Postponement of graduation ceremonies – July 2020 and January 2021

Frequently asked questions for students who expected to attend a ceremony in either July 2020 or January 2021.

• When will I become a Kingston University graduate?

• All students who successfully complete their course immediately become graduates of the University, even though our ceremonies have had to be postponed.

  The University will keep in touch as more information becomes available. To help us do this, we are urging all our graduating students to ensure we have their up-to-date contact contact details on OSIS.

• When will I receive my certificate?

• Summer 2020 graduates who wish to be sent a printed award certificate should submit a request through the contact form on this web page. Please remember to provide your current address for posting and allow 3 to 4 weeks for receipt of your certificate.

  Autumn/winter 2020 graduates who wish to be sent a printed award certificate should submit a request through the contact form on this web page from January 2021 only please – requests received before then cannot be processed. When requesting from that time, please remember to provide your current address for posting and allow 3 to 4 weeks for receipt of your certificate.

  Students who have successfully completed their degrees and would have been due to attend graduation ceremonies in July 2020 or January 2021 can access Digital Award Certificates on Gradintel*. They can also access the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) via Gradintel too. These are official documents that can be shared with employers, other universities and anyone else who may need to see them, in the same way as physical copies.

  (*If you have only just received your award this can take up to four weeks to be available.)

  We are urging all our students who are about to complete their studies to ensure we have their up-to-date contact details on OSIS so we can keep in touch when we have more information.

  Read this page for updates, more information and how to contact the certificates team directly depending on your query.

• When will graduation ceremonies take place?

• Unfortunately, we are not able to confirm ceremony dates at the moment as we do not yet know how the ongoing public health emergency will evolve or when government restrictions will be lifted.

  We will be in touch with all students who have just completed their degrees and diplomas as soon as we can provide an update about our revised ceremony dates.