Steps to graduating
Please check your Degree Name is correct via UConnect > Student Centre > Personal Details tile as this will be used on all of your official graduation documents. How do I change my Primary, Preferred and Degree Name in my final semester? Name changes impacting documents may incur a fee.
Use the following steps to ensure your Personal Details are kept up to date at all times, especially your mailing address, alternate email and mobile phone number.
After Results Release in your final semester, if you're made 'eligible to graduate', you'll receive a 'Congratulations Graduand!' email from the Graduations Office to your UMail address confirming you have officially completed the requirements of your academic program.
If you haven't received a 'Congratulations Graduand!' email, please contact your Faculty, USQ College or the Graduate Research School immediately to determine whether you have or will complete the requirements of your academic program in the current semester.
After your Congratulations Graduand! email arrives, you'll receive two emails to your UMail with links to your free digital Official Academic Transcript and free digital Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS). You may need to allow 48 hours for these to be available. Use the step by step My eQuals instructions.
Official graduation documents are issued at different times for each semester, so please check when these are issued. NOTE: during 2021, all print testamurs are mailed or couriered directly to all graduates (even those attending a graduation ceremony) to be COVID Safe and ensure minimum contact.
University and Faculty Medals, and with Distinctions, and Class of Honours are communicated to graduands at a later date, and any impacted digital graduation documents are reissued recognising these achievements. Medals, like print testamurs, be sent direct to graduates. Your achievement will be recognized when you attend a 2021 graduation ceremony and cross the stage.
Your online Graduate Response will be available via UConnect > Student Centre > Graduations tile after you receive the Congratulations Graduand! email. You must complete the Graduate Response to register for a ceremony, and make payment of the AUD150 Ceremony Fee before the deadline to participate in an December 2021 or January 2022 Graduation Ceremony
If you are not attending a graduation ceremony, you must still register – simply select ‘Mail my testamur’.
Please recheck that your Mailing Address is always current via UConnect > Student Centre > Personal Details tile.
Once you gradate from USQ, it’s not goodbye. You automatically become part of our alumni community – a growing networking of more than 110,000 alumni from across 146 countries the globe. We would like to encourage you to join our USQ Alumni Community, our digital engagement platform, where you can connect with your fellow alumni, find a mentor or mentor a fellow alumnus, list your personal business, or learn about a variety of events available to you.