All graduands MUST complete the registration process by 25 June 2025 in order to confirm attendance at Summer Congregation.
Students who do not register by this time will not be able to attend a ceremony.
All eligible graduates should have received an email will full instructions. The registration system opens on a staggered basis, please see below the details of when it opens for each ceremony date:
To access the registration system once your ceremony date is available, log into Banner Self Service (via Single Sign On) and select Congregation and Parchment. Please ensure you complete ALL sections until you reach the final confirmation page. You can select PRINT OR EMAIL SUMMARY on the final page to receive an email summary of your registration.
Please note, you will need to set up Multi Factor Authentication to access Single Sign On. Full instructions are available at My Digital Durham (internal only).
Please note: Graduands who fail to register by the deadline will be unable to attend a future Congregation.
Graduands can return to the registration system to check or amend details at any time before the registration deadline. Any details previously inputted will be displayed, including the number of tickets allocated. Graduands are advised to only amend details they wish to change.
If you have any problems accessing the registration system, please contact the IT Service Desk in the first instance.
Graduands are strongly advised not to make any non-refundable travel arrangements for themselves and their guests until they have registered to attend and have requested their guest tickets.
Results must be published by 25 June 2025 in order to attend Summer Congregation 2025.
No degree or other qualification shall normally be conferred upon a student while they have a significant tuition fee debt owing to the University, in line with the University General Regulation IX B.
Only graduands awarded the following are eligible to attend Congregation:
Graduands awarded any other qualification e.g. Undergraduate Certificate, Undergraduate Diploma or Graduate Diploma, are not eligible to attend a ceremony.
Students should attend the first ceremony they are invited to and are eligible to attend. Students are allocated a ceremony based on their department and are unable to attend an alternative day in the same congregation, except in certain circumstances. This is at the discretion of the Ceremonies Unit and requests should be made by contacting us directly.
Deferral to another set of ceremonies (e.g. from Summer to Winter) is reserved for exceptional circumstances only and is at the discretion of the Ceremonies Unit. Deferral requests should be made during the relevant registration period, by contacting us, and requests after the registration deadline will not be considered.
Deferral (if granted) is to the next available ceremony as dictated by the Ceremonies Unit.
Previous examples of exceptional circumstances include:
Examples of circumstances we cannot account for are:
At Durham University, we are committed to providing a supportive environment for all graduands attending our ceremonies.
We recognise and respect students' gender identity by allowing them to use their preferred name during ceremonies, even if it doesn't match their legal name. Students may request for their preferred name to be read out at the ceremony by contacting us by 25 June 2025.
We will be unable to accept any requests after this date, once the scripts are printed.
Please note: degree certificates and programme inserts will still contain full legal names.
Name pronunciation requests should be directed as usual to Faculty Offices as per instructions HERE
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