In an email to current students, Martin Williams, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, sympathized with the frustration of students, but highlighted that the decision had been made due to the. However, there is ongoing uncertainty about when large scale gatherings will be allowed to resume. In light of the ongoing pandemic, we have had to take the difficult decision to postpone these ceremonies.
This means that it is not feasible for the ceremonies to go ahead. Alternatively, if you wish to have your degree conferred before ceremonies can recommence you may opt to have it conferred in absentia.
Please read on for further details. He highlighted that students who wished to participate in later degree ceremonies would not have to take any further action at present. All rights reserved. Share This Tweet. Share on Facebook. Share on LinkedIn.
Share on Reddit. Home Oxford students News Degree ceremonies to restart from September The University has confirmed that degree ceremonies are planned to resume from September It therefore has no subject or class. Please use your degree certificate as evidence of this award. If you are having your degree conferred in person, your name will be printed in the brochure, providing you have given permission for this to happen when you book onto a ceremony.
If you are attending in person and would like to update your preference up until 30 days before the ceremony , you may do so by contacting your college office. It is not possible to make any changes within 30 days of the ceremony.
Only the names of those having their degrees conferred in person will have their names called out during the ceremony. The title of doctor should only be used once the DPhil degree has been conferred at a degree ceremony, whether this is attended or the degree conferred in absence. Students who have completed their viva or submitted corrections should not use the title until such time as the DPhil degree has been conferred, at which point it is officially recognised by the University.
You will receive at least two guest tickets. There is no formal dress code, however most guests dress for a formal occasion. Check with your college about any special considerations for your college graduation event. Children aged seven and over are welcome to attend the ceremony, and they will require a ticket if they occupy their own seat.
Just click on the correct date and time of your ceremony; the live stream will start a few minutes before the ceremony begins. In addition, some colleges organise viewing facilities on college premises for those that do not have tickets for the ceremony.
Please confirm with your college as to whether they offer this. Following the ceremony you may buy a copy of your ceremony on DVD or digital download. The live ceremony stream will not be available after the ceremony has finished.
Please be aware that by attending a degree ceremony at the University of Oxford, either as a graduand or as a guest, you may be captured in photography or film footage. Note that not all students choose to graduate in person at a graduation ceremony — you can also choose to graduate in absentia. We ask that you and your guests refrain from taking photographs or recording videos during the ceremony. This will avoid disrupting the experience for other students and guests.
There are opportunities to applaud the graduands on the day at certain points during the ceremonies. Official photographers will be based inside the Sheldonian quadrangle following the ceremony, should you wish to order official degree day photos, and you may purchase a copy of your ceremony on DVD or digital download after the ceremony.
Further graduation memorabilia will be available from the Oxford University Shop. The Sheldonian Theatre is a Grade I listed building. Please note that there are no lift facilities and the majority of seats are benches, some without back rests. Guests should be made aware that they may have to climb several flights of stairs to be seated.
Your college may use the additional contact details when sending information about college graduation events. Access Student Self Service. Ask a question. Skip to main content. Greeting Officials of the University of Oxford as they pass.
This image comes from Oxford University Images - All rights reserved. Share This Tweet. Share on Facebook. Share on LinkedIn. Share on Reddit. Academic degrees date from the second half of the twelfth century. The present ceremony retains all the essential features of its ancient predecessors, with the proceedings still conducted in Latin. Update on degree ceremonies from September Having taken the difficult decision to postpone degree ceremonies between May and August due to the COVID pandemic, the University resumed ceremonies during September If you have any questions, please contact your college in the first instance.
Saturday 11 September ; ; Friday 24 September ; ; Saturday 25 September ; ; Friday 1 October ; Saturday 2 October ; ; Friday 29 October ; ; Saturday 30 October ; ; Friday 12 November ; ; Saturday 13 November ; Friday 26 November ; Saturday 22 January in absence only Saturday 26 February , Saturday 05 March , Saturday 12 March , Saturday 07 May , , Saturday 14 May , , Saturday 21 May , , Saturday 04 June , , Current finalists will be contacted on 23 November to invite them to book onto ceremonies running up until June Colleges are also in the process of writing to those graduands who they can accommodate in the ceremonies.
If you have an urgent cause to attend a ceremony in the first half of for example because you may be travelling back to your home country , you should speak to your college before 7 December Colleges are in the process of writing to those graduands who they can accommodate in the ceremonies.
If you are waiting for a ceremony, and you do not hear from your college by Friday 17 December, it is likely you will be contacted once arrangements start being made for the ceremonies taking place from July Graduands who need to have their degrees conferred urgently can always do so by having their names added to existing ceremonies, to attend in absentia.
Please contact your college if you wish to do this. If you have already registered to have your degree conferred in absentia, this process will continue as normal — so no further action is needed.
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