Register your graduation choice
For graduation in summer 2025, you must register your graduation choice and update your personal details by Friday 16 May. Registration opens on Monday 28 April.
If you do not register your choice by 16 May, 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 July 2025
- Attend later in the year, in December 2025
- Attend next year, in July 2026
- Don’t attend any graduation, known as in absentia.
You must register your choice using Student Services if you want to attend in December 2025 or July 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 degree certificate 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 relaxed graduation, complete the relaxed graduation registration form.
- For virtual graduation, complete the virtual graduation registration form.
- To choose not to attend any graduation, log into Student Services to register this choice.
Please only register to attend one graduation ceremony or make your choice not to attend.
How to register for an in-person ceremony
- 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).
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 having any problems logging into Student Services, or no longer have access to your University account, email the Graduation team at graduation@leeds.ac.uk. Please include your student ID number in your email.
You must register your graduation choice by the deadline, so please allow enough time for this.
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.