Invitations & Arrangements
Two (2) Invitations for guests are issued to each graduand and these are available when collecting your regalia.
Your guests must walk with these invitations when attending.
Persons without an invitation in hand will be denied entry to the Ceremony.
Valid graduation invitations are those which are distributed to each graduand, at the gown distribution exercise, from the Office of the Campus Registrar, Examinations Section.
The Graduation Rehearsal
Please be advised that a Graduation Rehearsal for all graduands in Graduation 2024 ceremonies will be held on Thursday 17th October 2024 at 5PM at the UWI Sports and Education Centre (SPEC).
At the Graduation Rehearsal, we walk you through the Presentation of Graduates, attendance and stage protocols and answer some of your Graduation related questions.
Additional Graduation Invitations
Following completion of final counts for the Graduation Ceremonies, we are pleased to advise that we are now able to distribute additional invitations!
Please note that additional invitations are limited and all Graduands are not guaranteed to receive an additional invitation.
Due to tremendous participation by the graduating Class of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, we are unable to provide any additional invitations for the Saturday Afternoon Ceremony.
You are reminded that Graduation Invitations are required for your guests only when attending. Persons without an invitation in hand will be denied entry to the Ceremony.
The following conditions also apply:
- Graduands must have already collected their graduation regalia. Persons not attending the Graduation Ceremonies or who have not yet collected academic regalia must not attempt to collect invitations.
- Additional invitations are strictly limited to one invitation per Graduand
- Invitations are distributed on a first come, first served basis
- An authorization letter with a copy of your ID must accompany anyone collecting on your behalf
Persons authorized to collect for more than 1 graduand will be required to rejoin the line before collecting for the next person on the list.
Disorderly conduct of any kind will result in the suspension of this exercise.
Distribution of additional invitations will take place at the Graduation Rehearsal scheduled for Thursday 17th October 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at The UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre (UWI SPEC).
Parking for this exercise will facilitated at the Carmody Road Car park.
We understand that your graduation is a momentous occasion that you would like to share with your friends and loved ones, however we ask that you respect the guidelines that have been outlined above. Each graduation ceremony will be livestreamed for the benefit of those who cannot join us in person.
If you have any further queries about your graduation ceremony, please feel free to reach out via STA-graduation@sta.uwi.edu