Graduation
Dates and times
Our January 2026 ceremonies are taking place on Thursday 15 January and Friday 16 January.
Department/school graduating splits and times
Thursday 15 January 2026
10.00am - College of Science and Engineering
- School of Engineering
- School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
1.30pm - College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and College of Science and Engineering
- School of Heritage and Culture
- School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy
- Leicester Law School
- School of Geography, Geology and Environment
- School of Chemistry
- School of Physics and Astronomy
4.30pm - College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
- School of Arts, Media and Communications
- School of History, Politics and International Relations
- School of Education
Friday 16 January 2026
10.00am - College of Business
- School of Business
1.30pm - College of Life Sciences
- All Schools and departments of the College of Life Sciences
Don't forget, if any of your contact details change between now and your graduation, you will need to update these on your My Student Record or email graduation@le.ac.uk with your full name and student ID number.
Information for those unable to attend
If you cannot attend a future graduation ceremony, or you do not wish to, you can graduate “in absentia”. This means that you choose to graduate without attending a ceremony and in such cases your certificate and transcript (if applicable) will be sent by post to the address you have provided within two weeks of your ceremony. Even though you may not be able to attend your ceremony, this will still be the date that you graduate as your award would be conferred on the date of your intended ceremony.
You will still be invited to complete online graduation registration, where you will be asked to confirm if you are unable to attend and also to provide the address to send your graduation documents to.
Browse information on how you will receive your graduation documents.