December ceremonies
1. Ceremony dates and times
We're excited to announce our graduation ceremonies will be held in December 2026 at the St Lucia and Gatton campuses. You'll attend a ceremony at the campus where your program was based.
Eligible students will receive an email from 26 October 2026 confirming their December ceremony details.
USI requirements
As of 1 January 2023, all graduating students will require a Unique Student Identifier (USI) to graduate and receive their award, in addition to the successful completion of academic requirements. Some offshore students may be exempt from providing a USI and will need to provide a USI Exemption to the University by the due date.
Your eligibility to graduate and receive your award is provisional on the following requirements:
- The completion of all academic requirements of your program
- The submission of a USI that can be verified by the University, OR, the submission of a USI Exemption to the University.
If you are unsure, please complete the USI Quiz.
For more information about providing your USI, please visit the USI website.
UQ will endeavour to adhere to the scheduled dates, times, and venues, however, if ceremonies are rescheduled, delayed or relocated, UQ is not responsible for any inconvenience or costs that may be incurred.
To view ceremony dates and times, download the graduation schedule (PDF, 152.9 KB) or select your faculty:
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Date | Time | Location | Programs |
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| Friday 11 December | 12:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected students from the postgraduate Business Suite from within the Business School. |
| Friday 11 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected students from the postgraduate Business Suite from within the Business School. |
| Saturday 12 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected students from the postgraduate Commerce Suite. |
| Saturday 12 December | 12:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All students from the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce. Selected dual programs with a BCom component. |
| Saturday 12 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Economics. Selected dual programs with a BEcon component |
| Saturday 12 December | 5.30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs in the field of Tourism (including HDR) from within the Business School. Selected postgraduate programs (including HDR) from within the Business School, examples include:
Selected students from the postgraduate Business suite and postgraduate Commerce suite from within the Business School. |
| Thursday 17 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected undergraduate programs from within the Business School including:
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| Thursday 17 December | 12:30am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All students from the Bachelor of Business Management (Honours) and Bachelor of Business Management. Excludes dual programs with a BBusMan component. |
| Thursday 17 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the Law School. |
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Date | Time | Location | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
Thursday 17 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
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| Friday 18 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the following schools and institutes:
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| Friday 18 December | 12:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the following schools:
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| Friday 18 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected programs from within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science including:
Selected dual programs with a BCompSc component. Excludes BCompSc/MCyberSec and BCompSc/MDataSc. |
| Friday 18 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected programs in the fields of computer and data science (including HDR) from within the School Excludes: Programs from within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science including:
Selected dual programs with a BCompSc component. |
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Date | Time | Location | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 11 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All students from the Doctor of Medicine. |
Tuesday 15 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | Selected programs (including HDR students) from within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the fields of Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology and Audiology. Excludes Physiotherapy |
| Tuesday 15 December | 12:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR students) from within the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. All programs (including HDR students) in the field of Physiotherapy from within the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. |
| Tuesday 15 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All undergraduate nursing and midwifery programs from within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work. |
| Tuesday 15 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Dentistry. Selected programs (including HDR students) from within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work:
Excludes undergraduate programs in the field of Nursing and Midwifery. |
| Wednesday 16 December | 12:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All students from the Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) from the School of Psychology
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| Wednesday 16 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Public Health. Selected programs (including HDR) from within the following schools and institutes:
Excludes BPsycSc(Hons), BA(Hons), BA, BAdvHum(Hons), BSc(Hons), BSc and BAdvSc (Hons) with a field or major in Psychology. |
| Saturday 19 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science. |
| Saturday 19 December | 12:30am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus |
Excludes BSc(Hons), BSc or BAdvSc(Hons) with a field or major in Biomedical Science. |
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Date | Time | Location | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
Monday 14 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the following schools and institutes:
Includes BAdvHum(Hons) |
| Monday 14 December | 12.30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All postgraduate programs from within the School of Communication and Arts. All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Music. Includes non-HASS schools teaching into BA(Hons) and BA, including Psychology. |
| Monday 14 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All undergraduate programs from within the School of Communication and Arts. All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Languages and Cultures. |
| Monday 14 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Education. |
Faculty of Science
Date | Time | Location | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 10 December | 10am | Gatton Gymnasium | All programs (including HDR) in the fields of Agribusiness and Agricultural Science from within the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability. Includes BSc(Hons) Gatton students. |
| Thursday 10 December | 12pm | Gatton Gymnasium | Selected programs from within the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability. |
| Thursday 10 December | 2pm | Gatton Gymnasium | All students from the Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) from within the School of Veterinary Science.
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| Wednesday 16 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Mathematics and Physics. Includes non-Science schools teaching into the BSc, BSc(Hons) or BAdvSc(Hons), including Biomedical Science and Psychology. |
| Wednesday 16 December | 5:30pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. |
| Friday 18 December | 10am | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the following schools and institutes:
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| Saturday 19 December | 3pm | UQ Centre, St Lucia campus | All programs (including HDR) from within the following schools and institutes:
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Graduating in absentia
If you don’t attend a ceremony, your degree will only be conferred on your graduation day if you have fulfilled the following requirements:
- The completion of all academic requirements of your program
- The submission of a USI that can be verified by the University, OR, the submission of a USI Exemption to the University.
If you aren't attending your graduation ceremony, please ensure your mailing address is correct in mySI-net by 2 December 2026 to avoid unnecessary delays and document re-issuing fees.
If you wish to defer your attendance at a graduation ceremony until the July 2027 graduation period, please see ‘Defer your graduation ceremony’ under the ‘Registration’ section.
If you have nominated in a previous Graduation Information Check that you wish to attend a ceremony in December 2026, you will receive further communication to your student email from 26 October 2026.