Office of the Registrar
Graduation Ceremony
Information and Procedures
Applicable to all Candidates
Prior Graduation Information
1. Graduation Attire 2. Arrival Time
• Gowns and Mortarboards • You are advised to arrive early at the MERCURE HOTEL (FORMERLY
NUST does not provide graduands with gowns and mortarboards SAFARI HOTEL), with admission to the venue beginning at 06:00 on the
(headgear). All Graduates must obtain their gowns and mortarboards morning of 11 October 2024 You will be granted a card bearing your name,
from private suppliers as soon as possible. You will not be allowed qualification, and seat number.
to graduate without a gown. You may contact any of the following • Those who arrive at 07:00 or later, will not be allowed to enter the
suppliers: RED LANTERN @ 0812721901, Graduation Outfitters at graduation hall, and will receive their qualifications IN ABSENTIA.
0813090920, All Nation Fashion Design at 0812897399, and P.E.L. Investment
CC 0812028932/0816750688. 3. Student Debt
• Candidates who are indebted to NUST will not be permitted to graduate.
• Academic Hoods
The deadline for payment of outstanding debt is 30 September 2024.
• Academic Hoods in the color of the respective Faculty are provided at Candidates, who settle their debts after this deadline, will not receive
any of the following suppliers. RED LANTERN @ 0812721901, Graduation their qualifications at the graduation ceremony but they MAY ATTEND
Outfitters at 0813090920, All Nation Fashion Design at 0812897399. the ceremony. Your qualifications will not be printed until the Finance
Department delivers to the Certification and Graduation Department
evidence of payment. However, students that still pay on or before
Friday, 04 October 2023 will be allowed to attend with proof of payment
that is verified by the Finance Department.
Rules and Procedures during Conferment
1. Seating Rules • Walk across the stage, shake the hand of the Vice-Chancellor and
the Chancellor, and kneel on the stool in front of the Chancellor
• You and your guests should rise when the procession enters the hall. No who will cap your head with a bonnet. After being capped by the
one should resume their seat until the Director of Ceremonies gives the Chancellor, walk to the Registrar and hand him your Hood. Face
signal to do so. the audience as the Registrar will place the Hood over your head
onto your shoulders signifying your success in completing the
2. Conferment Procedure
Postgraduate programme.
2.1 When it is time to confer the qualifications, the Executive Dean of • You will all then exit the stage on the right-hand side, get your
the Faculty will present the candidates, according to the qualification certificate and return to your seat.
they have obtained by reading their names from the Graduation
Programme. When the ceremony comes to an end, the congregation must rise and
remain standing until the procession has left the hall.
2.2 Immediately after the Executive Dean has informed the Vice-
Chancellor that s/he will introduce the qualification for which you
3. Very Important
obtained your diploma or degree, the following steps will be followed:
• All qualifications will only be handed out after the ceremony.
2.2.1 Procedures for candidates to receive Undergraduate, Honours and
• Excessive noise, shouting, and whistling are strictly prohibited. Voice-
Postgraduate certificate/diploma Conferees
amplifying instruments such as whistles will not be allowed inside the
In accordance with the directives issued by the Faculty Officer, graduation hall.
those candidates whose names are listed in the graduation • You are kindly requested to refrain from smoking while wearing the
programme for the 3-year diplomas, degrees, Honours degrees academic attire, before and during the Graduation Ceremony.
and Postgraduate certificates/diplomas are expected to rise from
their seated positions and remain standing as the Executive Dean
read their names. Following the announcement of all names
within the particular academic programme, candidates shall be
asked to retake their seats.
2.2.2 Postgraduate Conferees
Procedures for candidates to receive Masters and Doctoral degrees:
• In accordance with the directives issued by the Faculty Officer, those
candidates whose names are listed in the graduation programme
for the Masters and Doctoral degrees will give the Executive Dean
your name card, and he or she will read your name, thesis title, the
name of the supervisor(s), and the thesis abstract (in case of PhD)
whereafter the card will be returned to you.
Colors of the Faculties:
Prof S Nyathi
FCHSE FCI FHNRAS FEBE Registrar
