Student Hub: Graduation

You have successfully completed your studies and approved as Graduand, congratulations! You'll be invited to attend the ceremony in your nearest state. For instance: If your mailing address state we have in the system is NSW, you will be invited to the Sydney Graduation Ceremony. Please see the table below for your reference:

*Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and based on the current regulatory requirement with the specific condition around venues and attendance, we have not been able to release dates for 2021 at this stage.

We are working through options to deliver an opportunity to celebrate with our Graduates and hope to share these options with you shortly.

Yes, you can change and attend to any location of your preference as long as you have been approved as a Graduand and met all the requirements.

You can request the change of location up to six (6) weeks before the ceremony. Please contact the Student Records to submit this request.

We highly recommend you to not do any travel arrangements until you have been approved as a graduand. 

The invitation to your graduation ceremony will be sent to your main email address we have in the system four (4) weeks before the graduation date. You will also receive an SMS notification so you are aware when the invitation was sent.

No, these letters are not issued by any of our colleges. Please refer to the Home Affairs website for further information. 

Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and based on the current regulatory requirement with the specific condition around venues and attendance, we have not been able to release dates for 2021 at this stage

Once we start sending communications about graduation, please check the personal e-mail address you have registered in the Student Portal, your invitation might have landed in your spam/junk folder.

If you didn't find it in there continue with the following checklist:

• Check your personal contact information is up-to-date in the Student Portal, such as mailing address, personal e-mail address and mobile phone.
• Check you completed the total number of subjects (core and electives) required to complete your award.
• Check you don't have outstanding fees with the university including Library fees.
• Check you provided all documents required for graduation, for example, your verified USI or placement completion documents (IF your award requires these documents).

If you are unsure about any of the options mentioned above, this might be the reason for you have not received an invitation. Please contact Student Services to request further information. 

If you have been successfully approved as a Graduand and your contact details are correct in the system, you will receive an email to the personal e-mail address you have registered on your Student Portal.

The link on the e-mail will take you to registration site of your ceremony. Follow the steps within the email to proceed with the payment of your graduation fee and guest tickets.

Please be aware that you need to register before the deadline otherwise you won’t be allowed to attend the ceremony.

It is vital you verify your contact details, as the main reason students miss the graduation ceremony is due to outdated contact details in the system. Please check the 'Preparing to graduate' section on the right-hand side of this page.

The graduation fee is $150 per student. This fee includes your place at the ceremony; hire of academic regalia; a trencher/graduation hat for you to keep; a program of the day and a digital photo of you on this special day.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this information is pending to be confirmed. All depends on the venue capacity. 

On the day of the event, you will need to show the confirmation e-mail of your registration and/or QR code sent after you confirmed attendance and paid the graduation fee. 

Please contact Graduations.

If you forgot to RSVP or you do not want to attend your graduation ceremony, you do not need to worry.

If you are a Higher Education student, you will be graduating in absentia. This means, your documents will be sent after the ceremony to your international or domestic main postal address we have in the system. For further information, please check our 'Graduating in Absentia' tab.

If you are Vocational student who has been approved as Graduand and you have not received your documents yet please contact Student Services.

Please make sure your information is updated in the Student Portal / My Account otherwise we cannot guarantee the delivery of your documents to the correct mailing address (academic documents cannot be sent by e-mail).

The academic regalia is the academic dress you will wear to receive your award on your graduation ceremony. The robe is called gown and the hat is called mortarboard, the hood and stoles are to distinguish your faculty and degree.

Please find below the academic regalia depending on the course you are graduating from:

*Please note the academic regalia photos are for reference only

Hiring academic/graduation regalia will be only available on the graduation ceremony day. This service will be included in your graduation fee. Please return your academic regalia at the end of the ceremony, except your graduation hat, that one is for you to keep. 

At the moment we do not sell any academic regalia garments.  

You can use the academic regalia photos as a reference and look for an academic regalia provider in your prefered browser.

Torrens University is very proud to have programs in 5 different verticals/faculties Business, Design, Education, Health and Hospitality. The colours that identify each faculty are:

• Faculty of Business - Gold
• Faculty of Design - Pink
• Faculty of Education - Blue
• Faculty of Health - Purple
• Faculty of Hospitality - Teal

Graduates are welcome to wear cultural attire that represents their cultural traditions and beliefs. Make sure to wear it on top of the academic regalia.

We encourage any Aboriginal or/and Torres Strait Islander graduate to wear the stole we have available with any of these 2 origins.

Graduating in Absentia means that you are a Higher Education (HE) student and your degree will be conferred at the academic board OR graduation ceremony but you will not be attending in person.

Only Higher Education (HE) students who have been approved as Graduands.

