Get ready to graduate

Checklist

❑ Complete the Registration process and book tickets for your guests.

❑ Order you gown and book photography.

❑ Review your step-by-step guide to graduation.

Deadlines

Key task	Complete no later than
Register and book guest tickets	Monday 16^th June 2025, 12:00pm
Order your gown and book photography	Monday 16^th June 2025, 12:00pm
Graduation Ceremony	Wednesday 17^th September 2025 Morning ceremony: 10:30 Afternoon ceremony: 15:00
Graduands entry to marquee	Morning ceremony: 09:45 Afternoon ceremony: 14:15
Guest entry to the marquee	Morning ceremony: 09:30-10:00 Afternoon ceremony: 14:00-14:30

Am I eligible to graduate?

The Class of 2025 graduation is for final-year students who will have successfully completed all elements of their undergraduate or postgraduate programme between 16 September 2024 and 12 September 2025.

Graduation will be on Wednesday, 17 September 2025.

There will be two graduation ceremonies. Courses graduating in the morning and the afternoon: 

Morning 10:30am

For graduands from the following undergraduate courses:

Animals
Business and Agri-Food
Programmes run with Beijing University of Agriculture
Food
Veterinary Nursing
Veterinary Physiotherapy

and for graduands from the following postgraduate courses:

Data Science for Global Agriculture, Food and Environment
International Agri-Business and Food Chain Management
Veterinary Nursing
Veterinary Physiotherapy
Cognate PhD, MRes and MPhil awards as determined by the Research and Taught Postgraduate Office and advised to individual graduands

Afternoon 3:00pm

For graduands from the following undergraduate courses:

Applied Life Sciences
Agriculture
Engineering
Environment, Sustainability and Wildlife
Land and Property Management

and for graduands from the following postgraduate courses:

Agricultural Law
Agricultural Sciences and Production Systems
Agro-ecology
Digital Innovation in Livestock Technology
Entomology
Forestry Management
Integrated Pest, Weed and Disease Management
Plant Health and Biosecurity
Ruminant Nutrition
Rural Estate and Land Management
Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education
Cognate PhD, MRes and MPhil awards as determined by the Research and Taught Postgraduate Office and advised to individual graduands

If you are uncertain whether you are eligible to attend, please contact graduation@harper-adams.ac.uk, setting out your full name, your student ID number and the reason for your query.

Please note that you are unable to defer your graduation ceremony. Please still register online to let us know that you will not attend.

Step 1: Register and book tickets for your guests

Register online

When completing your online registration:

Check your name, this is how it will appear on your certificate and request a change if needed.
Check that your contact details and address are up to date - the address noted will be where your graduation certificate will be posted after the ceremony.
Book a maximum of two guest tickets.
Indicate whether you or your guests have any mobility, accessibility or special requirements (for example, accessible parking, seating, hearing loop).

Your place at graduation is not automatically allocated.  If you fail to register a place by the closing date, you may not be able to attend.

See Deadlines for registration closing date.

Arrangements for graduands or guests with additional requirements

If you or any of your guests have any mobility, accessibility or additional requirements such as accessible parking, seating, or other arrangements (for example, a hearing loop), please advise us during registration.

Your ticket

You will receive a confirmation email once you have registered for your ticket.  Please carefully check the details.  If anything is incorrect, please contact graduation@harper-adams.ac.uk, setting out your full name, your student ID number and correct details. Your ticket will also include a complimentary glass of fizz and a Harper Adams brownie.

Guest tickets

Graduands are entitled to a maximum of two guest tickets to the graduation ceremony marquee. Additional guests can attend and will have access to watch the ceremony from the live stream in the Graduation Village.

Once registration has closed, no further tickets can be allocated.

Guest tickets will grant entry to your graduation ceremony, and all-day access to the Graduation Village.

More information relating to additional tickets will be made available closer to the graduation date.

Depending on the number of graduates attending the ceremonies, we may be able to accommodate additional guests in the ceremonies for those with exceptional circumstances.

Children and babies

No ticket is required for infants under two if seated on the lap of an accompanying adult.

Ticket collection

Collect your tickets from the Weston Building on the day. Please see our graduation map for all the main areas for the day.

You will need to provide your Student ID and registration e-receipt to collect your tickets.

Your guests will not be able to collect tickets themselves and should wait for you in the Graduation Village. See the graduation timetable for ticket collection opening times.

Tickets are non-transferable and must be collected and used by the graduands themselves.  

What if I can’t come anymore?

If you have registered your intention to attend Graduation and are subsequently unable to attend, please sign into the Student Dashboard and update your graduation booking. If the registration window has already closed, please inform us via email at graduation@harper-adams.ac.uk.

Accommodation

Regrettably, there will be no accommodation available on campus for the graduation ceremonies in September.

If you or your guests wish to stay overnight in the local area, we have provided a list of local accommodation options, as detailed below. Please contact the providers directly.

Please note that we are unable to recommend or take responsibility for any off-campus accommodation arrangements and that there are other providers in the area, including Newport, which can be found at Visit Shropshire. We would advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.

Sign in to register

Step 2: Hire your academic gowns and book photography

You will need to hire your academic gown from Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd on the Ede and Ravenscroft web portal (see Deadlines for closing date).

Ede and Ravenscroft will be on campus on graduation day to distribute gowns and assist you with putting on your robes correctly. Please see our Graduation Day page for what to wear on the day. 

A photography and framing service is provided on the day by Ede & Ravenscroft, who offer both individual and family portraits and a range of certificate and portrait frames.

Please book your photography session in advance by completing their photography booking form.