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Graduations and Ceremonies
Students must fill in a form to receive their testamur (certificate/award) and/or a letter of completion. This can be done during the final semester of study, before you sit final exams/assessments and before receive your results! Application for Award/Graduate should be submitted by the closing date:
26 September 2008 for December International Ceremonies (International Students only)
22 December 2008 for March - May 2009 Ceremonies (All students)
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Download your Application for Award (TAFE and Higher Ed) form here
Download your Application for Letter of Completion here
International students - download your status letter application for PR purposes
here
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Some suggested keywords for search are 'graduation', 'certificate', 'testamur', 'award', 'ceremony'. |
What information
will I find here?
Awards
and Ceremonies Section
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Graduation Ceremonies |
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Processing
of award applications for Higher Education and TAFE
graduation ceremonies.
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Coordination
of graduation ceremonies for Higher Education and TAFE
Certificate IV and above. |
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Certificate III and Below distribution |
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Processing
of award applications for the mailing out and distribution
of TAFE Certificate III and below. |
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Provision of award advice |
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When
we receive an award application, we then seek approval
about each student's eligibility to graduate with that
award from their Faculty or School. |
Award
Application Procedure Higher Education
All students must apply for
their award. An award application can be collected from
your School or department's enquiries counter; from the Student
Information Centre, Hawthorn campus, or it can be downloaded
(see Forms
- Student Administration).
Three Steps to
graduation
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Submit
your Award Application. This can be done via mail, fax,
or by putting the form in and paying at any cashier on
any campus. (The Cashier will forward the form to us). |
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Your
award application is then deemed eligible or ineligible
by your School |
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You
will be sent information about the ceremony approximately
3 weeks prior to the graduation date, or if not attending,
your certificate will be posted to you approximately two
weeks after the ceremony. |
If
you are ineligible You will receive a letter to state the
reasons why you are ineligible. Please contact your School directly
if you have enquiries. The Awards and Ceremonies Section does
not make decisions regarding a student's eligibility.
Closing
Dates:
For information
on closing dates for Higher Education Award Applications for
both local and international students please click here.
International students may apply for either local or international
graduation ceremony.
All students
must apply for their award. This procedure applies to all
TAFE courses, Certificate III and below (the certificate will be mailed to you at the end of May or October) or Certificate IV and above (you have the
option of attending a graduation ceremony).
An award application can be collected from your School or department's
enquiries counter; from the Student Information Centre, at any
campus, or it can be downloaded (see Forms
- Student Administration).
Four Steps to graduation or
certificate mail out
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Apply
for your award |
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Your
award application is then deemed eligible or ineligible
by your Department |
3. |
Certificate
IV and above - You will
be sent information about the ceremony approximately
3 weeks prior to the graduation date, or if not attending,
your certificate will be posted to you approximately
two weeks after the ceremony. |
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Certificate III and below - the certificate will be mailed to you at the end of May or October. |
You will receive
a letter to state the reasons why you are ineligible. Please
contact your School directly if you have enquiries. The Awards
and Ceremonies Section does not make decisions regarding a student's
eligibility.
For
information on closing dates for TAFE Award Applications for
both local and international students please click here.
| Students |
| In person: Visit the Student Information Centre at your campus |
| Telephone: 1300 368 777 |
On-line: Current Students
Past Students |
| Fax Number (03) 9214 4435 |
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| Swinburne Staff |
| Telephone: 1300 368 777 or Extensions 8444, 8656, 8133, 8001, 8181, 5415 |
| Fax Number (03) 9214 4435 |
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View
approved policies and procedures relating to awards and ceremonies
by accessing the Student
Information and Services section of the Swinburne Policies
and Procedures Database, and click on appropriate keywords.
Related
Links
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Alumni
are former students, former and current staff, and other
friends of the University. The Alumni Association enables
you to stay in touch with the friends you made during
your period of study or employment. |
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Provides university and
college graduation rings, teddy bears and puppy dogs |
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University
Certificate and Testamur Framer. |
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A graduation service
provider of testamur plaques. |
| GFP Graduations* |
Provides photographs at the ceremony, photo is taken on stage and formal photo studio photos available. |
* Note:
Swinburne University does not bear any responsibility for
the content of external sites.
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