Eligibility to graduate

In order to be eligible for graduation you need to check two things:

Your results
You don't have tuition fee debt

The easiest way to check the status of your account and pay any outstanding debts is online via the

You will not be able to graduate and will be automatically deferred to a future graduation ceremony if:

you have not passed and need to resit
you have not passed, but have qualified for an exit award, which you have not yet accepted
you have an open academic misconduct case in the lead up to Graduation
for any other reason the Exams Office do not have a final result for you by 12.00pm on Friday 18 October 2024. For postgraduate research programmes this date is 3.00pm Thursday 17 November 2024.

Step 5 Eligibility to graduate

Appealing your result

You are able to attend your planned graduation ceremony and submit an appeal against your result if you consider that you have grounds supported by relevant evidence.

If you have a pass or higher you may graduate, notwithstanding your pending appeal and the lack of a final determination of your degree classification. If you fall within this category you would not receive your degree certificate at the ceremony but will instead receive a letter confirming the current position. Your degree certificate would be issued to you following the resolution of your appeal.

If you submit an appeal and your underlying result is a fail then you will not be able to attend a graduation ceremony whilst the appeal in ongoing. Instead your graduation will automatically be deferred to our next set of ceremonies in July 2025.

Clear your tuition fee debts

If you owe a tuition fee debt of £50 or greater to the University you will not:

be able to graduate or attend a Graduation Ceremony
receive your award certificate
be issued with any academic reference

If you owe less than £50 in tuition fees you will be able to attend your Graduation ceremony, however the University will withhold your degree certificate, and you will not be issued with any academic reference.

If you do owe a debt, you can:

Contact the Receipts Office on 0118 378 6130

For further information about paying your debt, please contact the Student Credit Control team: studentcreditcontrol@reading.ac.uk.

Postgraduate research students

The Doctoral Examinations Officer, based in the Doctoral and Researcher College, must receive confirmation of your final result (i.e. after sitting your viva and completing any specified corrections, which in turn have been signed off by your examiners) by 3.00pm on Monday 25 November 2024 or you will not be able to graduate and you will be deferred to a future graduation ceremony. Also, the University will withhold your degree certificate if you have not submitted an electronic copy of your thesis to the University Library via the CentAUR system by 4.00pm on Friday 29 November 2024.

Back to Graduation homepage.