Student Hub: Graduation

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

No, due to safety and hygiene concerns we will not be offering Graduation Regalia for hire in 2020.

Instead, we will be offering a photography package. If you do purchase a photography package you will be able to take photos in the Graduation Regalia and receive a graduation hat to keep. More information on the Graduation Without Borders page.

Only 2020 Graduates or Graduates from previous years will be allowed to wear the academic regalia during the photography sessions.

Please check your graduand status before booking your photography session.

At the moment we do not sell any academic regalia garments, except if you book the photography session.  

You can use the academic regalia photos as a reference and look for an academic regalia provider in your 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 attires that represent 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.

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:

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.

First of all, please check the 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. 

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. 

NOTE: Due to COVID-19, any application to graduate in absentia submitted from September 2020 will be processed from January 2021 onwards. In the meantime, if you need evidence of the completion of your degree, please request a Completion Letter. More information on the Results page

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 your subjects/units
• You do not have outstanding fees with the university

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.

NOTE: Due to COVID-19, any application to graduate in absentia submitted from September 2020 will be processed from January 2021 onwards. In the meantime, if you need evidence of the completion of your degree, please request a Completion Letter. More information on the Results page

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

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of student and staff safety all face-to-face Graduations were cancelled. Instead, we held the amazing "Graduation Without Borders". The live-stream was on Friday 6th November. Watch it here.

No, the graduation ceremony is a formal event where your award is conferred. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will be back to run these events in 2021.

Instead, we had a fantastic virtual celebration, a live-stream event called Graduation Without Borders.

Together, Torrens University Australia and Think Education wanted to celebrate you, with special guests, and a few fun surprises. This was a fun event where we wanted to recognize Graduates - Class 2020 for their great efforts.

Whether or not you had the chance to attend a graduation ceremony earlier this year, we wanted you to be part of this celebration.

We wanted you to join and celebrate all your achievements with your friends and family anywhere on the globe!

If you miss it, watch it HERE!

No, Graduation Without Borders was the 2020 event to recognize the great achievements of Graduates - Class 2020. 

You will have the opportunity to attend to your official graduation ceremony in 2021 in the location that suits you the most. 

We will communicate further details by e-mail once we have all the information confirmed. 

Do not forget to keep your contact details up to date in the system.

No, due to safety and hygiene concerns we are not offering Graduation Regalia for hire in 2020.

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.

As graduation ceremonies in 2020 were cancelled, all approved graduands from now on will be allocated to graduation ceremonies in 2021.

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. 

Please find below how the academic documents are delivered to all graduates allocated to graduation ceremonies in 2020:

• Sydney (March 2020): Ceremony held at ICC, academic documents collected at the ceremony and already delivered by post.
• Melbourne (April 2020) and Brisbane (July 2020): Ceremony cancelled, academic documents already delivered by post.
• Adelaide (November 2020): Ceremony cancelled, academic documents pending to be delivered.

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 are a graduate allocated to a graduation ceremony in 2020, please find below the information.

• Sydney (March 2020): Ceremony held at ICC, academic documents collected at the ceremony and already delivered by post.
• Melbourne (April 2020) and Brisbane (July 2020): Ceremony cancelled, academic documents already delivered by post.
• Adelaide (November 2020): Ceremony cancelled. Academic documents are in the process to be delivered. 

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

Due to the cancellation of 2020 graduation ceremonies, any application to graduate in absentia submitted from September 2020 will be processed from January 2021 onward. In the meantime, you can request a 'Completion Letter'. More information on the Results page.

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

Publication of the exact dates for the following year is usually around December/January.

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 later in the year. In the meantime, the most important is you keep your contact details up to date in the system.

On the other hand, if you have been notified about the potential location where your graduation ceremony will take place in 2021 and that does not suit you, please contact Student Records to request a change of location of the graduation ceremony. You can find more information in our 'Invitations' tab. 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the graduation dates for 2021 are still pending to be confirmed. We will publish further information around December 2020 and January 2021.