Graduation ceremonies

Before you register, read this important information

• We’ll be using your UMail to keep in touch. 
• How do I access UMail?
• How do I access my @unisq.edu.au email as a research student?
• How do I forward mail from my UMail account to another email account?
• What is my UniSQ Username and password?
• What is my UniSQ Student Number?
• Check out the Ceremony Day Schedule tab below so you can plan your ceremony day (4+ hours + travel)
• Which ceremony do I attend? You can register to attend any ceremony time which suits you and your guests.To attend a ceremony with academic staff and graduates from your program, please select your Discipline-named ceremony i.e. Bachelor of Nursing / Health and Wellbeing Discipline-named ceremony.
• If you require Accessibility Support, contact the Graduations Office via E: graduations@unisq.edu.au as soon as you register to provide your personal information.
• Late registration & AUD150 Ceremony Fee payment will not be accepted. Here's how to make payment after you register, and before the deadline.
• To cancel, email graduations@unisq.edu.au before the event so your  AUD150 Ceremony Fee can be refunded. 
• The AUD150 Ceremony Fee includes: your graduate attendance, loaned academic dress (including a gifted mortarboard/bonnet), and light refreshments for you and your guests.
• Each graduate is allowed 5 guests. Babies under 12 months do not require a guest ticket, but must sit on a guest's lap. Prams are not permitted inside the ceremony, but may enter the event precinct.
• Doctoral graduates are allowed 15 guests.
• Our graduation ceremonies are live streamed so you can share with family and friends who are unable to attend.
• Ceremonies are conducted  in a fenced event precinct, and only ticketed guests and graduates may enter the precinct. Graduates may not leave the event precinct in loaned academic dress.
• UniSQ Academic Dress has been simplified for 2024.
• We’ll provide graduates with a testamur tube for use in photos before, during and after your ceremony.
• Check out the Australian Government’s Department of Homeland Affairs information about how long it currently takes to process a visa for visitors from various countries.
• Once you’ve registered and paid your Ceremony Fee, you may need a Ceremony Invitation Letter to get a visa.
• If you’re currently a non-resident living in Australia, and wish to invite your overseas guests to Australia, request a Ceremony Invitation Letter so you can support their application for a visa. 

Step 1: Register and pay the AUD150 Ceremony Fee via your Student Centre

• Complete the online Graduate Response#2 (Deferred Ceremony) via UConnect > Student Centre > Graduations tile (Deferred Ceremony) before the deadline. If you have previously registered for a ceremony and cancelled, email graduations@unisq.edu.au requesting a Manual Ceremony Registration, and include the date/location/time of a current ceremony.
• Pay the AUD150 Ceremony Fee before the deadline. Late payment will not be accepted.
• If you need to change your ceremony,  email graduations@unisq.edu.au before the ceremony registration and payment deadline.
• If you need to cancel your attendance email graduations@unisq.edu.au before the event date.

Step 2: Complete your Reed Graduation Portal registration confirmation & ticketing 

• One week prior to your ceremony you’ll receive an email with a link to the Reed Graduation Portal.
• Use the link to log into the Reed Portal to confirm your registration details, provide your height, check your academic dress loan, access your graduate ticket (including QR code & allocated seat). Once you've completed your own registration confirmation & submitted, you'll receive an email response with your guest e-tickets (including QRcode & allocated seating). Check your Junk Mail if you cannot find this email.
• Before ceremony day ensure you share or print the e-tickets with your guests so they can enter the event precinct & find their allocated seating for the ceremony.
• Remember, you'll need to access your e-ticket on ceremony day to:
  - enter the event precinct
  - collect & return your loaned academic dress
  - collect your Callers Card & Alumni gift
  - find your allocated graduate seat for the ceremony. 

Toowoomba Summer Ceremonies Empire Theatres, Neil Street, Toowoomba Tuesday 13 February 2024

9.30 am -  Law & Justice, Info Technology, Business & Commerce, Engineering & Built Envir, Sciences

1.30 pm -  Health & Community

5.30 pm - Creative Arts & Media, Education, Humanities & Communication

NOTE: Ceremony registration & payment opens Wed 6 Dec 2023, and closes midnight Mon 22 Jan 2024.

Share the ceremony livestream link with family and friends who cannot attend.
Ceremony day will be busy and you’ll need to arrive on time. If you're late, you may miss your opportunity to cross the stage.
Ensure you have your own e-ticket, and each of your guests have their e-ticket.
Accessible parking (signed) is available close to the venue, and a set-down area is located at the entry to each venue.
Light refreshments are provided post-ceremony for you and your guests.
Share your day via #unisq
Purchase your stage photograph at the Silver Rose Photography kiosk on ceremony day, or order online via Silver Rose Photography.

Activity	9.30 am  ceremony	1.30 pm ceremony	5.30 pm ceremony
Before ceremony day: Expect to be at this event for 4 hours Share the livestream link with family & friends  Check out the 3min Ceremony Day video to prepare Check out the 1 min How to Doff video   Graduates must have a QR-coded e-ticket to attend All guests must have a QR-coded pre-purchased e-ticket	7.30 am-11 am	11.30 am-3.30 pm	3.30 pm-7 pm
Park, pay & walk to the event entrance  Empire Theatres (Toowoomba)	7.15 am	11.15 am	3.15 pm
Gates open to the event precinct  Event access is only via QR coded e-ticket	7.30 am	11.30 am	3.30 pm
Graduate gowning, registration & name pronunciation checks, collect Callers Card, Alumni gift & testamur tube	7.30 am-9 am	11.30 am-1 pm	3.30pm-5 pm
Pre-ceremony studio photography  Check out the vendors Informal social photography	7.30 am-9 am	11.30 am-1 pm	3.30 pm-5 pm
Guests seated in allocated seats (e-ticket)	From 8.30 am	From 12.30 pm	From 4.30 pm
Graduate seated in allocated seat (e-ticket)	By 9 am	By 1 pm	By 5 pm
Ceremony commences Check out our 1 min How to Doff video so you are stage-ready when you meet the Chancellor	9.30 am	1.30 pm	5.30 pm
Ceremony concludes Light refreshments Post-ceremony studio photography Check out the gift & merchandise vendors Informal social photography Return loaned academic gowning  Retain your mortarboard/Doctoral bonnet	10.15 am	2.15 pm	6.15 pm
Depart the event precinct	11.30 am	3.30 pm	7.30 pm