This option is not available for Vocational (VET) students as their awards do not need to be conferred.

NO. Your degree needs to be conferred at the academic board OR graduation ceremony. The testamur and academic transcripts will be posted to the postal address you have registered in the Student Portal within 30 calendar days after the ceremony. 

NO. Students who graduate in absentia will not be invited to attend a future Graduation Ceremony for that same qualification.

NOTE: Excepting 2020 Graduates who their ceremonies were cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Before applying you need to make sure:

• You have met all your course requirements.
• You have successfully completed all your subjects/units
• You do not have outstanding fees with the university
• You are an approved graduand

Once you have completed the above requirements please fill your 'Application to Graduate in Absentia form' and send it to Student Records and Progressions before the deadline (check Key Dates section on the right) so your award can be conferred on the next graduation ceremony. 

You can find the 'Application to Graduate in Absentia in the links below

Find TUA - 'Application to Graduate in Absentia' Form here

Find Think - 'Application to Graduate in Absentia' Form here

You will need to send your form before the deadline so your degree can be conferred at the next graduation ceremony.

In order to graduate in absentia, for all High Education students, results are reviewed by the Examination Committee and ratified by the Academic Board prior to the conferral of the award to ensure that the student met all course requirements. 

We will be able to send you documents just until you have been approved as Graduand. 

Once you have been approved, your award will be conferred at the next Graduation Ceremony (check Key Dates section on the right). Your academic documents will be sent within 30 calendar days after the ceremony.

In the meantime, please make sure you don't have any outstanding fees with the University and your information is updated in the Student Portal otherwise we cannot guarantee the delivery of your academic documents.

If you want to find out more, please visit the Results page or contact Student Services.

Your academic documents will be sent to the Residential Address you have registered at the Student Portal.

Please refer to the Results page for further information.  

NO, you just need to decline the invitation.

Any Higher Education student who does not attend the graduation ceremony that was invited to will be automatically graduated in absentia. 

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You can find the information on the Results page

Once you have met the course rules, you will be identified as a potential graduand. Your Program Director will review your completed subjects against the course rules and approve accordingly.

All students must go through this process and be signed off by our Examination Committee and if you’re a Higher Education student, also go through the approval of our Academic Board. Student Records and Progressions will notify you via email once these approvals have been granted.

Vocational students – Once you have finished your final subjects, our Examination Committee will finalize your results and determine the successful completion of your course. If successful, they will sign off your completion.

Your documents including Academic Transcript, Transcript of Results and Testamur will be posted to you within 30 days of approval.

Higher Education students – in order to receive your final documents, we need to ensure you have been through all of the appropriate approvals from our Examination Committee and Academic Board. Once these have been approved, your award will need to be conferred.

Conferral happens at our Graduation Ceremonies or at our Academic Board meetings. If you do not wish to wait until your allocated graduation ceremony, you can opt to graduate in Absentia, where your award will be conferred in your absence and it will be posted to you within 30 days of conferral.

All details surrounding completion documents are available on the Results page. 

No. If you need evidence of the completion of your degree, you can request a 'Completion Letter'. More information on the Results page.

If you recently finished your course please check the Results page for further details.

If you have been approved as a graduand and in the meantime, your award is conferred, you can request a 'Completion Letter'. Otherwise, you can find more information on the Results page.

Please check the 'Graduating in Absentia' tab to understand what are the requirements for this.

It is not compulsory to attend a graduation ceremony, however, we encourage all graduates to attend as it is a day of joy and recognition of your hard work and effort.

Graduation day is a special time to celebrate with all your peers, teachers, friends and family all students' achievements across Torrens University Australia and Think Education.

If you are a higher education student who does not wish to attend, you can have your award conferred in Absentia. Check our 'Graduate in Absentia' tab for all the information. 

Torrens University and Think Education graduations ceremonies are organized at different times during the year in different locations

• Sydney - 2021 TBC*
• Melbourne 2021 TBC*
• Brisbane 2021 TBC*
• Adelaide 2021 TBC*

*Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and based on the current regulatory requirement with the specific condition around venues and attendance, we have not been able to release dates for 2021 at this stage.

We are working through options to deliver an opportunity to celebrate with our Graduates and hope to share these options with you shortly.

For more information check the 'Invitations' tab. 

If you are one of the 2020 graduates who their ceremony was cancelled, you do not need to do it. We will send further information about 2021 graduation ceremonies by e-mail and SMS at the beginning of 2021. In the meantime, the most important is you keep your contact details up to date in the system.

Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and based on the current regulatory requirement with the specific condition around venues and attendance, we have not been able to release dates for 2021 at this stage.

We are working through options to deliver an opportunity to celebrate with our Graduates and hope to share these options with you shortly.