Booking Information for Graduates and Guests

Booking Information for Graduates and Guests

The Summer Graduation Ceremonies will take place at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland, between Monday 7th July 2025 - Friday 11th July 2025.   

Booking Your Place and Guest Tickets

• Invitations will go out to all eligible students, via email, during 28-30 April 2025 and includes your ceremony date, arrival time and links to the online booking application in e:Vision.

• If you do not receive an invite email by 1st May and are expecting to attend graduations in July 2025, please email graduations@sunderland.ac.uk immediately. We kindly ask that you check all email junk folders before emailing.

• Online bookings will open in e:Vision on 12 May at 11am.  Go to the 'Managing my Studies' area of e:Vision to open the link in the Graduation Booking container.

• Online bookings will close on Friday 6 June at 4pm.   

• Booking requests received after the closing date will not be accepted.

• Graduates attending without Guests must still complete the online booking form to confirm your attendance.

• Guest tickets are £30 each. 

• Guest ticket allocations – graduates can book up to 4 guest tickets (these tickets are guaranteed). Graduates can also book up to 2 additional guest tickets (these tickets are not guaranteed).

• All guest tickets must be booked and paid for at the time of booking and before the closing date. Additional ticket requests will be confirmed in the week after the bookings close. If additional tickets cannot be allocated a refund will be processed.

• If you are attending with children  - We recognise that students wish to celebrate their achievements with their loved ones, including their children. Please be mindful that this is a formal event and all guests, including children,  are required to remain in their seats for the duration of the ceremony. In order to ensure the safety of all of our guests, children aged 2 years and over are required to have their own seat and are included in your guest ticket numbers. 

On Your Ceremony Day

• All Graduates and Guest must familiarise themselves with the University's Graduation Ceremony Admittance and Code of Conduct prior to arrival at the Ceremonies
• Entry to the Ceremony Venue – will only be permitted on presentation of a valid entry ticket.  Graduates report to Founders Bar on arrival and guests report to the main entrance/reception of the Stadium on arrival. Stewards will be on hand to give directions. Guidelines for admittance and our Code of Conduct is available HERE.
• Graduate and Guest Entry Tickets – will be scanned for validity prior to allowing access to the venue.  Graduates must ensure their guests have access to their own entry ticket prior to arriving at the venue to prevent any potential problems with gaining access.
• Graduate and Guest Arrival Time - Graduates and guests must arrive at the Stadium of Light no later than the arrival times specified to allow them to take part in the Ceremonies.  Entry to the ceremony will not be permitted after these times
• Graduates arriving after the stated arrival time, will not be permitted to take part in their ceremony. 
• Graduate Registration and Gowning – graduates must report to the Founders Bar entrance at the Stadium for gowning and registration.

• We politely remind guests, irrespective of age, that all guests are there to see their loved ones graduate and request that all in attendance respect the enjoyment of others and allow them to enjoy the event free from disturbances. 

• In order to support our graduates attending with children, we offer a dedicated pushchair parking area. Upon arrival, please ask your nearest steward for directions. Pushchairs will be stored in our concourse area, and you will receive a receipt which will need to be presented to collect.  All pushchairs must be parked 30 minutes prior to the graduation ceremony commencing and can be collected post ceremony.  Pushchairs are stored at your own risk and no valuables should be left behind.

• Please note that all children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult whom remains with them for the duration of the ceremony. We regret that we are unable to care for children whose parents are participating in the ceremony.