Graduation - celebrating your success

With the exception of guide dogs for the blind and hearing dogs for the deaf, pets and other animals are not permitted.

• You must confirm your attendance and book your ticket online.
• You can initially book up to two guaranteed guest tickets (£25 each). These tickets are guaranteed and are available until the registration deadline.

As part of the registration process you are given the option to request a deferral. We will review these requests after the ceremonies have taken place. Please note that students are only able to defer for one year from initial eligible invitation.

• Download our Sample Invitation Letter for Family and Friends (.docx, 21.4kb)

• your email invitation
• your online registration confirmation
• your transcript

• Graduands will be informed of their seat number on the day of graduation at registration.
• Guest seating is not seat specific and therefore guests can sit where they wish in any of the allocated seating.
• Children (over the age of six) attending as guests must also be accompanied with an adult guest. Graduands and guests are not seated together.

As part of the registration and booking process, you will be asked to confirm whether any of your guests have special seating requirements. You will be contacted before graduation to discuss these needs so that we can reserve appropriate seating for your guests.

Disabled parking is available at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham.

If your graduation ceremony is after the expiry date of your visa you need to apply for a Standard Visitor Visa from outside the UK in order to return to the UK.

Once you have registered to attend graduation, you can contact your academic administrator to provide you with a supporting letter confirming your graduation date. You can use this together with your email invitation and registration confirmation to support your Standard Visitor Visa application.

You can contact studentadvice@uwl.ac.uk for more guidance and information.

• You should pre-order your gown hire online once registration is open.
• Gown orders will close no earlier than 21 days before your graduation date. 
• If you have not ordered your gown by this deadline then you will be able to state your interest with Ede & Ravenscroft who will then do their best to accommodate this on the day of graduation at Twickenham Stadium. 
• For gowns, please give your full height, in metres and centimetres or feet and inches. If your chest is over 52" (132cm) you will be asked to supply exact measurements. When measuring your height please do not wear any footwear with a heel.
• For hats, please supply the measurement for the circumference of your head, taking the measurement from one inch (2.5cm) above your eyebrows. 

Once you have ordered your gown you can collect it on the day of your ceremony from the Spirit of Rugby room at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham. Before you collect your gown, make sure you collect your registration card.

You can collect your gown during the following times:

• Gown collection is available from 8:30am for 10:30am ceremony
• Gown collection is available from 11:30am for 1:30pm ceremony
• Gown collection is available from 2:30pm for 4:30pm ceremony

All academic dress must be returned in The Lock (unless by prior agreement with Ede & Ravenscroft). If you do not return your gown on time you risk additional hire charges.

The gown return deadline is 7pm on each graduation day. You should return your gown prior to leaving the stadium as we cannot guarantee re-admission to do so.

The official academic dress provider for University of West London is Ede & Ravenscroft who are commissioned by UWL to design and make available to students for hire or purchase and we strongly recommend them for the quality of robes and service provided on the day of your ceremony.  

It is not mandatory for you to hire your academic dress from Ede & Ravenscroft, therefore you can decide to deal elsewhere. If you do use another company, please consider that we cannot assure the authenticity, quality, and timely delivery. You will have to arrange for delivery to your home address and bring your academic dress with you on the day of your ceremony as the venue cannot accept delivery of such items for individual students. You will also be required to gown yourself on the day. 

• Twickenham Rail Station - 10 min walk 
• Whitton Rail Station - 20 min walk 
• St Margaret's Rail Station - 20 min walk 
• Richmond Rail & Tube - 8 min train 
• Hounslow East Tube - 30 min bus 

• 281 route - 1 min walk 
• 481 route - 1 min walk 
• 681 route - 1 min walk 
• H20 route - 5 min walk 
• 267 route - 8 min walk 
• R68, R70, 33, 290, 110, H22 or 490 - 10/15 min walk 

• Heathrow - 6 miles 
• London City - 20 miles 
• London Gatwick - 30 miles 
• Stansted - 50 miles 

There will be free parking available at the Allianz Stadium that requires students and guests to register their car for a permit before the day. Instructions on how to complete this will be sent to students via email before graduation.