Graduation Ceremony 2025
Celebrating Academic Excellence
CONVOCATION
Ceremony Dates
Bachelor's Degree
31st October 2025 (Evening)
Master's Degree
1st November 2025 (Evening)
Rehearsal Dates
Bachelor's Degree
31st October 2025 (Morning)
Master's Degree
1st November 2025 (Morning)
Location
Fuvahmulaku School Hall
Gown Information
Gown Issue Dates:
Starting: 26th October 2025
Ending: 30th October 2025
Gown Return Date:
Before 16th November 2025
Graduation Attire
- The Graduation Ceremony is one of the official ceremonies of the College.
- All graduates are advised to wear something formal, yet appropriate for such a prestigious function. Please read (the guideline) for more information about the graduation attire.
- You will need to wear the College’s academic dress if you are graduating from a bachelor’s degree or above programme.
Academic Dress
All graduands who have successfully completed an MNQF level 7–9 programme are required to wear academic dress. The academic dress consists of three separate pieces:
The Gown
The Scarf
The Cap
The Hood
Color Theme
Collecting and returning the Academic Dress
- Academic Dress will be issued from the College for the graduands who have registered for the ceremony upon the payment of ceremony fee and fees related to academic dress
- Academic dress will be available for collection from 26 to 30 October 2025, between 09:00 and 14:00 hrs, at Huvandhage Waheedhuge Handhaanee Marukaz (HWHM), Fuvahmulah
- Graduands should bring the payment receipts issued by the College and College Student ID or their National ID card to collect the academic dress
- Requests for academic dress after the deadline will NOT be entertained
- To ensure appropriate fitting all 3 items of the academic dress, graduands are advised to collect academic dress personally
- Graduands must check the academic dress before taking it with them
- If academic dress is to be collected by a person other than the graduand, please submit the authorization letter with a representative
- Graduands should NOT alter the academic dress in any way
- All 3 items of the academic dress should be dry-cleaned only
- All the graduate must return the academic dress to the College latest by 16th November 2025
- Academic dress will be collected from Male’ Campus and Huvandhage Waheedhuge
Handhaanee Marukaz (HWHM), Fuvahmulah as follows:
- From 02nd November – 16th November 2025 (Except Friday)
- Time: 0900 – 1400 hrs. (Sunday – Thursday)
- Time: 0900 – 11.30 hrs. (Saturday)
- Academic dress returned after the deadline will not be accepted, and the gown deposit will be forfeited
- When returning the academic dress student must bring academic dress hiring fee slip
- The academic dress deposit will be refunded only if the dress is returned in good condition, without any defects
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Guest or Family member invitation:
- Each graduate will receive an entry pass for yourself and an entry pass for one guest to participate the ceremony
- Guest or family member should present this ticket when they attend the ceremony
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Fees and Deposits:
- A graduation fee will be charged as follows from each student graduating after the
completion of their programme of study:
- Certificate III and Certificate IV: MVR 500
- Diploma: MVR 700
- Associate Degree: MVR 1000
- Degree and Above: MVR 1700
- Graduation fee is a one-time non-refundable fee which is applicable to all graduating students regardless whether they attend the ceremony or not
- Graduation fee is for the processing of graduation eligibility, printing and distribution of academic transcripts and scrolls
- Academic dress hiring fee: MVR 500 (Non-refundable)
- Academic dress deposit: MVR 1,500 (Refunded upon the return of the academic dress)
- Academic dress rental fee of MVR500 (Five Hundred Rufiyaa) and a deposit of MVR1500 (One Thousand Five Hundred Rufiyaa) must be paid before the collection of academic dress
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Withdrawal from graduation
- If you wish to withdraw your application to graduate in the ceremony, you must withdraw
your application via the following email. Your withdrawal will be dealt as follows:
- Withdrawal requests made before 31st August 2025 (Ceremony fee, academic dress hiring fee and deposit will be fully refunded)
- Withdrawal requests made after 31st August and before collecting the academic regalia (academic dress hiring fee and deposit will be fully refunded).
- Withdrawal requests made after collecting the academic dress and before the rehearsal date (Academic dress deposit will be fully refunded upon the return of academic dress)
- Withdrawal requests made after the rehearsal date will not be accepted
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Certificates and Transcript Collection
- Before issuing the transcripts and certificates, students are required to:
- Complete the due payments if any
- Pay the graduation fee as applicable to the programme of study
- Students are required to bring their ID Card to collect the Certificate and Transcript
- Certificates and transcripts will be issued to the student only and in the event of unavailability of student, for a very specific reason the student is required to authorize a person to collect the certificate or transcript
- Students can collect their certificates and transcripts from the nearest campus of the College
Graduation FAQs
Find answers to common questions about your special day
Students who wish to participate in the convocation ceremony, must register themselves before the stipulated deadline via the link.
The last date for registration for graduation is 10th August 2025.
College will confirm the registration via email and SMS.
Each graduand shall accompany ONE guest or parent.
Yes, you may participate.
No. Original certificates will be issued from the Registration Department at the college campus. You may collect it from college at a later date.
The student will be graduating from the highest level however you will receive both the completion certificates.
Yes, it is a must for all graduands to attend the convocation rehearsal, and the date and time for rehearsal will be announced via short message and email.
The ceremony will be approximately 2 hours long.
Yes, the college can provide a letter stating your graduand's status and the details of the ceremony.
Yes, there will be a live telecast of the Graduation Ceremony. We will inform the channel name to the graduands at a later date.
Yes, however, such requests must be made via email to the Registration Department. You also have to register for the convocation ceremony.
There is no storage available. Please leave all personal items (including purses, etc.) at home or with a family member/friend during the ceremony.
You may return the regalia within the specified dates above.
You may request via email to the Finance Department. However, an additional fee might be applicable.