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In order to be eligible for graduation you need to check two things:

  • Your results
  • You don't have tuition fee debt

Student Payments Website.The easiest way to check the status of your account and pay any outstanding debts is online via the

You will not be able to graduate and will be automatically deferred to a future graduation ceremony if:

  • you have not passed and need to resit
  • you have not passed, but have qualified for an exit award, which you have not yet accepted
  • you have an open academic misconduct case in the lead up to Graduation
  • for any other reason the Exams Office do not have a final result for you by Monday 31 October 2022. For postgraduate research programmes this date is Tuesday 29 November 2022.

    Appealing your result

    You are able to attend your planned graduation ceremony and submit an appeal against your result if you consider that you have grounds supported by relevant evidence.

    If you have a pass or higher you may graduate, notwithstanding your pending appeal and the lack of a final determination of your degree classification. If you fall within this category you would not receive your degree certificate at the ceremony but will instead receive a letter confirming the current position. Your degree certificate would be issued to you following the resolution of your appeal.

    If you submit an appeal and your underlying result is a fail then you will not be able to attend a graduation ceremony whilst the appeal in ongoing. Instead your graduation will automatically be deferred to our next set of ceremonies in July 2023.

    Clear your tuition fee debts

    If you owe a tuition fee debt of £50 or greater to the University you will not:

    • be able to graduate or attend a Graduation Ceremony
    • receive your award certificate
    • be issued with any academic reference

    If you owe less than £50 in tuition fees you will be able to attend your Graduation ceremony, however the University will withhold your degree certificate, and you will not be issued with any academic reference.

    Check now to see if you have any debts on your RISISweb Portal.

    If you do owe a debt, you can:

    Pay outstanding debt online

    Contact the Receipts Office on 0118 378 6130

    For further information about paying your debt, please contact the Student Credit Control team: studentcreditcontrol@reading.ac.uk.

    Postgraduate research students

    The Doctoral Examinations Officer, based in the Graduate School, must receive confirmation of your final result (i.e. after sitting your viva and completing any specified corrections, which in turn have been signed off by your examiners) by 4.00pm Tuesday 29 November 2022 or you will not be able to graduate and you will be deferred to a future graduation ceremony. Also, the University will withhold your degree certificate if you have not submitted an electronic copy of your thesis to the University Library via the CentAUR system by 4.00pm Thursday 1 December 2022.

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Key Deadlines

The Key deadlines for July 2023 will be available here shortly.

SUMMER 2023 CEREMONY SCHEDULE

The ceremony schedule for the summer 2023 graduation ceremonies will be available here in early April.

Essential Graduation Information

The Essential Information Booklet for our graduation ceremonies taking place in July 2023 will be available here shortly.

Graduation team

Email: graduation@reading.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 5595/5596

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