Graduation applications are in the hands of the student.  The student will need to apply for the graduation they’d like to attend.

You cannot be awarded a degree until you have satisfied the necessary academic conditions for your programme.   You may become eligible to apply for a congregation a few months prior to completion of your programme, however, each programme is different and this may not always be the case.  If you believe you should be able to apply before the end of your programme, you can check with the Graduation Hub (graduation@st-edmunds.cam.uk) to be sure.  

Registration is via CamSIS. If your Raven account has expired, you can register by choosing CamSIS Extended Self-Service option.

It is your responsibility to confirm all the necessary arrangements have been made with the College before notifying family and friends and the College cannot be held accountable for any disappointed travel or accommodation arrangements.

Dates for graduation registration opening and closing for the current academic year can be found here: Academic Year 2023-2024

Please check that your  CamSIS contact details (email, telephone and mailing address) are up to date. Your CRSid email will deactivate shortly after you course completion, so please provide an External email address and mark this as your Preferred email. These details will be used for correspondence before and after you graduate, including mailing your official transcript  and/or degree certificate to you after graduation.

A full list of graduation dates can be found here: What date can I choose to graduate in person this academic year?

Undergraduate students

Undergraduates will be eligible to apply for General Admission starting in the Lent term of their final year.  Registration opening dates can be found here.

If you are planning to apply for Part III, but need to wait for results, please apply for General Admission anyway.  It is easier to remove a student from the graduating list than to add them in June!

You must settle all College debt prior to your graduation. You can check your account by contacting our Student Finance Team by email at charges@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.

Postgraduate students

You must have received confirmation of approval for your degree from your Faculty or Degree Committee. Please check with your department when your Degree Committee will approve your degree.

You must settle all College debt prior to your graduation. You can check your account by contacting our Student Finance Team, at charges@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.

Although you will be eligible to register for a degree conferral ceremony, you must have had your final approval from the Student Registry to be able to graduate.  You will need to check that your Degree Committee is meeting and if any corrections post viva will be done in time. Both the hard-bound and electronic copies of your thesis must be submitted and approved by the Student Registry at least 10 days before the degree ceremony you wish to attend.  If you think you will be cutting it close to the 10 day allowance, please contact the Graduation team for assistance.

For more information regarding the final submission of your thesis, please click here.

General Admission is when most undergraduates are awarded their first degrees and only the degrees of BTh, BA, VetMB and BA with MEng or MMath or MSci degrees will be conferred.  Please see the information for when the registration opens and closes for General Admission here.

The M.B. is not awarded at General Admission. The earliest this can be conferred is at the ordinary congregation in July. 

A Bachelor of Arts may be admitted to Master of Arts not less than six years from the end of his or her first term of residence, provided that a supplicat for the latter degree may only be entered after the former degree has been conferred.

This removes the previous requirement for the B.A. Degree to be held for two years before the M.A. can be conferred.

Someone who qualified for the BA but has never had it conferred cannot be entered for the MA, even if the necessary time has passed since the end of their first term of residence, unless and until the BA has been conferred on them.  

More information on the eligibility for the M.A. can be found on the University of Cambridge webpage here:  M.A. Eligibility

You can sign up to a congregation ceremony on CamSIS. If your Raven account has expired, you can register via the CamSIS Extended Self-Service option.

For more information on the M.A. degree conferral at St Edmund’s please contact the Graduation team at graduation@st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk.

Graduating in absence/absentia is when you have your degree awarded without attending a ceremony in person. After the ceremony has taken place, your official transcript and degree certificate will be posted to you.

If you choose to have your degree awarded ‘in absence’, you cannot then proceed to have that degree awarded ‘in person’ at a subsequent ceremony.

Those graduands who received their degree in absence during the Covid-impacted congregations (March 2020 to April 2022) can return to celebrate their degree in the Senate-House.  More information can be found in the section Celebrating a degree

Also, no degree certificate can be provided unless you have attended a congregation (graduation) either in person or in absence.  More information on this can be found here:  Eligibility

The University does not email PDF copies of degree certificates or official transcripts for security reasons. However, the University does provide a service that allows you to share documents online with other organisations, such as employers or educational institutions. Further information is available here.

You are welcome to send the Graduation team advice on how to pronounce your name, by emailing  the Graduation team no later than one week before your ceremony. This is so that your details can be passed on to Student Registry in time for your ceremony.  No information regarding pronunciations will be accepted at the Senate-House on the day of your ceremony.