Graduation
- Celebrating your graduation with us
- Eligibility and conferral
- Graduation ceremony schedule
- Prepare for your graduation ceremony
- Graduate without attending a ceremony
- On the day
- Attend a graduation ceremony in China
Attend a graduation ceremony in China
Unfortunately, registration for ceremonies in 2025 is now closed as all ceremonies have reached capacity.
Each year, the University partners with the Centre in China to hold graduation celebrations in China. These culturally rich celebrations are conducted in a combination of English and Mandarin and attended by senior University staff.
If you’re an eligible student you’re welcome to celebrate your academic achievements with friends and family at one of these special graduation events. This exciting opportunity is in addition to your Sydney graduation ceremony.
This year the celebrations will be held at the Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Jinmao Tower, 88 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China.
Benefits of attending
- Ceremonies are held in prestigious venues.
- Senior academic and professional staff from the University join to celebrate with you and your guests.
- You’ll get the chance to connect with local alumni and build professional networks.
Guests
As there is limited seating available at the Grand Hyatt, each graduate is able to bring two guests.
Fee
The fee of RMB$468 covers:
- academic dress hire
- tickets for two guests to attend the ceremony
- light refreshments at the graduation reception for you and your two guests
- a keepsake gift.
Refund terms
The fee is fully refundable until 11.59 pm on Friday, 24 October (CST). You can request a refund by sending an email to scarlet.shen@sydneyuniversity.cn.
After this time, we will not accept requests for refunds. You won't be able to transfer your graduate or guest tickets to another person if you decide not to attend.
Questions and answers
To be eligible to register you’ll need to satisfy the general eligibility criteria to graduate for 2025.
Each year we send invitations to eligible students whose country of citizenship is recorded in Sydney Student as one of the following:
- Mainland China
- Hong Kong SAR
- Macau SAR
- Taiwan.
We'll prioritise students whose degrees are conferred between December 2024 and November 2025.
If your degree was conferred before December 2024, you can apply to attend once registrations open. We'll add you to the waitlist and let you know at the end of the registration period if there are places available.
Yes. These ceremonies in China are an additional opportunity available to graduates who have already attended a Sydney ceremony or will attend an upcoming ceremony.
More information
If you have any questions:
- you can contact us through the Graduation support form
- if your Unikey is no longer active, contact us using our general enquiry form.