Register your graduation choice
For graduation in winter 2025, you must register your graduation choice and update your personal details by Friday 31 October. Registration opens on Monday 13 October.
If you do not register your choice by 31 October, we will not be able to guarantee your attendance at graduation and there may be delays to your degree certificate.
Your graduation options
- Attend graduation in December 2025
- Attend next year, in July 2026
- Attend next year, in December 2026
- Don’t attend any graduation, known as in absentia.
You must register your choice using Student Services if you want to attend in July 2026 or December 2026 or if you won’t attend. You will then need to register again nearer the time of the graduation you’ve chosen.
Types of graduation ceremony
Choose a ceremony type according to your needs.
In-person graduation
An in-person ceremony in the Great Hall.
You will wear the official University of Leeds academic dress and be presented with your award in person.
Find out more about in-person ceremonies and what to expect on the day.
Virtual graduation – online
An interactive online ceremony for anyone who can’t attend in person.
The ceremony will be streamed live from campus and you’ll join a small Zoom breakout room with other graduates in your group.
Virtual ceremonies last between 30 minutes and one hour.
Find out more about virtual graduation.
Relaxed graduation – in-person
A ceremony for anyone who might feel more comfortable in a more relaxed setting, including students and guests with learning difficulties, autism, social anxiety or sensory processing difficulties.
Find out more about the relaxed graduation experience.
How to register your graduation choice
- For in-person ceremonies, log into Student Services to register (see detailed instructions on how to register for an in-person ceremony).
- For virtual graduation, complete the virtual graduation registration form instead of using Student Services.
- For relaxed graduation, complete the relaxed graduation expression of interest form instead of using Student Services.
- To choose not to attend any graduation or to defer your graduation choice, log into Student Services to register this.
Registration links will only be active during the graduation registration period (13 to 31 October 2025).
Please only register to attend one graduation ceremony or make your choice to defer or not attend.
How to register for an in-person ceremony, or choose to defer or not attend
- Go to Student Services. We recommend using a desktop browser or access Student Services through Minerva if the page does not load for you. See instructions on what to do if you have issues accessing Student Services.
- Sign in with your username (followed by @leeds.ac.uk) and password.
- Click the ‘Registration and Student Records’ tab.
- Click on the ‘Graduation Ceremony’ link at the bottom of the page.
- Click the ceremony number.
- Enter your details and make your graduation choice.
You’ll get a confirmation email (usually within five working days after registering to attend a ceremony).
If you have issues accessing Student Services
To access Student Services through Minerva, log into Minerva, then click on ‘Student Services’ in the ‘My Leeds’ section. This will take you to the Student Services page where you can then follow the steps detailed previously.
If you are unable to access Student Services or your University account when graduation registration opens, email the Graduation team at graduation@leeds.ac.uk including your student ID number. You’ll then be sent a link to register using an alternative method.
You must register your graduation choice before the deadline, so allow enough time if you need support.
Preparing for your ceremony and what to expect
- Check the graduation ceremony eligibility criteria that applies to your ceremony choice.
- Read more about getting tickets on the graduation tickets page.
- Learn more about booking your gown on the ordering your gown page.
- Find out what to expect on the day at an in-person ceremony.
- Check about accessibility on the graduation venue accessibility page.
- Get more information about degree certificates and when you’ll receive yours.
Contact
If you have any questions, email the Graduation team at graduation@leeds.ac.uk. Please include your student ID number in your email.