Graduation
Graduation is a significant moment and at UWS we take pride in helping to make it an event to remember.
Autumn/Winter Ceremonies 2022
London Campus – Autumn 2022
We are pleased to announce that the next graduation ceremony for students based at our London campus will take place on Thursday 27th October 2022.
Further details about the ceremony, including how to register to attend, will be communicated directly to relevant students, via email, in due course.
Scottish Campuses – Winter 2022
We are pleased to announce that the next graduation ceremonies for students based at our Scottish campuses will take place as follows:
Wednesday 9th November 2022 – Crichton Memorial Church, Dumfries
Friday 11th November 2022 - Virtual Ceremonies
w/c 14th November 2022 – Paisley Abbey
Further details about the ceremonies, including how to register to attend, will be communicated directly to relevant students, via email, in due course.
Graduation Ceremonies – Summer 2022
VIRTUAL CEREMONIES - 1st July 2022
The ceremony was held on Zoom in conjunction with First Sight Media.
Friday 1st July 2022 at 10.30 am
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences
- School of Education and Social Sciences
- School of Health and Life Sciences
IN PERSON CEREMONIES - From 4th July 2022
All in-person ceremonies were held in Paisley Abbey, and available to watch live-streamed on Youtube.
School of Health and Life Sciences:
Monday 4th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- All Health postgraduate programmes (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- BSc (Hons) Integrated Health and Social Care
- BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies
- BSc (Hons) Professional Health Studies
School of Business and Creative Industries:
Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 10.30 am
- Bachelor of Accounting (Hons)
- BA (Hons) Business & Finance
- BA (Hons) Law
- BA (Hons) Law & Business
- BA (Hons) Tourism Management
School of Business and Creative Industries:
Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 2.00 pm
- BA (Hons) Business
- BA (Hons) Business & Marketing
- BA (Hons) Business Management
- BA (Hons) Events Management
- BA (Hons) Management
School of Education and Social Sciences:
Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- BA (Hons) Criminal Justice
- BA (Hons) Social Work
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences:
Tuesday 5th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- All Computing postgraduate programmes (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- MSc Project Management (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- MEng (Hons) Cyber Security
- BEng (Hons) Cyber Security
- BSc (Hons) IT Software Development
- BSc (Hons) Music Technology
School of Business and Creative Industries:
Wednesday 6th July 2022 at 10.30 am
- BA (Hons) Broadcast Production
- BA (Hons) Commercial Music
- BA (Hons) Filmmaking & Screen Writing
- BA (Hons) Journalism
- BA (Hons) New Media Art
- BA (Hons) Performance
School of Health and Life Sciences:
Wednesday 6th July 2022 at 2.00 pm
- BSc (Hons) Sports Coaching
- BA (Hons) Sports Coaching & Development
- BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Science
School of Education and Social Sciences:
Wednesday 6th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- PGDE Secondary
- BA (Hons) Childhood Practice
- BA (Hons) Childhood Studies
Scottish Baptist College:
Wednesday 6th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- BD (Hons) Theology and Pastoral Studies
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences:
Thursday 7th July 2022 at 10.30 am
- MSc Civil Engineering (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- MEng (Hons) Aircraft Engineering
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Aircraft Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Civil Engineering
- BEng (Hons) Engineering Design and Manufacture
- BEng (Hons) Engineering Management
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Education
- BSc (Hons) Computer Aided Design
- BSc (Hons) Forensic Science
- BSc (Hons) Physics
- BSc (Hons) Physics with Education
School of Health and Life Sciences:
Thursday 7th July 2022 at 2.00 pm
- All Life Sciences postgraduate programmes (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- BSc (Hons) Applied Bioscience with Forensic Investigation
- BSc (Hons) Applied Bioscience
- BSc (Hons) Applied Bioscience and Zoology
- BSc (Hons) Applied Biomedical Science
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Health
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Safety and Health
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacy Science and Health
- BSc (Hons) Science
- BSc (Hons) Sport Development
School of Education and Social Sciences:
Thursday 7th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- BA (Hons) Social Science
- BA (Hons) Society, Politics & Policy
School of Education and Social Sciences:
Friday 8th July 2022 at 10.30 am
- PGDE Primary
- BA (Hons) Community Education
- BA (Hons) Education
School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences:
Friday 8th July 2022 at 2.00 pm
- BSc (Hons) Business Technology
- BSc (Hons) Computer Animation Arts
- BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development
- BSc (Hons) Computer Games Technology
- BSc (Hons) Computer Networking
- BSc (Hons) Computing Science
- BSc (Hons) Information Technology
- BSc (Hons) Web and Mobile Development
School of Business and Creative Industries:
Friday 8th July 2022 at 4.30 pm
- All postgraduate programmes (where awards confirmed by March 2022)
- BA (Hons) Business & HRM
Please note the above information is subject to change in the event of circumstances beyond our control. If this happens, we will give as much advance notice as possible of any changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
A series of FAQs related to Autumn and Winter graduation ceremonies will be provided in due course. These will then continue to be updated on a regular basis until the dates of the ceremonies.
Publication
Graduation ceremonies are public events. The University would like to publish the names of all graduands, including those graduating ‘in absentia’, in the press. Your consent for this is gathered as part of the online registration process. The virtual ceremonies will be broadcast live for graduates, their families and friends, and will be available thereafter on the University’s YouTube channel.
You can find further details about how the University will process your information in our UWS Graduation Privacy Notice.
UWS Graduation Privacy Notice (pdf)
Liability
In the event that the graduation/celebration is cancelled for any reason the university does not accept liability for direct or indirect loss or damages incurred as a result of the cancellation of the event. This includes any loss incurred with external suppliers such as travel, accommodation, photography or robing. We would recommend that you consider the cancellation and refund policies of any suppliers before making a booking with them and you may also wish to consider having appropriate insurance in place.
UWS Merchandise
Don't forget that there is also the opportunity for you to purchase UWS branded merchandise, should you wish to do so.
You can find details of the quality items available and how to place an order at the UWS Online Store.
Shop for UWS MerchandiseJoin the community
As a graduate, you’ll automatically become a member of the UWS Alumni Association.
UWS alumni make up a diverse network of over 100,000 graduates across Scotland and the world. We’re here to support you in your future career and keep you in touch with old friends and the university.
Join the alumni LinkedIn group and keep in touch on Facebook and Twitter.
Replacement Degree Certificates
If you have lost your original degree certificate, you may apply to purchase a replacement – full details are available here.
Last updated: 03/08/2022