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Ceremony Schedules

University of Essex Graduate Alumni

2022 Graduation Ceremony Schedules

We are very pleased to confirm dates for our Graduation Ceremonies in 2022, subject to COVID-19 restrictions.

The ceremony schedules for our 2022 Graduands (18 to 22 July 2022) and our postponed 2020 and 2021 Graduands (22 July to 29 July 2022) have been published below.

If you are unsure which graduation or ceremony you are eligible to attend, or are unable to attend your scheduled ceremony, please contact the Graduation and Awards team on graduation@essex.ac.uk.

All guest ticket bookings for Graduation are subject to our Graduation Booking terms and conditions (.pdf) and Graduation COVID-19 Policy (.pdf). The University reserves the right to make changes to any arrangements set out in this policy related to Graduation in order to respond to Government guidelines, our legal obligations and to maintain the safety of our community.

Summer Ceremonies for 2022 Graduands

Monday 18 July - Friday 22 July 2022

All students who are expected to have their award conferred between 1 January 2022 and 7 July 2022 will be eligible to attend these Summer Graduation ceremonies.

The below schedule details the date and time of the Graduation Ceremony for your Department or School. Where a Department or School has multiple ceremonies, a full list of which courses are eligible for each ceremony can be found in the PDF version of the schedule available for download below.

Any queries relating to Graduation should be sent to graduation@essex.ac.uk.

Monday 18 July

Ceremony 1, 10am

School of Law

Undergraduate programmes*

*See the graduation schedule (.pdf) for full list of courses.

Ceremony 2, 1pm

School of Law and Human Rights Centre

Undergraduate programmes*
Postgraduate programmes

*See the graduation schedule (.pdf) for full list of courses.

Ceremony 3, 4pm

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents

Tuesday 19 July

Ceremony 4, 10am

School of Philosophy and Art History with Interdisciplinary Studies Centre

Department of History

Edge Hotel School

Ceremony 5, 1pm

School of Health and Social Care

School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences

Ceremony 6, 4pm

Department of Mathematical Sciences

School of Life Sciences

Wednesday 20 July

Ceremony 7, 10am

Department of Government

Department of Languages and Linguistics

Ceremony 8, 1pm

East 15 Acting School

Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

Ceremony 9, 4pm

Department of Psychology

Thursday 21 July

Ceremony 10, 10am

Essex Business School

Colchester Accounting and Finance Undergraduate courses*
Colchester Postgraduate courses*

*See the graduation schedule (.pdf) for full list of courses.

Ceremony 11, 1pm

Essex Business School*

*See the graduation schedule (.pdf) for full list of courses.

Ceremony 12, 4pm

Department of Economics

Institute for Social and Economic Research

Friday 22 July

Ceremony 13, 10am

University of Essex Online Learning (Kaplan Open Learning)

Ceremony 14, 1pm

Essex Business School

Southend Postgraduate courses*

*See the graduation schedule (.pdf) for full list of courses.

Ceremony 15, 4pm

Department of Sociology

Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice (PG CHEP)

Summer Ceremonies for Postponed 2020 and 2021 Graduands

Friday 22 July - Friday 29 July 2022

All 2020 and 2021 Graduands who were unable to attend a Spring Graduation ceremony will be eligible to attend these Summer Graduation ceremonies.

The below schedule details the date of the Graduation ceremony for your Department or School. To ensure that we have capacity for all Graduands who wish to attend, we will not be allocating times to these ceremonies until after booking closes on Friday 20 May 2022.

Any queries relating to Graduation should be sent to graduation@essex.ac.uk.

Friday 22 July

Essex Business School – Postgraduate courses

Monday 25 July

Essex Business School – Undergraduate courses

Department of Economics

Institute for Social and Economic Research

Tuesday 26 July

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering

Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents

School of Life Sciences

East 15 Acting School

Wednesday 27 July

Department of Mathematical Sciences

School of Health and Social Care

School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences

Department of Psychology

Thursday 28 July

Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Department of Sociology

Department of Languages and Linguistics

Department of Government

Friday 29 July

School of Law and the Human Rights Centre

Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies

School of Philosophy and Art History with Interdisciplinary Studies Centre

Edge Hotel School

Graduation and Ceremonies

Email: graduation@essex.ac.uk

Awards and Award Documents

Email: award-docs@essex.ac.uk

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