If you are a July 2022 graduand and you change your mind after expressing your interest, you will be given the opportunity to amend your choice in response to the formal registration invitation email or you can contact graduation@reading.ac.uk.

If you are a Summer 2020 or Summer 2021 graduate and you choose not to attend during the expression of interest process, you will not receive a formal registration email. If you change your mind you will need to contact graduation@reading.ac.uk by Sunday 8 May.

If you do amend your choice from not attending or deferring (July 2022 graduands only) to attending, then the Graduation Office will endeavour to accommodate you and any guest ticket* requests that you may have. Please note, that due to restrictions on numbers allowed in the Great Hall, we may not be able to put you in your preferred ceremony.

If you want to attend your Graduation then you need to express your interest by Sunday 13 March. This will also mean that you will have priority when requesting guest tickets* during the formal registration process that runs  in April.

You should let us know if you have any disability or mobility difficulties by Sunday 13 March so we can make arrangements for you in your ceremony e.g. a ramp for access onto the stage, rather than the usual short flight of stairs.

If you are not sure if you wish to attend, it is better to express your interest to attend now so that we can try to accommodate you at the ceremony. If you decide not to come at a later date, you can email us at graduation@reading.ac.uk.

You should still complete the Expression of Interest process, so we know not to include you in our ceremony numbers. If you are a July 2022 graduand, you will still receive a formal registration email invitation in April, as during this registration process you will be asked to confirm the details for your certificate and to provide us with a postal address for it to be sent out to following the ceremonies in July.

If you are a Summer 2020 or Summer 2021 graduate and you choose not to attend during the expression of interest process, you will not receive a formal registration email.

After you have expressed your interest for graduation, you will receive a confirmation email. Please ensure that you have received this confirmation, as it is the only way to confirm at a later stage that you have indeed completed the Expression of Interest process, especially with regard to being prioritised guest tickets*.

If you are a July 2022 graduand and you indicated that you would like to attend or graduate in absence, you will be sent your email invitation in April  inviting you to complete your formal registration. If you indicated that you would like to defer your graduation, you will still receive an invitation email asking you to confirm your choice. If you do not confirm your choice at this stage you may instead graduate in absence as default.

During the formal registration process in April you will be able to request guest tickets.*

If you successfully completed the expression of interest process and received a confirmation email by the deadline given, you will have priority when requesting guest tickets* during the formal registration process in April.

Each set of ceremonies needs to be planned from scratch to create the finalised ceremony schedule. This is because not only do cohort sizes change each year, but so does the proportion of students wanting to attend their graduation ceremony in person.

Students will be emailed from late February, inviting them to complete the expression of interest process via the RISIS Portal. If you express your interest by the deadline given, you will have priority when requesting guest tickets* during the formal registration process (which launches in April).

The information gathered in the expression of interest process is used for planning purposes only and helps us create the ceremony schedule. It enables us to try and accommodate every student who wants to attend their graduation and plan for consistently-sized ceremonies that will not be over-subscribed.

Although we always endeavour to accommodate everyone who wants to attend their graduation ceremony, if you do not express your interest by the given deadline and you then decide at a later day that you would like to attend, we may not be able to accommodate you and your guests in your cohort’s particular ceremony.