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Confirm your attendance - book tickets, gowns and photography

Tickets and gowns must be booked by Friday 23rd May 2025.

Use this link to book your place or click the button below: 

We are unable to guarantee your place if you do not book by the deadline.

This year, we are offering early gown collection (for all awards) and photography sessions at the Hawkshead Campus, on Tuesday 8^th July.  This will only be available if more than 50 people sign up to this service.  If early collection appeals to you, please mark the appropriate option when booking your place through the Marstons’ website.   

Once we know if this will be a viable option, (i.e. 50 have booked) those who have opted for early collection will be emailed with further details and timings to book for photography sessions.

This option is not guaranteed until we have a total of 50 bookings.  Once you have opted for collection on this date you must ensure you pick up your gowns as we cannot guarantee collection on Graduation Day.

Student number

You will need your student number to log into the system to book your tickets. Your qualifying award and ceremony details should then automatically appear. If you do not know your student number, this can be found on RoVer.

Terms & conditions of booking and attendance

By booking and attending a Graduation ceremony you are consenting to take part in a public event which will be filmed, photographed and live-streamed. These ceremonies are public events and therefore there is no expectation of privacy under data protection legislation for any attendees. After the event, a copy of the live-streamed video will be publicly available to view and will remain on the ºÚÁÏÉç page(s) under our newsfeed(s). YouTube/Facebook has its own Privacy Policy which can be . Please make sure that you inform any guests that you are booking tickets for that this is the case.

If you apply to attend a Graduation ceremony, your full name, first name, middle name or names and degree including honours may be printed in or on an insert in the souvenir programme. The name used will be based upon your answer to the question on the booking form as to how you wish your name to be read out during the ceremony. You must inform the Events team in writing to graduation@rvc.ac.uk before the application deadline if you wish to opt out of your name being published in this way.

Tickets

Tickets - up to two free guest tickets and two additional tickets charged at £30.00. There will be a waiting list option for additional tickets.  We will notify you if there are additional tickets available to purchase via the email address you book with after the 27th May 2025.   

Guest tickets – more details

As well as your own ticket, you are able to book a maximum of two free guest tickets and two paid for tickets at £30.   Please specify any access requirements your guests may have so that we can allocate appropriate seating.   You will be asked if you would like additional tickets (at £30 each) at the time of booking and should any become available you will be notified when they are released for sale.  This will be after the 23rd May 2025.   The information will be sent to the email address you originally booked with so please check your email on 27th May 2025.

If you would like additional supporters to see your ceremony, the link to the livestream will be available at , the feed will begin just before the ceremonies commence.

Babies and small children

Children and young babies are permitted to attend; however, please note that children over two years old must have their own ticket due to the venue’s health and safety requirements. Children attending are the responsibility of you/your guests and if they are noisy during the ceremony, we will expect the child to be removed until they are quiet, please.

Tickets/wristbands

On arrival at the Barbican Centre, please follow directional signage to the ºÚÁÏÉç Graduation ceremonies and head downstairs (Level -1) to the registration desks where you will be given wristbands for your guests which will enable their entry to the hall and their seats for the ceremony. Once registered, you will then be able to collect your gown and have photographs taken.

Accessibility

The venue is fully accessible with spaces available for wheelchair users – see

If guests or graduands have access and mobility requirements, it is essential that the student/graduand provides details upon booking so appropriate seats can be allocated and if you require an additional seat during the ceremony for a carer this will need to be agreed with the Graduation team in advance to guarantee a seat.  Please note that due to the venue’s seating arrangements, only the carer and the guest with access requirements will be able to sit in the designated area.  Your other guests will be seated elsewhere. Please email  graduation@rvc.ac.uk – we cannot accommodate last minute requests due to venue capacity.

Your Gown

Gowns are obligatory and must be pre-ordered at the time of booking your place at Graduation, before the booking deadline of Friday 23rd May 2025.
Once ordered, gowns will be available for collection from the Barbican Centre (or from the Hawkshead Campus on 8^th July if pre-arranged) after you have registered on the day of your ceremony. 

When ordering your gown, you will need:

• Height
• Chest measurement
• Hat size (please note hats are not worn during the ceremony but may be worn for photography and before and after the ceremony if you wish)
• Payment details

Your Photography

Professional photographs are optional, but if you would like to book a session this must be pre-ordered at least 48 hours before the ceremony.  Book here   when you order your gown.  It will be possible to amend photography packages or add additional photographs after this deadline but no later than 48 hours before the event, providing you log back into the system using your original details

Please be aware that these services will be delivered on a first-come-first-served basis on the day. Photography will take place at the Barbican once you have registered and collected your gown, or at the Hawkshead Campus on the 8^th July if you have pre-booked this service.

Graduation souvenirs

The full range of ºÚÁÏÉç branded gifts are available to purchase online prior to Graduation  here.   Items can either be posted or we can arrange for you to collect on the day of your ceremony from our merchandise stand at the venue. 

To use the ‘collect at Graduation’ service please order before Wednesday 2nd July and remember to select ‘collect items from Graduation’ as the delivery address.    Alternatively, items can be sent to the Hawkshead and Camden post rooms for you to collect, free of charge.

There will be a range of our Graduation gifts available to purchase on the day.   All profits from these sales go towards supporting our students through the Alumni Fund, including student wellbeing, bursaries and teaching and learning funds. 

Register for RCVS (BVetMed and FdSc Veterinary Nursing ONLY) Graduation 2025

BVetMed students

You will have received an email, sent on behalf of the RCVS, to your ROVER registered email address on 25^th March 2025.  This details the information you will need to be able to register online and be able to practice after your exam results are published.

Further information can be found on the RCVS website  

FdSc Veterinary Nursing students

You will have received an email, sent on behalf of the RCVS, to your ROVER registered email address on 26^th March 2025

Further information can be found on the RCVS website 

Any queries regarding RCVS registrations must be directed to the RCVS.