Previous graduation ceremonies

View footage from previous graduation ceremonies on YouTube.

May 2024 graduation ceremonies

A graduate walking across the stage to receive their degree.

Ceremony—16 May 2024, 2.30 pm

Graduates from the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A group of colourfully dressed academics on the stage

Ceremony—16 May 2024, 9.30 am

Graduates from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A group of Māori performers onstage

Ceremony—15 May 2024, 2.30 pm

Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science.
A woman dancing on stage after graduating.

Ceremony—15 May 2024, 9.30 am

Graduates from the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation and the Faculty of Health.
A woman dressed in academic robes reaching up toward the Chancellor

Ceremony—14 May 2024, 2.30 pm

Graduates from the Faculty of Law and Wellington School of Business and Government.
A women performing a dance on the stage.

Ceremony—14 May 2024, 9.30 am

Graduates from the Wellington School of Business and Government.

December 2023 graduation ceremonies

Nic Smith flanked by academics and performers at the ceremony.

Te Hui Whakapūmau–8 December 2023

Te Hui Whakapūmau is an official university graduation ceremony based on tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices). It was held in the Kelburn Campus hub.
Professor Rawinia Higgins dressed in academic gown, speaking at the graduation ceremony.

Ceremony—7 December 2023, 2.30 pm

Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Wellington Faculty of Education.
A smiling graduate wearing academic robes speaking at the ceremony.

Ceremony—7 December 2023, 9.30 am

Graduates from the Wellington School of Business and Government and the Faculty of Law.
A graduate receiving their degree, with Nic Smith watching on the left.

Ceremony—6 December 2023

Graduates from the faculties of Engineering, Science, Health, and Architecture and Design.

May 2023 graduation ceremonies

Students performing a traditional Māori dance at the beginning of the ceremony.

Te Hui Whakapūmau—18 May 2023

Te Hui Whakapūmau is an official university graduation ceremony based on tikanga Māori (Māori cultural practices). It was held in the Kelburn Campus hub.
Three musicians open the graduation ceremony in front of a dimmed crowd.

Ceremony—18 May 2023, 6.30 pm

Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Education and the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A colourfully dressed assortment of academics at the graduation ceremony.

Ceremony—18 May 2023, 2 pm

Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
A performer at the graduation ceremony.

Ceremony—17 May 2023, 6.30 pm

Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Engineering and the Wellington Faculty of Science.
A graduate walking off the stage smiling.

Ceremony—17 May 2023, 2 pm

Graduates from the Wellington Faculty of Health and the Wellington Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation.
Pasifika performers at the evening graduation ceremony.

Ceremony—16 May 2023, 6.30 pm

Graduates from the Faculty of Law and the Wellington School of Business and Government.
Dancers on the stage at the graduation ceremony.

Ceremony—16 May 2023, 2 pm

Graduates from the Wellington School of Business and Government.