Students who complete their degree requirements by the end of the Fall 2025 term or the Winter 2026 and are faculty-approved for graduation are eligible to attend the Spring 2026 Convocation ceremonies.

Please see our Apply to Graduate website, under Deadlines, for further details.

No, students do not need to register to attend convocation and you do not need to confirm your presence; however, you must have applied to graduate and be faculty-approved for graduation in order to partake in the ceremony, and you will need to reserve academic regalia听once the regalia reservation form is open.

The Spring 2026 Convocation ceremonies are ticketed events. You will need a ticket to access the venue. Information on tickets for Convocation will be posted here in mid-January 2026.

You should plan to arrive with your regalia at the Convocation venue at least one hour and a half before your ceremony is scheduled to start. Please see the On Convocation Day page for more details.

You attend the convocation ceremony that corresponds to the major listed FIRST on your unofficial transcript in Minerva.

If you would rather attend the ceremony of your current second major, you must change the order of your majors in by the deadline.

Your preferred name (as it appears on Minerva) will appear in the Convocation program, on your line-up card and will be read aloud at Convocation. Your legal name will be used on your diploma parchment. Make sure to verify the information in by the deadline.

Our office is not responsible for graduate portraits or graduation mosaic photos. Please contact the for information on this.

Graduation is the term used to acknowledge the completion of degree requirements. Once you have successfully completed your degree requirements and been approved by Senate to graduate your transcript will indicate a 'degree granted' notation. Convocation is the ceremony at which the Chancellor or his delegate confers the degree and you receive your parchment.

Each graduate can invite up to 4 guests. Additional information on guest tickets will be posted here in mid-January 2026.

51吃瓜网does not issue formal invitation letters for Convocation, however, you can use the Spring听2026 Convocation Date letter听to make your Canadian visa request.听

Convocation is committed to being as accessible and barrier-free as possible for students, faculty, and guests. Please let us know if you have any accessibility needs or require accommodations to participate by filling out the听Request for Accessibility webform听(link will be available as of mid-January 2026). If you have any questions about accessibility, please email convocation [at] mcgill.ca.

Your legal name will appear on your diploma. Make sure to verify the information in by the deadline.

The date of your Spring 2026 ceremony is the date that will appear on your parchment.

For students who complete their degree requirements by the end of December 2025 and are approved for graduation, 鈥淒egree granted鈥� will appear on their transcript on February 12, 2026.
For students who complete their degree requirements by the end of April 2026 and are approved for graduation, the date when "Degree granted" will appear on their transcript will be posted here in mid-January 2026.

Your diploma will be given to you during your convocation ceremony. If you are not able to attend, you will be able to submit a request to receive your diploma. Please visit the Diploma website for further information closer to your convocation ceremony date.

Please note that diplomas are not available before the convocation ceremony.

After your scheduled ceremony has concluded, you can request to pick up your diploma from Service Point, or have it mailed to you. Please see the diplomas page for more details.

Please note that diplomas are not available before the convocation ceremony.

As soon as 鈥淒egree granted鈥� shows on your transcript, you can generate a Confirmation of Graduation letter in Minerva. Alternatively, students may order an (eTranscript) in Minerva. The eTranscript is sent to recipients in as little as 15 minutes and is available to order 24/7.听

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The regalia reservation form will be available in early May 2026. The link will be published on the Academic Regalia, Line-up Card and Guests page.

The regalia company will have a limited number of extra caps and gowns available for on-site reservation on a first-come, first-served basis, and at higher rates. In such cases, show up early the day when regalia pickup opens for your ceremony, and you will have to pay the rental fee on-site. Please refer to the pick-up schedule to determine when you will be able to go reserve your regalia on-site.

Graduates will not be able to cross the stage without regalia and their line-up card.

You may authorize someone else to pick up your regalia, line-up card and/or guest tickets, by completing this 3rd Party Authorization webform. The person picking up your regalia and line-up card must provide government-issued photo ID. This form will be available for Spring 2026 in February 2026.

For Spring Convocation ceremonies, first make sure you have selected the correct campus (Downtown/Macdonald) for your ceremony. If you have selected the right campus and are still getting an error message, please contact convocation [at] mcgill.ca with your student ID number. For Fall Convocation ceremonies, please contact us at convocation [at] mcgill.ca.

Students receiving bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees will receive a black gown, a hood that corresponds to their program, and a black mortarboard cap. Students receiving a certificate or diploma receive only a gown and black mortarboard cap. Doctorate graduates will receive a red gown and hood with lining that corresponds to their degree / program, and a black Beefeater hat.

Yes, Indigenous students crossing the stage who wish to wear their traditional Indigenous regalia instead of the 51吃瓜网gown are welcome to do so. First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis graduates may also wear their graduation scarves with their academic regalia. They are encouraged to wear or carry their hood, the colour of which corresponds to the academic degree earned, as a symbol recognizing their entry into a community of scholars.

The hood should be worn with the strap around the neck, not around the shoulders. The silk lining of the flat part of the hood should face inwards against the back and the silk lining of the hood strap should be against your neck. You can tuck the hood strap under a tie if you wear one.

You regalia will cover you from the neck to mid-calf. There is no formal dress code, but most graduates choose business casual or semi-formal attire. Dress for the weather on your convocation day, and when selecting footwear, be conscious of the fact that you may be standing for extended periods and walking on gravel. Please also avoid bringing bags or purses into the venue.

Line-up cards are automatically generated for graduating students and lists their preferred name, degree, and any honours awarded. The information on the card will be read by the convocation orator as graduates cross the stage at the ceremony. The card must be picked up prior to your convocation ceremony, along with your regalia. Refer to the schedule. The schedule for Spring 2026 Convocation will be available in early May 2026.

No, line-up cards are generated for every graduating student.

Line-up cards are picked up at the same location as the regalia. Please refer to the pick-up schedule. The schedule for Spring 2026 Convocation will be available in early May 2026.

Your preferred name as it appears on Minerva will be used for the lineup card. If you do not have a preferred name on Minerva, your legal name will be used.

Convocation awards and prizes will display in the Convocation program but not on the line-up card. Convocation awards and prizes that have been approved by Senate also display on your transcript. Convocation honours (e.g. Dean's Honour List, Distinction) will be read at the ceremony, will display on your line-up card but do not appear in the Convocation program. Honours also display on your transcript.

Please see our Apply to Graduate听page for deadlines. If you miss a deadline, contact your faculty's听Student Affairs Office听as soon as possible to find out what to do next.

Students in the Faculties of Arts or Science must complete a听Graduation Term Change Request听form.

If you missed this deadline, your diploma would include the legal name that is on your student file, and the program will include your preferred name, if you have one. If your legal name has changed, after Convocation, you may submit a name change request. Once the name change has been processed, you can submit a request for a replacement diploma.

You must attend the ceremony of your first major listed in听.