THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
2015 Schedule of Degree Conferring Ceremonies
Important notes about the Schedule
 Bachelor and Master degree students, please see notes 1 to 3.
 Doctoral students, please see notes 3 and 4.
1. The Schedule shown for the 2015 degree conferring ceremonies was correct as at
17 April 2015. (The University does, however, reserve the right to make changes to the Schedule as needed in
order to best meet all students’ needs in a timely manner. If changes are made, affected students will be given
as much notice as possible. However students should take particular note of note 3 below when contemplating
travel arrangements).
2. Bachelor and Master degree students who are due to graduate at the various conferring rounds in 2015
will receive a graduation invitation via email (to their student email address only) and standard mail (to
their preferred mailing address on my.unimelb) as per this schedule:
Graduation Ceremony Round
Invitations sent out
Who is invited
March 2015
late January
Students confirmed as eligible between
8 Dec 2014 and 23 January 2015 ONLY
August 2015
mid-May
Students completing study in
Semester 1, 2015
December 2015
late September
Students completing study in
Semester 2, 2015
3. Please ensure that any arrangements (e.g. travel bookings) that you and/or your family and friends may
choose to make to attend your conferring ceremony prior to your invitation and/or completion are
flexible, in the event that you are not able to attend the ceremony to which you are invited and
confirmed as attending. The University is unable to provide reimbursement for travel etc. costs
associated with attending conferring ceremonies.
4. Doctoral degree students are included in all the ceremonies listed. When doctoral degree students
complete their degree, they will receive a letter that outlines,
a. which of the ceremonies within their Faculty (area of study) still have places available for
doctoral students,
b. the Faculty within which their studies occurred (as it is ideal to attend the ceremony of the
Faculty in which the degree was undertaken),
c. and of these, how to advise us of the ceremonies they are able to attend. (Note that if all places
have already been allocated for doctoral candidates at their Faculty’s ceremony, they may elect
to attend other, available ceremonies).
Doctoral candidates are asked to submit the form accompanying their completion letter as soon as
possible, as this increases their chance of being allocated to their Faculty ceremony (their area of
study) OR their next ceremony choice, as places are allocated strictly in the order that doctoral
students’ responses are received.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
2015 Schedule of Degree Conferring Ceremonies
Important notes about the Schedule

Bachelor and Master degree students, please see notes 1 to 3 on page 1.

Doctoral students, please see notes 3 and 4 on page 1.
Ceremony Date and Time
Location
Academic Unit/s present
MARCH 2015
Friday 20 March at 6pm
Saturday 21 March at 11am
Saturday 21 March at 4pm
PhD-only Ceremony
Wilson Hall
Wilson Hall
Bachelor of Arts, Graduate School of Humanities
& Social Sciences & Melbourne School of Government
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Melbourne Law School
Faculty of Business & Economics
Faculty of the VCA and MCM
Wilson Hall
Bachelor of Environments & Melbourne School of Design
Melbourne School of Engineering
Bachelor of Biomedicine
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
JULY and AUGUST 2015
Wednesday 29 July at 5:30pm
Wilson Hall
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Melbourne School of Government
(Faculty of Arts graduate programs)
Thursday 30 July at 5:30pm
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Arts
(undergraduate programs)
Friday 31 July at 5:30pm
Wilson Hall
Melbourne Law School
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Faculty of the VCA and MCM
Saturday 1 August at 11am
Wilson Hall
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Faculty of Science (graduate programs)
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
(graduate programs)
Saturday 1 August at 4pm
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Science (undergraduate programs)
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
(undergraduate programs)
Wednesday 5 August at 5.30pm
Wilson Hall
Melbourne School of Engineering
Thursday 6 August at 5:30pm
Wilson Hall
Bachelor of Environments
Melbourne School of Design
Friday 7 August at 5.30pm
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Business and Economics (graduate programs)
Saturday 8 August at 11.00am
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Business and Economics
(graduate and undergraduate programs)
Saturday 8 August at 4.00pm
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Business and Economics
(undergraduate programs)
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Ceremony Date and Time
Location
Academic Unit/s present
SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 2015
TBC
TBC
Melbourne Business School
TBC
TBC
Health Oration (MDHS)
(MDHS PhD candidates only)
TBC
TBC
Sir Robert Menzies Oration on Higher Education
(PhD candidates only)
Wilson Hall
Melbourne Dental School
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Wilson Hall
Melbourne Medical School (MD program only)
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Wilson Hall
Melbourne Law School
Wilson Hall
Victorian College of the Arts and
the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music
Wilson Hall
Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences
DECEMBER 2015
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Saturday 5 December at 11am
Saturday 5 December at 4pm
Tuesday 8 December at 5pm
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Wednesday 9 December at 11am
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Wednesday 9 December at 5pm
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Saturday 12 December at 11am
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Saturday 12 December at 5pm
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Monday 14 December at 11am
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Monday 14 December at 6pm*
*note later starting time
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Tuesday 15 December at 11am
Tuesday 15
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December at 5pm
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Wednesday 16 December at 11am
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Wednesday 16 December at 5pm
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Thursday 17 December at 11am
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Thursday 17 December at 5pm
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Faculty of Business and Economics
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Faculty of Business and Economics
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Faculty of Arts
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Faculty of Arts
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Bachelor of Environments
Melbourne School of Design
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Faculty of Science
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Faculty of Science
(undergraduate and graduate programs)
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Melbourne School of Engineering
Royal
Exhibition
Building
Bachelor of Biomedicine
Melbourne Medical School (all except MD)
Melbourne School of Health Sciences
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
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