Melbourne graduation ceremonies
Celebrate your big achievement at our Melbourne graduation ceremony!
Learn more about upcoming ceremonies and schedule, and what to expect when graduating. More detailed information about your ceremony will be provided in your official invitation.
March 2026 graduations
The next graduation ceremonies will be 17–19 March at Flemington Racecourse.
Invitations will be sent to your email from 9 February.
Tickets cost $147 for graduates and $50 for guests. Book your seats quick, as tickets are strictly limited!
We'll send your digital completion documents (testamur, transcripts, AHEGS) by 19 February. You'll also receive a physical copy of your award at the ceremony (unless you already have it).
Find when your ceremony is scheduled
Use the accordions to browse for your course. You can also find your ceremony schedule in the invitation email.
Date and time: Tuesday 17 March, 9.30am
Course: Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education
Date and time: Tuesday 17 March, 1.30pm
Courses:
- Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education
- Certificate II in Work Education
- Certificate III in EAL (Access)
- Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
- Diploma of Remedial Massage
- Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural)
- Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying
- Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management
- Advanced Diploma of Legal Practice
- Certificate I in EAL (Access)
- Certificate I in General Education for Adults
- Certificate I in Transition Education
- Certificate I in Work Education
- Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship
- Certificate II in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology
- Certificate II in Civil Construction
- Certificate II in Drainage
- Certificate II in EAL (Access)
- Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Pre-vocational)
- Certificate II in Electrotechnology Studies
- Certificate II in Engineering Studies
- Certificate II in General Education for Adults
- Certificate II in Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship)
- Certificate III in Barbering
- Certificate III in Beauty Services
- Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying
- Certificate III in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology (Furniture)
- Certificate III in Cabinet Making and Timber Technology (Kitchens and Bathrooms)
- Certificate III in Carpentry
- Certificate III in Civil Construction (General)
- Certificate III in Civil Construction Plant Operations
- Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
- Certificate III in EAL (Further Study)
- Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Certificate III in Electrotechnology Electrician
- Certificate III in Emerging Technologies
- Certificate III in Engineering – Fabrication Trade (Boilermaking/Welding)
- Certificate III in Engineering – Mechanical Trade
- Certificate III in General Construction (Carpentry – Framework/Formwork/Finishing)
- Certificate III in Hairdressing
- Certificate III in Health Administration
- Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
- Certificate III in Hospitality
- Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability)
- Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
- Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)
- Certificate III in Information Technology
- Certificate III in Non-Emergency Patient Transport
- Certificate III in Plumbing
- Certificate III in Plumbing (General Plumbing and Roofing)
- Certificate III in Plumbing (General Plumbing Roofing and Mechanical)
- Certificate III in Plumbing and Gasfitting
- Certificate III in Signs and Graphics
- Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping
- Certificate IV in Ageing Support
- Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Community Rehabilitation)
- Certificate IV in Cyber Security
- Certificate IV in EAL (Access)
- Certificate IV in Fitness
- Certificate IV in Industrial Automation and Control
- Certificate IV in Information Technology
- Certificate IV in Kitchen Management
- Certificate IV in Legal Services
- Certificate IV in Mental Health
- Certificate IV in School Based Education Support
- Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Certificate IV in Youth Work
- Certificate IV in Tertiary Preparation (duplicate corrected)
- Diploma of Accounting
- Diploma of Beauty Therapy (Spa Treatments)
- Diploma of Building and Construction (Building)
- Diploma of Business
- Diploma of Business (Digital Transformation)
- Diploma of Clinical Coding
- Diploma of Community Services
- Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
- Diploma of Emergency Health Care
- Diploma of Engineering Technology
- Diploma of Event Management
- Diploma of Hospitality Management
- Diploma of Nursing
- Diploma of Teacher Education Preparation
Date and time: Tuesday 17 March, 5.30pm
Courses:
- Associate Degree in Education Studies
- Bachelor of Education (P–12)
- Bachelor of Education Studies
- Diploma of Education Studies
- Diploma of Educational Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Block Teaching
- Graduate Certificate in Education
- Graduate Diploma in Block Teaching
- Master of Applied Teaching (Secondary Education)
- Master of Education
- Master of Teaching (Primary Education)
- Master of Teaching (Secondary Education)
Date and time: Wednesday 18 March, 9.30am
Courses:
- Bachelor of Animation and Visual Effects
- Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies)
- Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies/Digital Media)
- Bachelor of Arts (Communication Studies/History)
- Bachelor of Arts (Digital Media)
- Bachelor of Arts (Digital Media/Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Arts (History)
- Bachelor of Arts (Literary Studies)
- Bachelor of Arts (Literary Studies/Sociology)
- Bachelor of Arts (Political Science/Sociology)
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
- Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)
- Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Arts (Writing)
- Bachelor of Community Development
- Bachelor of Criminal Justice
- Bachelor of Criminal Justice and Psychological Studies
- Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
- Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Leadership
- Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Screen Media
- Bachelor of Youth Work
- Bachelor of Youth Work and Criminal Justice
- Diploma of Arts
- Diploma of Criminal Justice and Psychological Studies
- Diploma of Youth Work Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Learning and Teaching
- Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education
- Graduate Diploma in Digital Media
- Graduate Diploma in International Community Development
- Master of Digital Media
- Master of International Community Development
- Bachelor of Psychological Studies
- Bachelor of Psychological Studies/Bachelor of Business
- Doctor of Business Administration
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Master of Applied Research
- Master of Research
Date and time: Wednesday 18 March, 1.30pm
Courses:
- Bachelor of Accounting (Finance)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Event Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance/Financial Risk Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance/Human Resource Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance/Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance/Management and Innovation)
- Bachelor of Business (Business Analytics)
- Bachelor of Business (Business Analytics/Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Business Analytics/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Business Analytics/Tourism and Hospitality Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Financial Risk Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Financial Risk Management/Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Financial Risk Management/International Trade)
- Bachelor of Business (Financial Risk Management/Management and Innovation)
- Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Information Systems Management/Supply Chain and Logistics Management)
- Bachelor of Business (International Trade/Supply Chain and Logistics Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Management and Innovation/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing/Supply Chain and Logistics Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Marketing/Tourism and Hospitality Management)
- Bachelor of Criminology
- Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Psychological Studies
- Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Sport Management (Sport and Active Communities)
- Bachelor of Sport Management/Bachelor of Business
- Diploma of Business Studies
- Diploma of Criminology Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Business
- Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
- Graduate Certificate in Change Management
- Graduate Certificate in Countering Violent Extremism
- Graduate Certificate in Finance
- Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning
- Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning
- Graduate Diploma in Migration Law
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Business Administration (Change Management)
- Master of Business Administration (Finance)
- Master of Business Administration (Global)
- Master of Business Analytics
- Master of Change, Innovation and Leadership
- Master of Enterprise Resource Planning
- Master of Financial Planning
- Master of Human Resource Management
- Master of Marketing
- Master of Professional Accounting
- Master of Supply Chain Management
- Bachelor of Laws
- Diploma of Science
- Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
- Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Human Resource Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Event Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Event Management/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Event Management/Tourism and Hospitality Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Information Systems Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Information Systems Management/Tourism and Hospitality Management)
- Bachelor of Business (International Trade)
- Bachelor of Business (International Trade/Marketing)
- Bachelor of Business (Management and Innovation)
- Bachelor of Business (Supply Chain and Logistics Management)
- Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Hospitality Management)
- Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting
- Diploma of Business (Enterprise)
- Diploma of Cyber Security
- Diploma of Information Technology
Date and time: Wednesday 18 March, 5.30pm
Courses:
- Bachelor of Cyber Security
- Bachelor of Data Science
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Network and System Computing)
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Professional)
- Bachelor of Information Technology (Web and Mobile Application Development)
- Bachelor of Youth Work/Bachelor of Sport Management
- Diploma of Information Technology Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence
- Graduate Certificate in Cyber Security
- Graduate Diploma in Cyber Security
- Master of Applied Information Technology
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Civil Engineering)
- Graduate Certificate in Sports Science (Football Performance)
- Master of Sports Science (Football Performance)
- Bachelor of Applied Movement Sciences
- Bachelor of Architectural Design
- Bachelor of Building Design
- Bachelor of Building Surveying
- Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)
- Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours) with First Class Honours
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Architectural Engineering)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Mechanical Engineering)
- Bachelor of Exercise Science (Clinical Practice)
- Bachelor of Exercise Science (Sport Practice)
- Bachelor of Fitness
- Bachelor of Physical Education and Sport Science
- Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy)
- Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy) / Master of Health Science (Osteopathy)
- Bachelor of Science (Osteopathy)/Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Sport Science (Human Movement)
- Bachelor of Sport Science (Human Movement)/Bachelor of Psychological Studies
- Bachelor of Sport Science (Sport Coaching)
- Bachelor of Sport Science (Sport Performance)
- Bachelor of Sport Science/Bachelor of Sport Management
- Diploma of Building Studies
