Registering to attend graduation

The graduation registration process will begin during the week commencing Monday 6 April 2026.

To register for the ceremony you will need to complete a short booking task that will be available within the myRecords tab of myUCA.

If you are not currently enrolled at UCA, myRecords is available from https://myrecords.uca.ac.uk/, using your student number as your username. A new password is available using the "Request your myRecords Password" link on the log-in screen.

This task consists of you confirming your attendance and providing any additional details that are relevant (for example any disabled seating requirements for yourself).

If you experience any problems logging in or confirming your attendance, please email myrecordshelp@uca.ac.uk.

Guest ticket purchase information will be available after you have completed the registration process. Student tickets are free of charge, guest tickets cost £20 (please note: the Royal Festival Hall may add a small booking fee).

If you do not register to attend the ceremony you will be unable to attend.

Guest tickets are non-refundable.

If you become ineligible to attend due to academic issues and you have confirmed your attendance and purchased your tickets your refund will be completed after the final ceremony date. 

Refunds will be made to the card used to pay for the ticket(s).

The ceremony is expected to last anything from 90 minutes to two hours so young children may find it tiring.

Any children aged four and over in attendance will require a ticket. There are no child concessions on ticket prices. Children under the age of four must be seated on an adult's lap.

Please note, only our graduates are permitted to cross the stage, therefore children and babies must be seated with your guest for the duration of the ceremony.

With the exception of guide animals for the blind, and hearing animals for the deaf, animals are not permitted in the ceremony venues. 

The Graduation Bursary is available to UK undergraduate students graduating in July 2026 who in addition to receiving a tuition fee loan and the maximum maintenance loan to which they’re entitled, also meet one of the following criteria:

• You’re a care experienced student
  Being care experienced means you have spent any amount of time in local authority care, you are adopted but were previously in care, or you have been looked after by family or friends.
• You're an estranged student
  Being estranged from your family means you’ve not had verbal or written contact with them for a significant period of time and this is unlikely to change.
• You're a young carer
  A young carer is someone who is aged 16-25 who cares for a family member or friend with an illness or disability, mental health condition or an addiction.
• You’re a mature student
  A mature student is someone who was aged over 21 at the start of their course
• You’re a lone parent
• You’re from a Black, Asian, Ethnic Minority community
• You have a disability declared to the University
• You live in supported housing or are homeless

The bursary will be £150 to help with the cost of gown hire and photography. If you received a Graduation Bursary for July 2025 but did not graduate, applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

To make an application please complete the:

• Graduation bursary application form

And return with the required evidence by email as below or to your Campus Life hub:

• CampusLifeCanterbury@uca.ac.uk
• CampusLifeEpsom@uca.ac.uk
• CampusLifeFarnham@uca.ac.uk

Applications must be received by 31 May 2026, however the bursary may close earlier should all funds be allocated.