Graduation summary

Four graduates

Monash enables you to celebrate your academic achievements with family and friends. Do this in a traditional way by attending a ceremony, or graduate without attending.

Graduation is not automatic

  • Current students should apply in your final year.
  • Past students can apply anytime.

Options

You need to choose:

  • whether to attend a ceremony, or not attend (graduate in absentia)
  • the ceremony location in Australia or overseas
  • the semester of graduation.

Overseas ceremonies

If you choose a ceremony in China or Hong Kong, you must attend the ceremony in person.

Closing dates

  • Semester 1 ceremonies - December 15 of previous year.
  • Semester 2 ceremonies - July 15 of current year.

Apply before the closing date to allow us time to confirm your course completion:

  • if you don't complete your course, we will defer your graduation
  • you can apply and defer graduating to a future year
  • you can only defer your graduation once
  • if you need to pass a summer semester unit, you may not be course completed in time to graduate in semester 1.

Applications

Current and past students (including Open Universities Australia)

Apply using the Web Enrolment System (WES).

WES enables you to:

  • apply to graduate online
  • check the progress of your application
  • view your ceremony date
  • change and update details such as name displayed on your certificate, address, attendance, etc.

If your Authcate login has expired, we allow limited access to WES using your student ID, name and date of birth.

Only credit and debit card payments are accepted online. Cash and cheque payments can be made at a student service centre.

Fees and services

The cost of attending your graduation ceremony is $191 (except South Africa).

This fee covers:

  • gown hire and program
  • attendance and refreshments for you and 3 guests.

There is no cost to graduate without attending a ceremony (in absentia).

Graduation date

Your graduation date will be the same whether you attend your ceremony or not.

You will receive (in person or by post):

  • a degree certificate (testamur)
  • an Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS)
  • an academic transcript.

Ceremony day services

Photographs, flowers, certificate framing, etc are available for purchase on the day.