Celebrate your achievement with fellow graduates, family, and friends
Congratulations on finishing your Continuing Education professional certificate or diploma! We welcome you to celebrate this accomplishment with your peers and loved ones at the Continuing Education graduation ceremony.
How do I participate?
If you're completing a Professional Certificate or Professional Diploma between...
MAY 1, 2026 – APR 30, 2027
...you're eligible to participate in the 2027 graduation ceremony.
See the graduation requirements for all programs.
An invitation email with details and deadlines will be sent in the spring. If you don't receive it by mid-May, please contact us.
When is the ceremony?
Continuing Education's graduation ceremony happens once a year in June.
Where is the ceremony?
The ceremony will take place in the Red and White Club, located in the Olympic Volunteer Centre attached to McMahon Stadium.
Photos from the 2026 ceremony...
After the ceremony
Following the ceremony, graduates can choose to keep or return their stole in the designated area. Join your friends, family and peers at the reception located directly beside the ceremony space.
Selfies and family photo locations
Are you wondering where to take photos before or after the graduation ceremony? Here are some suggestions...
UCalgary sign next to the arch
What better way to showcase "you did it!" than to get a photo next to the official entrance to campus.
Green spaces near the Oval and TFDL
Looking for a shady spot under a tree for a family photo? There is a lot of green space around the Oval and in the TFDL Quad (bordered by Kinesiology, MacEwan Student Centre and Taylor Family Digital Library).
Kinesiology's dinosaur
Take a moment to snap a fun photo with our dinosaur outside the entrance to Kinesiology. Rex would want you to do it!
Olympic Arch
Just outside Kinesiology, it provides the perfect frame for a group shot.
The Spire (aka the Paperclip)
Many families have taken photos outside of the Olympic Oval under this public art from the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
2026 Ceremony photos
View photos from the 2026 ceremony.
View the photosThe photo link will expire on July 31.
Watch the 2026 ceremony
Watch a recording of the ceremony held on June 16, 2026.
Watch the recording
Ceremony survey
Provide your feedback on the 2026 ceremony as a graduate or guest.
Take the survey