Ceremony Dates Summer 2026 | Registry Services

Ceremony dates by School

Whilst the below information is accurate at the time of publishing, the day, date and time of ceremonies may be subject to change prior to the registration form opening. The definitive date and time of each student's ceremony will be confirmed in their graduation invitation email.

Information for returning graduates

Graduates who have deferred their graduation will have their ceremony details confirmed shortly after the graduation registration form opens and are not guaranteed to be returning to their School's ceremony.

Wednesday 1 July 2026 3pm	School of History, Classics & Archaeology
Thursday 2 July 2026 11am	School of Social and Political Science All degrees EXCLUDING those listed in the afternoon ceremony
Thursday 2 July 2026 3pm	School of Economics School of Social and Political Science The following degrees only: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Social Work Master of Arts with Honours in Sociology Sociology and Politics Sociology and Psychology Sociology and Social Anthropology Sociology with Quantitative Methods Master of Social Work in Social Work Postgraduate Research awards in the subjects listed above
Friday 3 July 2026 11am	School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures All degrees EXCLUDING those listed in the afternoon ceremony
Friday 3 July 2026 3pm	School of Divinity School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures The following degrees only: Master of Arts with Honours in Celtic Celtic and English Literature Celtic and Linguistics Celtic and Scandinavian Studies Celtic and Scottish History English and Scottish Literature English Literature English Literature and Classics English Literature and History Scottish Ethnology and English Literature Scottish Literature Scottish Literature and History Master of Science in Literature and Modernity: 1900 to the Present Literature and Society: Enlightenment, Romantic and Victorian Postgraduate Research awards in the subjects listed above
Saturday 4 July 2026 11am	Edinburgh Medical School MBChB only BSc Oral Health Sciences
Saturday 4 July 2026 3pm	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies BVM&S/Undergraduate degrees only
Monday 6 July 2026 11am	Edinburgh Medical School All degrees excluding MBChB or BSc Oral Health Sciences
Monday 6 July 2026 3pm	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Postgraduate degrees only School of Genetics and Cancer School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences School of Population Health Sciences School of Regeneration and Repair
Tuesday 7 July 2026 11am	Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh School Architecture and Landscape Architecture Reid School of Music
Tuesday 7 July 2026 3pm	Edinburgh College of Art History of Art School of Art School of Design
Wednesday 8 July 2026 11am	Business School
Wednesday 8 July 2026 3pm	School of Law
Thursday 9 July 2026 11am	School of Biological Sciences
Thursday 9 July 2026 3pm	School of GeoSciences
Friday 10 July 2026 11am	Edinburgh Futures Institute Moray House School of Education & Sport All Undergraduate awards
Friday 10 July 2026 3pm	Moray House School of Education & Sport All PGDE/Postgraduate awards
Saturday 11 July 2026 11am	School of Chemistry School of Physics & Astronomy
Saturday 11 July 2026 3pm	School of Informatics Bayes Centre
Monday 13 July 2026 11am	School of Engineering All degrees EXCLUDING those listed in the afternoon ceremony
Monday 13 July 2026 3pm	School of Engineering The following degrees only: Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Structural and Fire Safety Engineering Structural Engineering with Architecture Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Technology Civil Engineering Structural and Fire Safety Engineering Structural Engineering with Architecture School of Mathematics
Tuesday 14 July 2026 11am	School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences All degrees EXCLUDING those listed in the afternoon ceremony
Tuesday 14 July 2026 3pm	School of Health in Social Science School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Science The following degrees only: Bachelor of Science with Honours in Psychology Master of Arts with Honours in Psychology and Business Psychology and Economics Psychology and Linguistics Master of Science in Psychology of Language Postgraduate Research awards in the subjects listed above

Whilst the above information is accurate at the time of publishing, the day, date and time of ceremonies may be subject to change prior to the registration form opening. The definitive date and time of each student's ceremony will be confirmed in their graduation invitation email.

Information for returning graduates

This article was published on 2026-02-05