As some venues can be oversubscribed, when you are invited to a ceremony, you are asked to choose alternative venues in case your first option is full. Alternatively, you have the option of being placed on a waiting list, in case of any withdrawals. If you wish, you can defer your ceremony attendance to a later date. However, most graduates are offered places at their first choice.
Graduates can attend any ceremony free of charge.
The only exception to the above is the Brussels ceremony, which due to the extra costs of staging a ceremony on the continent means that both graduate and guest are charged GBP10.00 each to attend. Bringing Guests Most people like to bring friends or family along to their ceremony. The number of guests you can bring varies by venue, however, on average we are able to offer between 4 and 5 guest places per graduate at most venues. Nowhere do we offer fewer than three guest places per graduate.