Eligibility to graduate and conferral
Confirm you eligibility
To ensure that you are eligible to graduate, confirm that you meet all the eligibility criteria below.
To be eligible to graduate you must have:
✔ Completed all course requirements and passed all your required subjects
If you are in the last semester of your studies and you are not sure if you have completed all the components of your degree, you should contact your Enrolment Team.
✔All your results finalised.
You can view your results in eStudent > Results > Choose a Study Plan > View. Contact your College if you have any outstanding results.
✔ Paid any outstanding debts (also known as sanctions) to the University.
You can view any outstanding debts in eStudent > My Details > Sanctions. Learn more about paying fees.
✔A verified Unique Student Identifier.
Find out more information regarding Unique Student Identifier.
When will I graduate/confer?
Conferral is the process undertaken to officially award your degree. Your graduation documents are issued to you after your conferral, regardless of whether you choose to attend your graduation ceremony or not.
The following outlines the conferral process and next steps following conferral:
1. You will receive an email confirming the date of your conferral
Once you are eligible to be conferred, you will receive an email confirming your conferral date.
2. Your award will be conferred
When you have been awarded your degree, you will receive your digital and hard copy graduation documents to confirm the completion of your degree.
- A digital copy of your Testamur and Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS) will be available within a week of conferral. These documents can be accessed and shared via My eQuals.
- A hard copy of your Testamur will be mailed to your postal address following conferral. Allow up to six weeks within Australia and eight weeks if posting overseas.
3. Update your post-nominals/award abbreviation
You are legally a graduate upon conferral and can use your post-nominals. Go to our handbook website > Past Handbooks > Select the applicable year handbook > Course Information > Select your course. Scroll down to Award Details > Approved abbreviation for the post nominals for your course.
4. Explore the benefits of being a JCU Alumni
Following conferral, you will receive an email welcoming you to the alumni network. In the welcome email, you will be encouraged to update your details so that we can contact you about events and activities happening in your city.