Academic Award Ceremonies 2026

The University is pleased to announce that the Academic Award Ceremonies for 2026 will be held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Wednesday 8 July and Thursday 9 July 2026.

  • Ceremony 1: Courses based at UCA Canterbury, courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Canterbury, and courses based at our partners the Hong Kong Management Association, the London School of Design and Marketing (LSDM), Cyprus Academic of Art (CAA) and Singapore Raffles Music College will be presented on 8 July 2026 at 11am.

  • Ceremony 2: Courses based at UCA Epsom and courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Epsom will be presented on 8 July 2026 at 2:30pm.

  • Ceremony 3: Courses based at UCA Farnham (including students studying at Maidstone TV Studios) and courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Farnham will be presented on 9 July 2026 at 11am.

Further information about gowning, venue and ticket booking can be accessed from the links below.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at events@uca.ac.uk.

Ceremony Course Lists

Use the tabs below to check which ceremony your course will be presented at.

Courses based at UCA Canterbury, courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Canterbury, and courses based at our partners the Hong Kong Management Association, the London School of Design and Marketing (LSDM)Cyprus Academic of Art (CAA) and Singapore Raffles Music College will be presented on 8 July 2026 at 11am in the auditorium at the Royal Festival Hall.

Ceremony 1

  • BA (Hons) Architecture
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art
  • BA (Hons) Illustration & Animation
  • BA (Hons) Interior Architecture
  • BA (Hons) Interior Architecture & Design
  • BA (Hons) Interior Decoration & Styling
  • BA (Hons) Interior Design
  • BA (Hons) Modelmaking
  • BA (Hons) Product & Furniture Design
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fine Art)
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Interior Design)
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Visual Communication)
  • BA (Hons) Visual Communication
  • BSc (Hons) Industrial Design
  • MA Architecture
  • MA Fine Art
  • MA Interior Decoration & Styling
  • MA Interior Design
  • MA Product Design
  • MA Visual Communication
  • Master of Architecture

UCA Doctoral College - Canterbury

  • Postgraduate Certificate Creative Education
  • Master/Doctor of Philosophy

Hong Kong Management Association, China

  • MA Design, Innovation & Brand Management

London School of Design & Marketing

  • BA (Hons) Design
  • BA (Hons) Marketing
  • MA Design
  • MA Marketing

The Millennium Universal College

  • BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles
  • BA (Hons) Film & Digital Art
  • International Master of Business Administration
  • MA Fashion Business Management

Cyprus Academic of Art (CAA)   

  • BA (Hons) Animation & Illustration
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art 

Singapore Raffles Music College  

  • BA (Hons) Business Innovation & Management (Top Up)
  • Master of Business Administration  

Courses based at UCA Epsom and courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Epsom will be presented on 8 July 2026 at 2:30pm in the auditorium at the Royal Festival Hall.

Ceremony 2

  • BA (Hons) Business Innovation & Management
  • BA (Hons) Creative Industries Management in Fashion
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Atelier & Tailoring
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Branding & Communication
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Design
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Image & Styling
  • BA (Hons) Fashion Photography
  • BA (Hons) Make-Up & Hair Design
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fashion Design)
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fashion Image & Styling)
  • BA (Hons) Textiles
  • BA/BSc (Hons) Business & Management
  • BA/BSc (Hons) Digital Marketing & Social Media
  • BA/BSc (Hons) Events & Festival Management
  • BA/BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management
  • BA/BSc (Hons) Music Business & Management
  • Global Master of Business & Management
  • MA Creative Direction for Fashion
  • MA Design, Innovation & Brand Management
  • MA Digital Fashion
  • MA Fashion Business & Management
  • MA Fashion Design
  • MA Fashion Photography
  • MA Human Resource Management for the Creative Industries
  • MA International Music Management
  • MA Luxury Business Management
  • MA Textiles
  • MA/MSc Fashion Business & Management
  • MSc Global Marketing & Communications
  • Master of Business Administration

UCA Doctoral College - Epsom

  • Postgraduate Certificate Creative Education
  • Master/Doctor of Philosophy

Courses based at UCA Farnham (including students studying at Maidstone TV Studios) and courses that are part of the Doctoral College at Farnham will be presented on 9 July 2026 at 11am in the auditorium at the Royal Festival Hall.

Ceremony 3

  • BA (Hons) Acting & Performance 
  • BA (Hons) Animation
  • BA (Hons) Ceramics & Glass
  • BA (Hons) Comic & Concept Art
  • BA (Hons) Design for Theatre & Screen
  • BA (Hons) Digital Art
  • BA (Hons) Film & Screen Studies
  • BA (Hons) Film Production
  • BA (Hons) Fine Art
  • BA (Hons) Games Animation
  • BA (Hons) Games Arts
  • BA (Hons) Games Design
  • BA (Hons) Graphic Design
  • BA (Hons) Illustration
  • BA (Hons) Jewellery & Silversmithing
  • BA (Hons) Journalism & Communications
  • BA (Hons) Music & Sound Production
  • BA (Hons) Photography
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Filmmaking)
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Graphic Design)
  • BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Illustration)
  • BA (Hons) Television Production
  • BA (Hons) Virtual & Augmented Reality
  • BA (Hons) Visual Effects
  • BMus (Hons) Composition for Screen
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science
  • BSc (Hons) Games Development
  • MA Animation
  • MA Ceramics
  • MA Filmmaking
  • MA Fine Art
  • MA Games Arts
  • MA Games Design
  • MA Illustration
  • MA Immersive & Virtual Reality
  • MA Interface & Interactive Design
  • MA Jewellery
  • MA Photography
  • MA Screen Acting & Performance
  • MA User Experience Design
  • MFA Fine Art
  • MFA Photography
  • MSc Game Engineering
  • MSc Human Computer Interaction

UCA Doctoral College - Farnham

  • Postgraduate Certificate Creative Education
  • Master/Doctor of Philosophy

More graduation details

Please click on the tabs below to view more information about your ceremony.

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