Graduations

Graduation is an important occasion to celebrate your success with your family and friends. There are a few things you need to do in preparation for graduation day, so please read through this information carefully to ensure your graduation runs smoothly, including our  data protection statement on how your details will be used.

Our summer 2013 graduation ceremonies will take place from 26 - 28 June at the Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh, EH1 2EA. 

Wednesday 26 June

Thursday 27 June

 Friday 28 June 

Car parking

Parking is available close to the Usher Hall - please see the Usher Hall website for details. Parking facilities for the receptions at Craiglockhart Campus is limited, so you may prefer to use public transport. If you or your guests are disabled, please email Student & Academic Services to discuss parking arrangements.

Lothian Buses timetable information.

Filming

The graduation ceremonies will be filmed and a live feed projected onto a large screen at the back of the stage, to allow guests to see you receiving your award. A version of the video will be available to view, free of charge, on our website shortly after graduation. Visual images will be used and retained strictly in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act) and the University’s records retention schedules. If you have any queries or objections please email graduations@napier.ac.uk.

Television companies may be present to interview our honorary graduates and other VIPs, or film the event generally. If you don't want to appear on television, you should maintain your distance from any filming that may be going on.

Applying

You must apply to graduate or graduate In Absentia by 5pm on Monday 3 June 2013. 

The application process will open on Monday 18 March.

To apply, log into Nimweb (accessed via the Student Portal - Your Student Record, then select the Graduation tab).

If you are intending to exit with an award in Year 3, and not continuing to Honours, please remember to inform your School Office that you wish to exit in addition to applying. Graduands have three graduation options:

Attend the ceremony

This allows you to attend the graduation ceremony & reception. The cost to attend is £50 and includes ceremony and reception tickets for yourself and two guests.

 

Please note a degree will only be conferred once for a linked course, e.g. Degree to Honours Degree: you will not be eligible to participate in a second graduation ceremony should you subsequently qualify.

Graduate In Absentia (don't attend the ceremony)

Even if you do not wish to attend the ceremony, you still need to apply to get your parchment sent by post after the ceremony. The cost to graduate In Absentia is £20 and your parchment will be sent to your home address by recorded delivery (UK addresses only).  Parchments sent to addresses outwith the UK will be sent by air mail. Please allow four to six weeks from graduation for delivery.

Defer until the next graduation ceremony

You may attend the graduation ceremony in the autumn of 2013 if you prefer, just email graduations@napier.ac.uk to let us know.

The opportunity to defer is only offered once.

Debtors

If you have a debt to the University which is not cleared before graduation, you will not be permitted to participate in the graduation ceremony or receive your parchment, and your name will not appear in the graduation programme or The Scotsman newspaper.

Further information

Please email graduations@napier.ac.uk or telephone Student Administration on 0131 455 2535 if you need further information on any aspect of graduation.