Graduations
Graduation is an important occasion to celebrate your success with your family and friends.
To ensure that graduation runs smoothly and is enjoyable for all, please read this information carefully to be aware of what you need to do leading up to graduation and on the day. Please read our 
data protection statement to ensure you know what is involved.
Edinburgh Napier University holds its graduation ceremonies at the Usher Hall, Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. We are hosting our summer 2012 graduations on Wednesday 20 June and Thursday 21 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 Craighouse 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 may be made available on our website or to purchase on DVD at a later date. 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.
Registering
You will be able to register online for the November 2011 ceremonies from Monday 5 September 2011. The registration deadline is Friday 21 October 2011.
To register for graduation, you should log into Nimweb and select ‘Personal Record’. 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 registering. Graduands have three graduation options:
Attend the ceremony
This allows you to attend the graduation ceremony & reception. The cost of registration 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. Eg 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 register 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 registered post.
Defer until the next graduation ceremony
You may attend the graduation ceremony in the summer of 2012 if you prefer, just email graduations@napier.ac.uk to let us know.
To attend or graduate in absentia at the November 2011 ceremony, you will have to to register via Nimweb. The opportunity to defer is only offered once and there will be no opportunity for deferral after June 2012.
Debtors
If you have a debt to the University which is not cleared before graduations, 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 or telephone Student & Academic Services on 0131 455 2535 if you need further information on any aspect of graduation.