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Graduation

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Summer Graduation 2024

We are delighted to celebrate the Graduation of our Class of 2024 on Thursday 4 July 2024 with ceremonies taking place in the Stevenson Hall.

This is one of the most important days in the academic calendar. It is the day when our staff gather with our graduands and their families and friends to celebrate their academic achievement.

There will be three ceremonies on 4 July 2024 at 10.30am, 2.00pm and 4.30pm. The following programmes will graduate at each ceremony:

10.30am
Doctoral Degrees (PhD and DPerf)
MFA (Acting/ Directing) Classical and Contemporary Text
BA Acting
BA Production Arts and Design
BA Production Technology and Management
Bachelor of Education (Music)
Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Music)
MEd Learning and Teaching in the Arts
Pg Certificate in Learning and Teaching in the Arts

2.00pm
BA Modern Ballet
BA Musical Theatre
Professional Graduate Diploma in Musical Directing
Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music
Artist Diploma
Master of Music (all specialisms)
Master of Arts (Music) (all specialisms)

4.30pm
BA Contemporary Performance Practice
BA Filmmaking
Bachelor of Music (Composition)
Bachelor of Music (Jazz)
Bachelor of Music (Performance)
Bachelor of Music (Traditional Music)
Bachelor of Music (Traditional Music – Piping)

Any deferrals of attendance from October 2023 or exit awards at the appropriate level may also graduate at this ceremony. These awards could be from programmes not listed above.

Registration packs have been issued to all graduands and registration will close on 27 May 2024.

Frequently asked questions about this ceremony can be found here.

Please note, there will also be a Graduation and Fellowship Ceremony later in the year on Thursday 31 October 2024. Details regarding this ceremony will be available from August 2024.

If you have any questions in the meantime about graduation, please email us at graduation@rcs.ac.uk

You can replay the livestream from our Autumn 2023 graduation and fellowship ceremony below!

Watch the Graduation Ceremony

Our most recent graduation and fellowship ceremony took place on 26 October 2023. You can watch back the livestream of the ceremony below.

Congratulations to the Class of 2023!

26 October 2023 – 6.00pm

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We’ll be posting and resharing graduation highlights on the big day across all our social media platforms. Follow along and get involved!

Keep in Touch

We wish you the best of luck in your new chapter as RCS alumni.

Remember to keep in touch and let us know of any exciting news. We welcome all new graduates to sign up to our alumni newsletter to find out what’s happening in RCS and beyond.

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