Graduation at Otago

Te Tari Whakapōtaetaka

• About Graduation at Otago
• Graduation Dates for 2013
• Live Streaming of May 2013 Graduation Ceremonies
• Contacts
• Graduation Office Staff
• Applying to Graduate
  • Choosing Your Graduation Date
  • When and How to Apply to Graduate
  • Information about Your Name
  • If You Owe Money to the University
  • If You Have a Disability
  • Opening and Closing Dates for Applications
  • Booking Flights and Making Other Arrangements
  • Notification of Acceptance
  • Withdrawing from a Ceremony
  • Changing from In Person to In Absentia
• Information About Your Ceremony - Saturday 25 May 2013 at 1.00pm
• Information About Your Ceremony - Saturday 25 May 2013 at 4.00pm
• Graduation Day - What to Wear, Bring, & Do
  • Information about Regalia
  • Graduation Order Number
  • What to Bring to the Ceremony
  • How Degrees are Conferred at the Ceremony
  • How Diplomas are Awarded at the Ceremony
• General Graduation Information
  • Information about Guests and Guest Tickets
  • On-Campus Accommodation at the Executive Residence
  • Where to find Parking on Graduation Day
  • The Graduation Brunch
  • The Graduation Procession along George Street
  • Photographs
  • DVD of Your Graduation Ceremony
  • Other Activities
• Doctoral and Masters Information
  • Thesis Submission
  • Final Result
  • Hard-bound Copies of Your Thesis
  • Electronic Copy of Your Thesis
  • Important Dates
  • Graduation Booklet Form for Doctoral Candidates
• Deferring Graduation
• Beyond Graduation
  • Information about Distance Learning
  • The Development and Alumni Relations Office
  • Information about the Court of Convocation
  • Information about the Federation of Graduate Women
• Student Administration

Graduation at Otago

Graduation is a chance for you to mark the completion of your studies and to celebrate your success with your family, friends and the University community. It also marks your admission to the full and permanent membership of the University.

The University currently holds more than ten graduation ceremonies each year. You may choose whether to graduate in May, August or December, but you must graduate at the ceremony allocated to your particular qualification. If you are receiving two qualifications which would normally be awarded at two separate ceremonies, you may choose one ceremony at which you will receive both.

You can choose whether to graduate in person or in absentia. If you graduate in person, you will be 'capped' by the Chancellor and your degree or diploma will be presented to you on stage at the ceremony. If you graduate in absentia, you do not attend the ceremony. Your name will be listed in the ceremony booklet (but not read out at the ceremony) and your degree or diploma will be sent to you by courier in the week following the ceremony or, if you are in Dunedin, you can come and collect it. Even if you choose to graduate in absentia, your qualification can be awarded only at an official graduation ceremony.

Someone who has completed the requirements of their qualification, but has not yet graduated, is termed a "graduand". After graduation, you become a "graduate" of the University.

The main objective of the Graduation Office is to administer all central aspects of the University's graduation programme including applications to graduate, ticket and regalia requests, the production of Graduation Publications, the approval of applications to defer graduating and the co-ordination of the ceremonial aspects of graduation.   

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Graduation Dates for 2013

Please refer to the information contained on our Applying to Graduate page, to find out when and how to apply to graduate

The venue for the May ceremonies as listed below will be the Regent Theatre, Dunedin.  The venue for the August and December ceremonies as listed below will be the Dunedin Town Hall.  Please note that two ceremonies will be held on some dates and the start times of the ceremonies vary, as detailed below. ⁺
 

• Saturday 4 May 2013 at 1.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Applied Science, Consumer and Applied Sciences, Physical Education and Surveying

• Saturday 4 May 2013 at 4.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Science and Biomedical Sciences

• Saturday 11 May 2013 at 3.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Commerce

• Saturday 25 May 2013 at 1.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Arts, Education, Music, Teaching and Theology

• Saturday 25 May 2013 at 4.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Law, Dentistry, Health Sciences, Medicine, Medical Laboratory Science, Pharmacy and Physiotherapy

• Saturday 17 August 2013 at 3.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in all disciplines

• Saturday 30 November 2013 at 3.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Education, Teaching and Pharmacy

• Saturday 7 December 2013 (first ceremony) - Degrees and diplomas in Medicine and Medical Laboratory Science ⁺

• Saturday 7 December 2013 (second ceremony) - Degrees and diplomas in Dentistry and Physiotherapy ⁺

• Wednesday 11 December 2013 at 3.00pm - Degrees and diplomas in Arts, Music and Theology

• Saturday 14 December 2013 (first ceremony) - Degrees and diplomas in Law, Commerce,Biomedical Sciences and Health Sciences ⁺

• Saturday 14 December 2013 (second ceremony) - Degrees and diplomas in Applied Science, Consumer and Applied Sciences, Physical Education, Science and Surveying ⁺

⁺ The times for these graduation ceremonies are to be confirmed

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Contact Details

Postal Address:

Graduation Office
Student Administration
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin, 9054
New Zealand

Physical Address:

Graduation Office
University of Otago
Clocktower Building (ground floor, south end)
Leith Street
Dunedin, 9016
New Zealand

The Graduation Office is number 71 on the campus map.

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Graduation Office Staff

Jeana Jackson Graduation Administrator Tel 64 3 479 8239 Email jeana.jackson@otago.ac.nz Jeana is responsible for graduation applications, ticket and regalia requests and related enquiries.

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