Graduation

Date: Friday 12 March 2027
Ceremony Time: 1pm
Parade Time: 11.45am
Location: War Memorial Theatre, 159 Bright Street, Gisborne 4010

All programmes

Regalia ordering deadline: 12 February 2027

To attend graduation, you must order your regalia by 12 February 2027. Your regalia order registers your place at the ceremony.

If you have further questions please email graduation@eit.ac.nz.

Date: Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 April 2027
Location: Toitoi: Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, 109 Hastings Street South, Eastbourne Corner, Hastings 4122

Ceremony One
Monday 5 April 2027 – 2pm
Parade Time: 12.30pm
Programmes:

• School of Primary Industries and Wine and Viticulture
• School of Trades and Technology
• School of Hospitality
• School of Business
• School of Computing

Ceremony Two

Tuesday 6 April 2027 – 9.30am
Parade Time: 1pm
Programmes:

• School of Health and Sport Science
• School of Education, Social Science and Veterinary Nursing
• IDEAschool

Ceremony Three

Tuesday 6 April 2027 – 2.30pm
Parade Time: 1pm
Programmes:

• Te Ūranga Waka
• School of Nursing

Regalia ordering deadline: 1 March 2027

To attend graduation, you must order your regalia by 1 March 2027. Your regalia order registers your place at the ceremony.

If you have further questions please email graduation@eit.ac.nz.

Date: Tuesday 18 May 2027
Ceremony Time: 11am
Location: Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010

All programmes

Regalia ordering deadline: 13 April 2027

To attend graduation, you must order your regalia by 13 April 2027. Your regalia order registers your place at the ceremony.

If you have further questions please email graduation@eit.ac.nz.

Professional photographers will be available after your ceremony to take individual and family photos. These photos can be purchased online.

Graduate like a boss, looking and feeling great.

This short video will help you get your regalia sorted on your graduation day. Plus scroll below to take a look at our different ceremonial robes for different schools.

You should wear the graduation regalia of your highest qualification ie. If you are being awarded a Postgraduate or Masters you should wear the regalia for that qualification.

If you have an existing degree and have completed a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma you should wear the appropriate sash and a trencher.

Theatre staff will be available to assist your guests if they have mobility issues. 

Yes you can.  If the child is to sit on a knee of a guest you will not need a ticket for them.  If a child or baby gets upset please respect those attending the ceremony and feel free to pop out into the foyer where you can continue to watch the ceremony on the livestream.

Each year EIT live streams their major graduation ceremonies so that your friends and family from out of town can watch you cross the stage.

Simply like and follow our Facebook pages and you will receive a notification whenever we livestream an event. There is a page for each campus, Hawke’s Bay, Tairāwhiti and Auckland.

Please ensure that you park in public parking areas and pay for parking, if its required. Please allow yourself plenty of time to get a park and to get to the theatre in time for proceedings.

Formal attire is appropriate to wear under your gown.  You may like to consider sensible shoes for walking across the stage and if you are in Hawke’s Bay or Tairāwhiti for walking in the parade.

Traditional head dress or cloak are welcome.

Each graduation ceremony is approximately 1.5 to 2 hours long.

Degrees

When your name is called, walk to the centre, holding your trencher in your left hand. In conferring the degree, the capping trencher will be momentarily held over your head and you will then be congratulated with a hand shake.  Now as a graduate, you will put on your trencher and continue across the stage and descend side steps and return to your seat.

Diplomas
If you are receiving a diploma you will walk across the stage to receive your handshake .   

Please be respectful of others when it is their moment.

You will have received your certificate in the mail. If you have not received your certificate please contact your programme administrator.

Each graduand in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti will receive a maximum of four tickets which will be in the bag with your regalia.

Auckland graduands will receive two guest tickets. 

These tickets are for your guests and are free, graduands do not need a ticket to attend.

Guests will not be admitted to the theatre unless they present a ticket. 

After registration has closed any additional tickets will be available when you collect your academic regalia. 

After registration has closed any additional tickets will be available when you collect your academic regalia. 

You may also like to chat with your class members as not all Graduands will need all four guest tickets.

Do not take your regalia bag and/or handbags to the ceremony.

Leave these with family members as you may not be seated in your original seat after you have crossed the stage.

Professional photos are taken during all our graduation ceremonies and the parade

Keep an eye on our Facebook page leading up to graduation for more details about when and where to collect your regalia.  Traditionally in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti regalia is collected in a room on campus a few days before graduation.

Auckland graduands can collect their regalia prior to graduation (date to be confirmed) from the campus and returned to the campus on the same day.

Yes you can however please be respectful of other graduands and their guests.

No you do not.

Your academic regalia needs to be returned after your ceremony at the following venues:

Hawke’s Bay

• At the theatre directly after your ceremony.

Auckland

• At the EIT Auckland Campus following your ceremony.

Tairāwhiti

• At the theatre directly after your ceremony.