Your award certificate is available in one of four ways:
- If you attend a Degree Congregation you will be presented with your certificate on stage;
- If you register to defer your ceremony to a future ceremony date, your certificate will be issued at the time of your chosen ceremony (it cannot be issued before this time);
- If you are not eligible to attend a degree ceremony, or choose to graduate in absentia, your certificate will be posted to you or can be collected from the Student Reception in University House (please allow for up to 8 weeks posting from the ceremony/conferral). If you are to be awarded a sub-degree qualification (eg Postgraduate Diploma) and wish to collect your certificate, please use our Contact Us service to let us know that you wish to collect it);
- In a small number of cases, departments arrange local ceremonies for some sub-degree qualifications. In these cases, your certificate will be collected by your department and presented at that ceremony, or, posted out to you via the department;
- Occasionally, we make arrangements for the award certificate to be sent via the University's international representatives for onward distribution/collection. This applies to graduates of the IGDS programmes run by WMG.
Please note: if you choose to attend a Degree Congregation you cannot receive your certificate in advance of the ceremony. If you require proof that your award has been conferred by the Senate you may request a Certificate of Status letter from the Student Records team (you can apply online for this after the recommendation of the Board of Examiners has been approved by the Senate).
COLLECTION INFORMATION - If you have arranged for your certificate to be held for collection please visit Student Reception, University House between 9.30am-4.30pm Monday-Thursday, and 9.30am-3.30pm on Friday - we would strongly advise you to check availability of the Awards and Ceremonies staff prior to your visit, by telephoning +44 (0)24 7615 1392. Please bring your proof of identity when collecting. If you have elected someone else to collect on your behalf, and have not already informed us using the online graduation registration form, you should use the Contact Us service to confirm the name of the person collecting. They should bring a letter of authorisation signed by you and their own proof of identity upon collection.
Degree certificates being awarded in absentia in the Summer 2012 ceremonies, will NOT be available for collection before or during the week of the ceremonies - these will be available for collection from Monday 13 August 2012 onwards.
We can also:
Please note that we do not issue transcripts of study. You can request a copy of your transcript from the Examinations section.
POSTING INFORMATION - Before we send your award certificate in the post we ask that you confirm the address to which it should be sent. If you have not completed an online graduation registration form confirming your address, you can confirm using our Contact Us service. If your address is normally written in a non-roman script (eg. Chinese addresses) you may wish to send us your address in that format to aid delivery. To do this please send a scanned image of your address using our Contact Us service. The University will cover the cost of posting your certificate using standard postal services (Royal Mail 1st Class for UK and Recorded Delivery for overseas addresses), however, if you would prefer to receive your certificate by courier, you can opt to pay for a courier service (see charges below). Please allow up to 8 weeks for delivery after graduation ceremonies (within 2-3 weeks via courier).
Payments for courier delivery (£20.00 GBP for UK deliveries or £40.00 GBP for overseas deliveries) can be made by:
- Credit/Debit card (Visa/Mastercard/Maestro) - please telephone +44 (0)24 7615 1392
- By Cheque/Bankers draft (payable to the University of Warwick), and posting to:
The Awards and Ceremonies Team, University House, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 8UW
- Visiting the Student Reception, University House in person
