
Deadlines
Deadlines
Please note that the information below is regarding July 2025 graduation.
The below table outlines the key deadlines that you should familiarise yourself with and ensure you meet. Additional information on each area is available across the graduation website pages.
What to do | Deadline |
Graduation bookings open | April 2025 |
Book your graduand ticket to register your attendance at your graduation ceremony. Please book via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Book your guest tickets for the ceremony at the Swan Theatre or the Live streaming at the High Wycombe Campus. All guest tickets purchased include access to and refreshment tokens for the post ceremony celebration held in the Atrium at the High Wycombe Campus. Please book via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Request a visa for your and/or your guests. Please note you must have booked tickets before you can submit a visa request. | The exact deadline will vary depending on the country, so we advise you to do this ASAP once you have booked your tickets.
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Let us know if you don’t want your details published. If you don't want your personal data (full name and course title) published in the programme, please let us know when registering your attendance via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Inform us of access requirements Tell us about any accessibility or additional requirements for you or your guests when registering your attendance via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Hire your gown. Book your gown, hood and mortarboard. Please note you must wear a gown, hood and mortarboard and be appropriately dressed in order to attend your ceremony. Please book via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Pre-book your professional photographs Please book via . | 12 noon Friday 4 July 2025 |
Award deadline Deadline to have been made an award of the University by the Board of Examiners in order to attend July 2024 graduation. | Friday 4 July 2025 |
Main deadline request a refund for tickets and gown hire Please do this via . This deadline is applicable to anyone who has been made an award on or before the above award deadline. | Friday 4 July 2025 |
Final results day Please note some students will be on courses that finish earlier so will have already received their results. This is the last results day to be eligible to attend July 2025 graduation. | Thursday 10 July 2025 |
Request a ticket and gown refund only if you found out you were not made an award on above final results day. This deadline is only applicable to students who found out on the above final results day that they were not made an award and so are no longer eligible to attend July 2025 graduation. Please email graduation@bnu.ac.uk with your:
Your refund can take until the end of August 2025 to be processed. Please note that only refund requests for those who received their results on Thursday 10 July 2025 will be processed this way. All other refund requests will need to have been processed via by the main refund deadline date listed above. | Tuesday 15 July 2025
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Request to defer from July 2025 Please note our next graduation is in September 2026 and you can only request to defer once. Please completing the online deferral form to request your deferral but note that completing the form does not guarantee your deferral. If you have already purchased tickets or booked your gown hire, please request refunds by the deadlines listed above. Bookings for tickets and gown hire cannot be transferred to alternative graduation ceremonies and refunds will not be issued after the above deadline. | Friday 8 August 2025 |
Purchase any additional guest tickets Extra tickets are subject to availability and are not guaranteed. The number you can book may be restricted and will be sold on a first come first served basis until tickets are sold out. | If extra tickets are available, they can be purchased on the day of your ceremony during your registration period. If available, extra tickets can be purchased in person at the Swan Theatre box office upon presentation of a valid graduating student ticket for that ceremony so you must register at the High Wycombe Campus first. |