Graduation 2025
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Monday 27th October 2025
This year’s Graduation is scheduled to take place on Monday 27th October 2025 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
There are two ceremonies, one in the morning at 11:00 and one in the afternoon at 15:00. The awards to be conferred at each ceremony will be confirmed in September 2025.
Students eligible to attend graduation will be normally be invited to attend during the second week of September. Graduation information will be sent to your external email address and this will include information on how to book tickets and your gown.
Please ensure that your external email address is up-to-date on MyNewman. If you have not received your invitation to book tickets by Friday 12th September 2025, please contact the Graduation team.
Information on academic dress, how to order, pay & collect your academic dress and photography
You’ve got the degree, now buy the t-shirt! We’ve teamed up with the brilliant Campus Clothing to provide an exclusive range of branded Official Graduation Clothing & Gifts.
From luxury hoodies and t-shirts with graduate’s names printed on the back, to graduation bears, mugs, and pin badges. Choose something special to keep as a memento of your graduation and add extra personalisation to make your name stand out from the crowd too!
Visit the friendly Campus Clothing stall at your graduation ceremony, where a selection of graduation merchandise will be available to purchase and take away.
All stock will be available on a first come, first served basis. You can also place orders for items that you would like personalised at the event.
Alternatively, browse the full range of Graduation Clothing & Gifts at Campus Clothing and order personalised graduation merchandise online for home delivery.
Information about your award certificate, what name will be displayed and details on how to request changes
Details on who can and can’t attend Graduation
Information on confirmation, attending, graduating in absentia and deferring graduation
As the Graduand, your ticket is free. Find out how you purchase guest tickets
Academic dress must be worn by all graduands receiving an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Take a look at examples of the Birmingham Newman University academic dress
During graduation
- Prior to the Ceremony
- The Ceremony
- After the Ceremony
After graduation
Stay connected
- Alumni
- Careers support
- Research & Higher degrees
If you need financial support with Graduation, please email graduation@newmman.ac.uk for a Bursary application form.
In the case of an emergency or force majeure, events associated with the student lifecycle i.e. graduation ceremonies may need to be cancelled.