Graduation Eligibility and Completion Letters

Graduation Eligibility

You do not need to apply to graduate. Your eligibility will automatically be assessed when the results for your final semester are available.

Completion Letters

We understand that many students require completion letters urgently and we make every effort to process them as soon as possible. However, due to the numbers of students there will inevitably be delays in processing.

Your completion letter will be sent to your University email account

If you require a letter for immigration purposes you will need to take your Completion Letter to the Student Centre located on Level 3 of the Jane Foss Russell Building to request one. Download a "Request for Letter" form.

Graduating in absentia

If you do not wish to attend a ceremony you may have your degree conferred earlier, at a monthly meeting of the University Senate. For this to happen you must advise the Graduations Office in writing by:

• email:
• fax: +61 2 8627 8281
• post: Graduations Office
  Level 3, Jane Foss Russell Bldg, G02
  University of Sydney, NSW, 2006.

You must state that you wish to graduate in absentia and include your full name, student number and the address to which your testamur and academic transcripts are to be posted.

Graduation Ceremonies

Three weeks prior to each scheduled ceremony, graduands are sent a Graduation Invitation Package, consisting of an invitation with two or three guest tickets and The Information for Graduands booklet. All ceremonies will be held in the Great Hall at the Main Quadrangle of the University and last for approximately one hour. It is not possible to change the date of your graduation ceremony