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Yes - but you'll need to let us know if this is the case, as you will not be automatically invited to the next round of ceremonies if you don't attend.

For August 2025 ceremonies: If you wish to attend a future ceremony, reply via the booking system by 4 June at 5pm and we will defer the invitation to the next round of ceremonies.

Sorry - we can’t accommodate these requests, as students are allocated to the ceremony linked to their course and completion date.

Guest tickets are posted to UK addresses around one to two weeks before the ceremonies along with an information booklet. Guest tickets for international addresses are not posted and are to be collected on the day at Registration at Curve Theatre.

Don’t make any travel or accommodation arrangements for you or your guests until all graduation tickets are officially confirmed via email.

Graduation is a time of celebration of your achievements for you, family and friends; children are welcome to attend the ceremonies.

However, as ceremonies are formal events with speeches, lengthy conferment of students, moments of darkness and theatrical lighting, it is not a recommended event for children.

If you wish to bring children as guests, they will need a ticket to enter the graduation auditorium, this includes toddlers on laps. Children’s tickets are £19 per child, including toddlers on laps.

Babies 12 months and under do need a ticket, please contact academicawards@dmu.ac.uk, or by phone on +44 (0)116257 7307 (Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm).

Children, under 16 cannot be left unattended and must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times. The safety and well-being of children is the responsibility of accompanying adults and children cannot be cared for by ÐßÐßÊÓƵ or Curve members of staff. Graduating students cannot bring children into the hall with them

Please note prams and buggies aren’t permitted in the graduation auditorium and there is a buggy park at Curve for student and guest use. Property left at the buggy park is left at the owner's risk.

Additional guest tickets, if they are available, will go on sale on the university’s on 11 June on a first come, first sold basis, staggered by ceremony date. You can access the store as a guest or you can set up an account in order to complete the additional tickets purchase.

Additional guest ticket availability:

It’s important to note that, as we cannot guarantee that extra tickets – or the amount of extra tickets needed – will be available for your ceremony, students should not rely on them. There are occasions where there are very few, or no spare tickets available.

Additional tickets bought on or after 11 June and before 25 June will be seated together with the initial tickets bought.

Additional ticket sales will close on 25 June 2025.

Please note we do not issue reminder communications about additional ticket availability.

Any tickets remaining after 25 June 2025 can be bought directly from Curve Box Office from 12 noon on 30 July. These tickets will not be seated with any previously bought tickets, so please bear this in mind when including guests who need to be accompanied.

Please note all tickets booked online* via curveonline.co.uk are subject to a non-refundable £2 booking fee. ÐßÐßÊÓƵ graduations are exempt from the £2 booking fee and using the promotional code ÐßÐßÊÓƵGRADS will remove the booking fee when purchasing online.

If you have any further queries regarding the booking fee exemption, please contact by email tickets@curvetheatre.co.uk for assistance.

*If booking in person at Curve or over the telephone this fee will be removed

Curve

Telephone +44 (0) 116 242 3595

Please note we do not issue reminder communications about surplus ticket availability.

On the day of your ceremony, any remaining guest tickets available will be for sale on a first come, first served basis, directly from Curve Theatre Box Office. There is no guarantee that spare tickets will be available however.

Guests with tickets bought before 25 June 2025 will be allocated seats together.

If you require your guests to sit apart from each other, email academicawards@dmu.ac.uk before 28 July 2025, with the reason for the request. Please note that we will do our best to accommodate your request but can't guarantee separated seats.

Guest tickets bought from Curve after 21 January 2025 are not allocated seats previously bought.

Guests without tickets can watch the live streaming of the ceremony either online or in the screening room at Curve Theatre, Rehearsal Room 2 on the Mezzanine floor on a first come, first seat basis. You don’t need to book a place for this.

All ceremonies are live streamed on the university’s website and the ÐßÐßÊÓƵ YouTube channel.

We understand that some students may be unable to meet the cost of robe hire and guest tickets for their guests. The University Graduation Support Fund aims to help students who face financial difficulty in meeting the costs of attending their graduation.

You may be eligible to apply for this fund, an application form and supporting evidence is required.

The Graduation Support Fund will open 12 noon on 7 May and closes on 4 June at 5pm. Applications received after this time will not be accepted

Graduation ceremonies involve:

• Bright, theatrical lighting and music
• Large digital screens showing text and video footage
• Short video
• Long periods of applause
• Large crowds, some crowd congestion and general crowd noise
• Queueing
• Being seated in a row with other students next to, behind and in front of you
• Moments of reduced lighting
• Raised voices and PA system announcements
• Food and drink smells
• Sounds and lights associated with flash photography

Speakers are located on the Curve stage and students are seated in the Studio, behind the speakers. A plan of the ground floor is available

Ceremonies start on time and last approximately one and a half hours.

If you would like to discuss how we can adapt your graduation experience to support your requirements, please email academicawards@dmu.ac.uk,and we will do our best to help you.

You can register any specific access requirements when confirming your ceremony place on the booking system, which will close on 4 June at 5pm.

You can also email us at academicawards@dmu.ac.uk. We may not be able to accommodate special access requirements where we are notified on the day of the ceremony.