Eligibility
Only students whose awards have been confirmed by their faculty office by Monday 29 September 2025 can attend the October graduation ceremony. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact your faculty office.
Students and guests are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements and other costs, and should ensure that such arrangements include appropriate cancellation and amendment rights, or that they have obtained appropriate insurance to cover such cancellation, amendments or losses.
Preparing for your graduation
Information about booking your academic dress, planning your day and everything else you need to know about your graduation will be available on this webpage in the coming months.
Important information about receiving your certificate
Collaborative programmes
If you studied a collaborative programme with a partner institution, please contact your institution for information about your certificate.
Non-collaborative programmes
Once your award has been conferred, your degree certificate will be posted to the home address you have registered on your student portal. Please ensure this information is up to date and correct. You can update your home address by logging in to the .
Certificates posted to UK addresses are sent using Royal Mail second class. Certificates posted to international addresses are sent using standard international airmail (this is not a tracked service and can take up to 28 days to arrive).
If your home address is overseas and you wish to receive your certificate by tracked DHL Express Worldwide courier, please contact
examsandawards@plymouth.ac.uk, who will guide you accordingly. Please note that the cost for tracked DHL delivery is £20.