations via askUWA