Ceremony Details

Location: 

• All ceremonies and graduate line-up will take place in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, located in the Dalhousie Arts Centre (6101 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3H 1W8).
• For more information about the venue, including parking, click here.
  Click here for accessibility information.

Time:

• Doors open 1 hour before the start of the ceremony and ceremonies are approximately 1.5 - 2 hours.
• Graduands: Please arrive at the graduate line-up, located on the 4^th floor, no less than 45 minutes before the ceremony.
• Guests: only those with tickets will be admitted to the auditorium. If any tickets remain unclaimed, they will be distributed at the door on a first come first served basis. Guests may begin to line up for extra tickets an hour before the ceremony start time. 
• Please note that infants and young children, who may be sitting on parents' laps, still require their own ticket due to fire safety regulations.

Graduands: academic dress, guest tickets, and official parchments (your degree or diploma) must be collected 1 day prior to your ceremony. Please consult the 'Arrival' section of Graduate Information for further details.

Ceremony Schedule:

Unable to attend in person? Click here to access the ceremony livestreams. Note that the videos will remain available for viewing after the ceremonies conclude.