Find graduation and ceremony information on your university’s official registrar, graduation, commencement or convocation website. Use the current pages for NUS graduation, NTU Convocation, SMU Commencement, SUTD Commencement, SIT Convocation or SUSS degree and transcript information.

Check three separate milestones: completing academic requirements, the university formally conferring the award, and attending a ceremony. The dates and conditions may differ. An invitation or ceremony registration is not a substitute for the university’s academic decision that the degree has been completed and conferred.

Did you know official documents may follow a different timetable from the ceremony? Universities publish their own arrangements for degree scrolls, transcripts, digital records and collection. Start with your official university email and student portal, then confirm the current cohort page before booking travel or promising a document date.

Official sources at a glance

University	Best official route	Check first
NUS	Registrar graduation page	Conferment and Commencement eligibility
NTU	Convocation information	Eligibility, registration and documents
SMU	Commencement website	Graduand updates and university email
SUTD or SIT	SUTD Commencement or SIT Convocation	Correct class and ceremony page
SUSS	Degree and transcript page	Conferment cohort and document collection

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Separate completion, conferment and celebration

Academic completion means the student has satisfied the programme’s requirements under the university’s rules. Conferment is the formal award recorded by the university. Commencement or Convocation is the ceremony. Families often use “graduation” for all three, but the official pages may use the words precisely.

NUS, for example, publishes conferment and Commencement eligibility on its registrar page. NTU says ceremony eligibility depends on the university formally determining that degree requirements have been fulfilled by the stated cut-off. Follow your own university’s decision and cohort rules rather than copying another institution’s dates.

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Track documents and ceremony tasks on separate checklists

Ceremony tasks may include confirming eligibility, registering attendance, checking the assigned session, ordering academic dress and reading guest instructions. Document tasks may include checking the official name, delivery or collection method, and when the degree scroll and transcript become available.

These timelines need not match. NTU publishes a separate route for graduates who do not attend Convocation to collect official documents. SUSS publishes cohort-specific arrangements for printed and digital degree documents. Treat the live university page and official email as the controlling instructions.

For the academic record itself, use our Singapore university transcript guide. If you are comparing other post-secondary records, see the new polytechnic transcript and ITE record guides.

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What to check now

• The programme and term in which requirements were completed.
• The official conferment date or status.
• Which ceremony cohort and session apply.
• The attendance-registration deadline and guest rules.
• The official name that will appear on documents.
• How degree scrolls and transcripts will be issued or collected.
• Any Student’s Pass or other post-study administrative instruction that applies.

For the university’s wider schedule, use our university academic-calendar guide. For enrolment-stage administration, use the separate matriculation guide.

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Your next step

Open the university’s current graduation page and your official email together. Mark the conferment status, ceremony registration, assigned session and document arrangements as four separate items. Complete each through the stated portal, and keep confirmations until the ceremony and document collection are finished.

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Related eduKate source guides

• Singapore school pathways calendar
• Polytechnic transcript information
• ITE transcript and certificate information
• Checking a private education institution

Official sources reviewed: 10 October 2026. Recheck your university’s current cohort page, official email and student portal before making arrangements.