Award Ceremony Information
Graduation Timeline
Next years Derby award ceremonies will be held 15 - 17 January 2014.
Late October - Early November
The Graduation website goes live. This will contain all information relating to the awards ceremonies along with instructions on how to purchase tickets (these will not be available to purchase at this point).
Early November
We will be emailing out the Graduation Invitations to all those eligible to graduate. From this date tickets will be on sale. You will also receive a text alert to any mobile phone numbers we hold for you advising you to check your email accounts. Your invitation will be emailed to your unimail account (accessed via Udo) and any other active email accounts we hold for you and it will contain important information relating to which ceremony you have been invited to.
Please note your Udo/unimail account will remain active until after the graduation ceremonies have taken place. If your password for Udo/unimail has expired or you have forgotten it, you can still use your personal security questions to reset your password. Try to keep your Udo account active by regularly logging in.
Early December
The deadline for the sale of the first allocation of tickets will pass and we will begin the release any additional tickets,subject to availability.
Early January
Tickets will be posted to the Mailing address (or the Home address if there is no Mailing address) on Udo. Please ensure that if your address details change that you update this via Udo.
The 2 weeks following the award ceremony, all non attending students have their certificate posted to their mailing address on Udo.
Please note that students awarded prior to June 2013 will have their certificate posted to their Mailing address on Udo throughout the year.
Additional Information
The Award Ceremonies
The Derby Award Ceremonies will be hosted at the Assembly Rooms in Derby City Centre.
The ceremonies takes place over 3 days and are split into a number of ceremonies each day. Each ceremony normally hosts the graduation of students from a certain school (for example - Business, Science, Technology etc).
Park and Ride service
The university provide a free park and ride service on the day of the ceremonies. This entitles you and your guests to park for free at the Kedleston Road campus and travel on the shuttle buses free of charge. The buses transport graduates and guests between the Kedleston Road campus and the Assembly Rooms and run for most of the day.
Cathedral Service
On each day of the award ceremonies there is a thanksgiving service at Derby Cathedral with contributions from several faiths. Attending this service is optional.
Tickets
Tickets are purchased through your Student Centre via Udo.
Tickets that will be available for this event are as follows:
Student ticket - a ticket for the graduating student, which is free of charge, and gives them entrance into the Assembly Rooms.
Guest ticket - a ticket purchased for a guest which gives them entrance into the Assembly Rooms and also gives access into the Kedleston Road car park and onto the shuttle buses (which take the graduate and their guests to the Assembly Rooms). Price to be confirmed.
Lunch ticket - a ticket purchased for the graduate and guests which entitles you to a meal supplied by our catering company. Menu and ticket price to be confirmed.
Assembly Rooms parking ticket - a parking ticket for Blue Badge holders only. This entitles the recipient to park in the Assembly Rooms car park free of charge.
Please note that the Assembly Rooms car park is only open to those with this specific parking ticket.
Graduation Ball ticket - The graduation ball is held on the night of the Friday of the award ceremonies which is hosted by our Student's Union.
The Cap and Gown and Photography
The Cap & Gown rental and also the purchase of photography packages are ordered through an external company called Ede and Ravenscroft. You can view information on their website at www.gownhire.co.uk . However these services will not be available until the invitations have been sent out to graduates.
Early Bird Photography Sessions
For the past couple of years we have offered an early bird photography sessions. This is to save from queuing on the day of the ceremony and gives the graduate and guests a more leisurely experience. Ede and Ravenscroft come to the Kedleston Road campus the weekend before the ceremonies and the evening before the first ceremony with robes of all sizes for the graduate to wear for the photograph (you still need to hire your gown for the ceremony). These are walk in sessions and have so far proven to be very popular. Information of these will be published on the Graduation website in late October - early November.
We also have our own Facebook account where we advertise updates and answer any queries. Like 'Derby Uni Graduation' on Facebook
