If you change your mind after expressing your interest, you will be given the opportunity to amend your choice in response to the formal registration invitation email, or you can contact graduation@reading.ac.uk.

If you do amend your choice from not attending or deferring to attending, then the Graduation Office will endeavour to accommodate you and any guest ticket requests that you may have. Please note, that due to restrictions on numbers allowed in the Great Hall, we may not be able to put you in your preferred ceremony.

If you want to attend your Graduation then you need to express your interest by Sunday 6 October 2024. This will also mean that you will have priority when requesting guest tickets* during the formal registration process.

You should let us know if you have any disability or mobility difficulties by Sunday 6 October 2024 so we can make arrangements for you in your ceremony e.g. a ramp for access onto the stage, rather than the usual short flight of stairs.

You should still complete the Expression of Interest process and indicate that you are planning to attend, so we know to include you in our ceremony numbers. You will receive a formal registration email invitation by mid-October 2024. If you have changed your mind and no longer wish to attend, you can confirm this during the formal registration process.

You should still complete the Expression of Interest process, so we know not to include you in our ceremony numbers. You will still receive a formal registration email invitation by mid-October 2024, as during this registration process you will be asked to confirm the details for your certificate and to provide us with a postal address for it to be sent out to following the ceremonies in January.

After you have expressed your interest for graduation, you will receive a confirmation email. Please ensure that you have received this confirmation, as it is the only way to confirm at a later stage that you have indeed completed the Expression of Interest process, especially with regard to being prioritised guest tickets.

If you indicated that you would like to attend or graduate in absence, you will be sent your email invitation by mid-October 2024 inviting you to complete your formal registration. If you indicated that you would like to defer your graduation, you will still receive an invitation email asking you to confirm your choice. If you do not confirm your choice during formal registration you may instead graduate in absence as default.

During the formal registration process in October and early November you will be able to request guest tickets.

If you successfully completed the expression of interest process and received a confirmation email by the deadline given, you will have priority when requesting guest tickets during the formal registration process in October and early November.

The Great Hall at our London Road campus only has a limited capacity for each ceremony. We are aware that both sizes of cohorts, and the proportion of each cohort that wishes to attend their graduation, fluctuates each year. The responses to the expression of interest process are used by the Graduation Team to create an accurate ceremony schedule. If you express your interest by the deadline given, you will have priority when requesting guest tickets during the formal registration process.