Graduation

Please check your study progress review (SVO) in Osiris prior to your graduation. To graduate, you must meet the following requirements:

• You must fulfil all the requirements of your examination programme. *
• All results obtained must have been processed in OSIRIS.
• You must be enrolled at Utrecht University.

*Please contact the study advisors if you have any questions regarding your study progress. 

The Board of Examiners will verify whether you have met the requirements for graduating cum laude. More information about cum laude can be found in the Education and Examination Regulations.  

Postponement will certainly be granted if you:    

• Are to assume a board position for which a board scholarship from Utrecht University is available
• Are to do an internship
• Are to follow a course abroad

• All ceremonies are held in cap and gown, which can be borrowed from U.S.E. free of charge. A deposit of your ID or driver’s license will be required.
• Family and friends are welcome to attend the reception via live stream. You are allowed to invite two guests to attend the ceremony live.
• The date for the graduation ceremony depends on your master's programme. Ceremonies take place in the evening, after 6:30pm.
• The diploma ceremonies will take place in autumn 2025, and the exact dates will be published soon.

For other questions regarding the graduation ceremony, please contact graduation.use@uu.nl.

You can pick up your diploma at the Student Information Desk (for opening hours: see the contact tab) approximately 2 weeks after the verification date. Please bring your ID with you.

If you are not able to pick up your diploma yourself, you can authorise somebody else to pick it up for you. Please fill out this authorisation form . Please note that the person picking up your diploma has to bring their ID with them.

• If you can't pick up your diploma and live outside the Netherlands, you can request it by filling in the diploma by post form .Your diploma will be sent once it's available for pickup.
• Only the diploma and diploma supplement will be sent. Certified copies can't be provided, as your signature is required on the diploma.
• Documents will be sent via PostNL, and you'll receive a Track and Trace number after payment is received.

If you have a DigiD and graduated after 1995, you can obtain certification of your graduation directly from the DUO diploma registry (only available in Dutch). If you don’t have a DigiD, or if you graduated before 1995, you can request certification of your graduation via this online form . Read more about verification of education.