Graduation Ceremony

After your form and grades have been processed, and the Board of Examiners has approved of your graduation, the secretary’s office will graduate you in uSis.

The graduation date (last working day of the month) is determined by the moment the student gets the grade for his/her last course in the programme. This date is mentioned as such in the diploma. The ceremony in which graduates receive their diploma usually takes place at a later moment. 

Graduates will receive their diploma during a ceremony, usually to take place in the Academiegebouw, Rapenburg 73. The Board of Examiners will be represented by one of its members and in most cases the thesis supervisors will be present as well.

• Tuesday, 12 November 2024 between 15.00 and 17.00 hrs in the Teldersauditorium

On the graduation form, you can indicate whether you intend to be present at the ceremony or not. Even if you indicated that you might not plan to come, you will receive an announcement of the graduation ceremony approximately one and a half month before it will take place. You will be requested to confirm whether you plan to be present or not. Based on the responses a time schedule will be made. You will receive an email with an official invitation and the time slot assigned for your ceremony at least two weeks before the date.

The email will be sent to your uMail address as well as to the private email address as stated on your graduation form. If possible, make sure that this address is the same as the private (alternative) address in your studielink/uSis account.

Please note that you need to be there in time (i.e. at least ten minutes before the start of the ceremony)..

Parking in Leiden close to Rapenburg is difficult. We advise anyone coming by car to park at the paid parking space at Parkeerterrein Haagweg. From there, shuttles will take you to any place in Leiden Center for free.