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16<br />

The graduation ceremony<br />

On arrival<br />

Please present yourself at the registration desk in the foyer where a seating card indicating your name, degree or<br />

diploma and seat number will be handed to you.<br />

You will be referred to a desk or counter where you may claim your guest tickets.<br />

Guests must be seated 30 minutes before the ceremony starts. Unfortunately, late arrivals or guests without<br />

tickets will not be admitted into the graduation hall. Guest seats are not reserved.<br />

If you have arranged to collect your academic dress at the graduation venue (except at the Pretoria venue which<br />

does not provide such a service), please collect it at the supplier’s stall.<br />

Babies and toddlers will not be admitted into the graduation hall. Children seven years and older will be required<br />

to obtain a guest ticket.<br />

During the ceremony<br />

The congregation<br />

When the academic procession enters the hall, all graduands, diplomands and guests should rise. They may only<br />

be seated once the Chancellor has given the signal to do so.<br />

Graduands, diplomands and guests are requested to remain seated for the duration of the ceremony and not to<br />

leave the hall until the academic procession has exited the hall.<br />

At the end of the ceremony, graduates, diplomates and guests should remain standing until the academic<br />

procession has left the hall.<br />

Graduands<br />

When signalled by Graduations staff, the graduand whose name appears first in the programme rises, and<br />

carrying the hood over the left arm and seating card in the right hand, ascends the stage from the right (as seen<br />

from the audience).<br />

The graduand hands his or her card to the college representative, who reads out the name. The card is returned<br />

to the graduand which serves as a cue to walk towards the Chancellor and kneel with the right knee on the<br />

stool. The Chancellor confers the degree.

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