Graduation Arrangement

Graduation Period

To be eligible for an academic award in the full-time mode, a student shall have satisfied the requirements of his/her chosen full-time programme of study.

The dates shown below may be subject to change. Please refer to student announcement on the University's website for the relevant update.

Application for Graduation

Step 1*: Receive a notification email about prospective graduate status

Step 2: Submit online confirmation of graduation to confirm intention to graduate and pay graduation fee by stipulated deadline

Step 3: Check email notification for application result

Step 4: Collect award certificate and transcript according to stipulated schedule

*Only students of the following categories shall be required to apply for graduation via MyHKMU by stipulated deadline:

I. Students of BSCHCEF3, BSCHEEF3, BSCHBCF3, BSCHBHF3 and BSCHSADSF3 and have fulfilled the requirements of the plan's exit point (i.e. ordinary degree) and wish to graduate with such award, or

II. Students wish to have the credits of courses completed in Part-time (Distance Learning) counted towards the graduation requirement of their chosen study plans.

Certification / Classification of the Degree with Honours

Certification

The University shall mark the conferment of a degree by the presentation of a certificate of conferment to each graduate. The certificate shall be in English and Chinese and will include the graduate’s full name, degree awarded, degree programme completed, where applicable, and classification (if any). Where no appropriate name in Chinese exists for a graduate, the name in English will be used throughout. Such a certificate shall be issued free of charge only once in respect of each conferment.

The University shall provide each graduate with a transcript of courses taken (including any courses from which the graduate was excused), including all the information given on the certificate of conferment, the name of the programme of study where applicable and also for each course the level, the result (including Withdrawal, Deferment, Fail, Fail-Resit, etc.), the number of credits obtained and the month and year of registration on the course. Such a transcript shall be issued free of charge only once in respect of each conferment.

Important Note:

It is the University's policy to retain award certificates and transcripts for collection up to 31 December of the following year after graduation (e.g. for 2021 graduates, the deadline for collection is 31 December 2022). After that date, all uncollected award certificates and transcripts will be confidentially disposed without any further notice. If you wish to get these documents afterwards, you will need to submit relevant applications with a fee

Classification of the Degree with Honours

Please click here for details.

FAQs

Enquiries

If you have any questions on the above arrangements, please contact Advanced Standing & Graduation Team of the Registry on 2768-6692 or by email at reggrad@hkmu.edu.hk.