No. These are two separate processes.

To Graduate: For information on applying to graduate, please visit the graduation on the Registrar’s Office website.

To Attend Convocation: During the specified timeframe (announced on MUN Newsline, the Convocation website and your @mun.ca email), you must:

1. log on to Memorial Self Service to register to attend Convocation and request guest tickets.
2. Visit Gaspard Build-A-Grad to rent your academic dress.

Both steps are required. Graduates may not participate in the Convocation ceremony without academic dress.

Note that “applying to graduate” and “registering to attend Convocation” are two separate processes.

You can apply to graduate through Memorial Self Service by submitting an Application to Graduate located under the Graduation and Convocation menu before the appropriate deadline as outlined below. Note that even if your graduation status is pending, you should go ahead and register to attend Convocation.

For additional information on applying to graduate, please visit the graduation tab on the Registrar’s Office web page.

You will need to log onto Memorial Self Service to register to attend Convocation.

If your application is still pending, you should still register to attend Convocation. Note that your tickets and registration will not be finalized until you are deemed as eligible to graduate. If you are deemed ineligible for Convocation, you will be refunded the rental fee.

The deadline to register for Grenfell Campus Spring 2026 Convocation is April 22. Registering by the deadline ensures that you pay the reduced gown rental fee ($65) and will receive your guest tickets.

If you miss the deadline to register to attend Convocation, email convocation@mun.ca.  Late registrants will be required to pay the on-site gown rental fee of $90 and cannot be guaranteed guest seating, although all efforts will be made to provide them.

For those graduating at the end of the Fall semester, degrees are awarded at a regular meeting of the University Senate in February which graduates do not attend, referred to as an “in absentia graduation”. Following this meeting, parchments for graduates will be sent in the mail. Thereafter, you will be assigned to the upcoming Spring Convocation ceremonies and will have the option to postpone attendance, if you wish, by registering at Memorial Self Service when the announcement is made to register to attend Convocation.

Although you will have already received your parchment in the mail, your experience at Convocation will be exactly the same as it is for all graduates. The only difference is that you will not receive your parchment at Convocation (given out backstage after crossing the stage) as you would have already received it following the in absentia graduation in February.

Graduates receiving two degrees may attend both sessions of Convocation, or you may choose to attend one session and have the parchment for the second degree mailed to you. 

Degree parchments are held at the Registrar's Office for one week after Convocation for pick-up. The Registrar's Office will then begin a mail-out and the parchment will be sent to your permanent address, which you can verify or update via Memorial Self Service.

Graduates may defer their attendance to one of the next two Convocation ceremonies. For example, a Spring 2026 graduate who does not attend the upcoming Fall Convocation may defer to Spring 2027. No further deferrals will be permitted beyond this period.

The experience for deferred graduates will be exactly the same as it is for all graduates attending Convocation, except since deferred graduates will have already received their parchment, they will not receive another one backstage at Convocation. Deferred graduates attending a future session do not need to bring their parchment to the ceremony.

For questions, contact convocation@mun.ca.

Log onto Memorial Self Service to view your Convocation ceremony information. Edits can be made through Memorial Self-Service while registration is open.  

Grenfell Campus Graduates will receive tickets when the pick up their academic dress prior to the ceremony. 

You can request up to three guest tickets in Corner Brook per graduate, per ceremony. There is no cost for guest tickets and they will be provided to you, the graduate, prior to the week of Convocation.

Please provide your guests with their tickets in advance of the ceremony.

If you would like to put your name on the list for extra guest tickets for Corner Brook convocation, please email Heather Dawson at heather.dawson@mun.ca and include the following information: which session you are attending and the number of extra tickets you are requesting.

The cost of academic dress/gown rental ordered before the registration deadline is $65. After the deadline the rental cost is $90 payable when picking up your academic dress.  Please note that we cannot guarantee your specific academic dress (size, hood, etc.) beyond the rental deadline. 

Your academic dress can be picked up at the Arts and Culture Centre on Wednesday, May 14th 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or one hour prior to your Convocation ceremony.

Yes, there will be a professional photographer on-site who will take photos of each graduate while crossing the stage, as well as backstage. About two to three weeks following Convocation, photo proofs will be sent to graduates via their MUN email address with details on how to purchase.

Unfortunately, for logistical reasons we cannot permit privately hired photographers to be in attendance during the ceremonies. However you are welcome to avail of their services prior to or following the ceremony. 

Academic dress will need to be returned to Campus (Arts and Science atrium) or the Arts and Culture Centre after the ceremony.

The provision of academic dress/gowns for photography service is available at Grenfell Campus. Please visit the academic dress webpage and complete the form at the bottom of the page to borrow academic dress.

The provision of academic dress/gowns for photography service is available at Grenfell Campus. Please visit the academic dress webpage and complete the form at the bottom of the page to borrow academic dress.

For Grenfell Campus graduates requiring accommodations during their Convocation session, please contact Heather Dawson via email at heather.dawson@mun.ca. 

Prior to Convocation, contact the ushering staff at the Arts and Culture Centre via email at cbboxoffice@artsandculturecentre.com.

Arts and Culture Centre
P.O. Box 100, University Drive
Corner Brook, NL  A2H 6C3
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Graduates and their guests should arrive one hour prior to the ceremony.

Graduates should minimize bringing personal belongings to Convocation. Backpacks or other large bags or items will not be permitted in the auditorium and therefore should be left at home. There will be no coat check service but coat racks will be available to graduates to hang their outerwear; guests can take their coats to their seats. Memorial University and the Arts & Culture Centre cannot be responsible for securing personal items.

Please allow for approximately two hours from the start time to the end of each session.

The Convocation ceremonies will be live-streamed so family and friends may view the ceremonies from the comfort of their home. Fifteen minutes prior to the start of each ceremony, a livestream link will be available on the Memorial home page.