Congratulations on your success in completing your programme of study at Dundalk Institute of Technology. We hope you found your study with us enjoyable, challenging and rewarding and that it will be beneficial to you in whatever you plan for the future.

As you know, we cannot have the normal in-person conferring ceremony this Autumn, for public health reasons.

To mark your achievement, we are holding the formal Dundalk Institute of Technology Conferring 2020 ceremony online, which we hope you and your family and friends will enjoy.

You can view the live ceremony by selecting the appropriate live stream below. These which will also be available on-demand after each ceremony.

Find Your Ceremony

Your Conferring Brochure

Please download the conferring brochure (PDF) to accompany your virtual ceremony. It contains a welcome from the DkIT President, order of service and the list of graduating students.

Download Conferring Brochure

Ceremonies

10am, Monday 14th December

Session 1: School of Health & Science

2pm, Monday 14th December

Session 2: School of Engineering; Centre for Learning and Teaching (CELT)

4pm, Monday 14th December

Session 3: School of Informatics and Creative Arts

10am, Tuesday 15th December

Session 4: School of Business and Humanities (A)

2pm, Tuesday 15th December

Session 5: School of Business and Humanities (B)

Schedule of Ceremonies

A schedule of ceremonies for the DkIT Online Conferring Ceremonies 2020 can be found below. Graduands can access their ceremony using the links above at the appropriate date and time.

Download Schedule (In English) Download Schedule (in Irish)

Booking Your Robes

If you choose to hire a gown for your Virtual Conferring Ceremony the official supplier of academic robes for DkIT, **Armstrong and Oxford** have adapted their online booking service to give students the option of hiring the correct academic robes for their award to wear at home and celebrate their achievement with their families.

How to Book Your Robes

Parchments

Hard copies of your conferring parchment will be posted to you (to the address recorded on the Student Management System) after the conferring ceremony. If you do not receive your parchment within four weeks of your conferring ceremony please contact the Awards Office (Awards@dkit.ie).

Further information will be provided here shortly.

Stay In Touch

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We'll keep you informed about DkIT events, news and opportunities that may be of interest to you as your progress in your career.

Join Our Alumni Association

Graduation Photographs

Photography

Lafayette Photography is providing private studio photography sittings (by appointment) in their Dublin studio where you and your family can avail of professional graduation and family photographs.

This service is available from Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm and can be booked online at www.lafayette.ie/portrait/book, by email at info@lafayette.ie or by calling 01-4295740.

Certificate frames are also available to purchase online in the Lafayette online frame shop.

FAQs

Read some of the frequently asked questions for students regarding Conferring. If your question is not answered here, please do not hesitate to contact the Conferring Office by email at awards@dkit.ie

Please remember that in order to graduate all outstanding fees and fines must be paid in full.

We are updating our Graduation FAQ's. Please check back soon for updated information.

Outstanding Fees/Fines/Library Books

In order for you to graduate all outstanding fees and fines up to the academic year 2019/2020 must be paid in full on or before 14th November 2020. To pay any outstanding fees please contact registration@dkit.ie.

Overdue library loans for the same period must also be returned by this date.

Return your loans via free postal return. See the Library Returning Books section for more information.

Already Graduated?

If you have previously graduated from DkIT and would like to request a replacement parchment or receive a copy of your transcripts then please take a look at this section.

Request Parchments and Transcripts

Library Team

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation and we wish you every success in the future. We hope that your experience of the Library was a positive one and we would like to take this opportunity to offer you 1 year’s free membership. If you wish to avail of this offer please email library@dkit.ie.

Your Careers Team

We are here to support you through your transition from college to career! Recent Graduates are given the opportunity to use the Career Service for a full year after graduation, free of charge. This gives you access to the full spectrum of online and in-person resources to help you on your pathway to success! Don't forget to register as a graduate on DkIT Careers Connect to keep up to date with all the latest news and events from DkIT.

Student’s Union Graduates 2020 Celebration

Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) has made a commitment, subject to public health guidelines, to host an in-person graduates celebration event in conjunction with the DkIT Student’s Union for all 2020 graduates.

Further information can be found in due course on the Conferring website (https://www.dkit.ie/conferring) and Student’s Union website (http://www.dkitsu.ie/).