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Once you have completed your qualification, and graduation applications are open, you'll receive a notification in your student portal with information about how to apply. If you choose to graduate with your qualification through an Academic Board meeting you will not be able to attend a graduation ceremony for this qualification at a later date.

Check the graduation tab in your portal to check if you have received an invite. If you do not have an invite, apply for an invite to graduate at a ceremony.

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If you are eligible to receive 2 qualifications you have to complete 2 applications, regardless of whether you are graduating in person or in absentia.

If you are receiving 2 awards at the same ceremony you will be allocated 1 seat and walk the stage once for your highest qualification. You will graduate in absentia for the other qualification. You will receive both certificates together.

In the student portal, click on the Graduation tab. In the 'Available ceremonies' section you will be able to see the ceremony you have applied for.

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The status will show where your application is up to in the process. An acknowledgement letter will also be in your ceremony documents when your application has been received.

If you haven't received a letter within 12 days of submitting your application, please contact us.

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Applications to graduate via Academic Board close on the 15th of the month prior to the meeting. For example, to graduate via the February meeting you must apply before 15 January.

If you choose to graduate with your qualification through an Academic Board meeting you will not be able to attend a graduation ceremony for this qualification at a later date.

Applications for the 2025 Academic Board meetings are now open. Check the graduation tab in your portal to check if you have received an invite.

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If you do not have an invite, apply for an invite to graduate via Academic Board meeting.

Withdrawing your application

If you choose to withdraw your application to graduate at an Academic Board meeting, you need to do this before 15th of the month prior to the meeting. For example, to withdraw from the February meeting you must submit the withdrawal in the portal by 15 January.

If the withdrawal date has passed, please contact us.

If you are enrolled in the Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), you may be able to graduate in a special Council meeting held in December each year.

For information about this option, please contact Sue Gribbin at s.j.gribbin@massey.ac.nz or the Graduation Office at graduation.office@massey.ac.nz.

You can still apply to graduate if you have any outstanding fees or fines. We will finalise your application once the outstanding fees or fines are paid.

Go to the Fees and finance tab in the student portal (login required) to make a payment.

In the past, if you wanted to use credits from a previous qualification (such as Certificate of Arts) towards another qualification (such as Bachelor of Arts) you had to surrender the previous qualification. This is no longer required.

To defer your graduation to a later date, click on the Graduation tab in the student portal.

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In the 'Available ceremonies' section you will see the application you have applied for. Next to it will be a blue button that you can click on to arrange to defer your application.

To withdraw from a graduation ceremony, click on the Graduation tab in the student portal.

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In the 'Available ceremonies' section you will see the application you have applied for.

Click the Withdraw button to withdraw from the ceremony.

This button is only active until the withdraw date has passed. You cannot withdraw after this date. If you cannot attend the ceremony, you will be recorded as graduating in absentia and your certificate will be posted to you.