- Diploma of Sport Science Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Building Surveying
- Graduate Certificate in Performance-Based Building & Fire Codes
- Graduate Diploma in Building Surveying
- Graduate Diploma in Project Management
- Master of Clinical Exercise Science and Rehabilitation
- Master of Engineering
- Master of Physiotherapy
- Master of Project Management
Date and time: Thursday 19 March, 9.30am
Courses:
- Bachelor of Midwifery/Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Paramedicine
- Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing Informatics Leadership
- Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
- Master of Mental Health Nursing
- Master of Nursing (Chronic Disease and Ageing)
- Master of Nursing (Leadership)
Date and time: Thursday 19 March, 1.30pm
Courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedical and Exercise Science
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Human Physiology)
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Human Physiology/Molecular Cell Biology)
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Molecular Cell Biology)
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Dermal Sciences
- Bachelor of Health Science (Indigenous Health/Public Health)
- Bachelor of Health Science (Public Health)
- Bachelor of Human Nutrition
- Bachelor of Nutritional Science
- Bachelor of Outdoor Education and Environmental Science
- Bachelor of Outdoor Leadership (Outdoor Leadership Industry Internship)
- Bachelor of Psychological Studies (Honours)
- Bachelor of Psychological Studies/Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)
- Bachelor of Science
- Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)
- Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology/Ecology and Environmental Management)
- Bachelor of Science (Ecology and Environmental Management)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours)
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Diploma of Biomedical Exercise Studies
- Diploma of Biomedical Sciences
- Diploma of Biomedical Studies
- Diploma of Dermal Studies
- Diploma of Health Science
- Diploma of Human Nutrition
- Diploma of Paramedic Studies
- Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Graduate Certificate in Global Health Leadership
- Graduate Certificate in Global Public Health
- Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion
- Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
- Graduate Certificate in Public Health
- Graduate Diploma in Counselling
- Graduate Diploma in Counselling Theory and Practice
- Master of Applied Psychology (Clinical Psychology)
- Master of Applied Psychology (Community Psychology)
- Master of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Master of Counselling
- Master of Global Public Health
- Master of Mental Health
- Master of Professional Psychology
- Master of Public Health
- Master of Speech Pathology
What to expect
You have your tickets, and graduation day has arrived! The information below will step you through what to expect on the day.
Specific ceremony timings will be emailed to you in the days leading up to the event.
The graduation ceremonies are held at The Grandstand, Flemington Racecourse.
If you're arriving by car, please follow the instructions provided in your graduation invitation or visit The Grandstand - Google Maps for more information about parking.
Upon arrival, you will confirm your attendance with REED Events – our graduations partner, who look after ticketing, gowning and photography.
You will be given a seat number that you must keep until you enter the ceremony.
You’ll then be directed through to the regalia area where you get gowned and ready for the celebration and once you’ve been gowned, you will be able to get professional photos taken with your loved ones. There is also graduations memorabilia and flowers available for you or your guests to purchase.
Note that photography will close 30 minutes prior to the ceremony start time, so it’s best to arrive early. There will also be an opportunity to get photography after the ceremony.
Doors to enter the ceremony will open 60 minutes prior to the start of the presentation.
Graduates need to be seated at least 20 minutes before the ceremony begins, so arrive in plenty of time to find your seat and settle in. Once inside, speak to one of our friendly staff members who will help you find your seat number.
After some formal proceedings, our staff will direct you to line up and get ready to cross the stage. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for!
You will be briefed about what you need to do on stage and our staff are always happy to help. Once on stage you will get to pose for a photo with your testamur, before returning to your seat.
The Order of Proceedings can vary slightly from ceremony to ceremony. However generally the ceremony will run for around 1 hour 45 minutess to 2 hours, in the following format:
- Welcome to Country
- Presiding Officer’s Address
- Presentation of graduates
- Vice-Chancellor’s Address
- Charge to the graduates
- Ceremony Close
The Graduate reception will take place after the ceremony. This is an opportunity to celebrate with your friends, family and fellow graduates. The reception goes for one hour.
Light refreshments will be provided at the reception.
After the reception, you will follow the signs to return your gown.
This will conclude your graduation celebration.
Upcoming ceremonies
The next graduation ceremony will be from the week of 5 to 9 October 2026 at Flemington Racecourse.
Invitations will be sent to your email from 7 August to 3 September.
Completion & conferral
A Notice of Completion will be sent to eligible TAFE students by 14 August 2026, and higher education students by 20 August 2026.
Students eligible for the October 2026 graduation ceremonies should have their award conferred by 21 August (TAFE) and 27 August (higher education).
We'll send your digital completion documents (testamur, transcripts, AHEGS) by 3 September 2026. You'll also receive a physical copy of your award at the ceremony (unless you already have it).
Not attending your graduation?
If you can't make it to your ceremony, you can choose to attend a future graduation ceremony or skip your graduation.
If you choose to skip, you can receive your testamur by mail. We'll contact you for your current mailing address after the ceremonies.
