Extra tickets for graduation are not often available. Nearer to the ceremonies, extra tickets may become available as graduates/guests cancel tickets. 

As such, graduates can sign up to an extra guest ticket waiting list. Extra guest tickets will be given out on a first-come-first-served basis, in accordance with the extra guest ticket waiting list, in the order we receive requests, as and when any additional tickets become available. This could be at any time between the waiting list open date and the ceremonies.

Extra tickets are not guaranteed. Graduates will be contacted on a case-by-case basis, should we be able to allocate extra tickets. 

We will not accept any requests for extra tickets received via email.

The extra ticket waiting list for the July 2024 graduation ceremonies is now open. To request extra guest tickets, please click on the link below and complete the form:

If you access the webpage shortly before 12 noon on Monday 18 March, you will need to refresh the page until the link is published. 

On the day, last minute returned tickets and uncollected tickets will be given out to those in the return ticket queue.

The return ticket queue will open two hours before the ceremony is due to begin.

At 15 minutes before the ceremony is due to begin, any available tickets will be given out to those in the return ticket queue. Extra guests should then make their way to the Peacock Theatre. Each person in the queue can collect up to two tickets subject to availability. 

The tickets given out to the returns queue are tickets for people that have not arrived for their ceremony. As such we cannot make any predictions as to their availability.

Because tickets have to be given out so close to the start of the ceremony it is important that the guest needing the ticket waits in the queue, not the graduand or guest who already have tickets. Guests in the queue do not need to have any ID to collect tickets. 

If you have any questions on the day, please ask at the ticket collection desk.

All children aged over 24 months must have their own seat if attending the ceremony.

Children that are under 24 months and do not have a ticket will be expected to sit on the knee of their carer. 

All children must be accompanied by an adult guest. They cannot sit next to the graduand. 

Please log any special seating requirements (e.g. for visual impairments or mobility issues) on the booking form. 

Alternatively, you can submit an enquiry.

We can usually accommodate specific arrangements provided that we receive sufficient notice.

We are not usually able to accommodate requests made at the last minute because seats have already been allocated at this stage.

If you wish to change or cancel your booking, please submit an enquiry  as soon as possible, so that your tickets can be re-allocated to those on the waiting list.