Conferring ceremonies are joyous occasions when the entire DkIT community comes together to honour its new graduates. The conferring of awards is a very special ceremony for you, your family and friends, and for the academic staff of DkIT who have guided you over the last number of years. We would like to congratulate you on this fantastic achievement and wish you every success in the future.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE FOR CONFERRING 2020:

In light of the COVID-19 Health Emergency, DkIT 2020 Conferring Ceremonies will take place virtually on 14th-15th December. See specific details on conferring schedules further below on this page.
A notification letter regarding conferring will be sent to your mailing address (address on the Banner student management system) before 14th November 2020. If you have not received this letter please email the Awards Office at awards@dkit.ie.
Information on this page is subject to change. Please keep referring back to this page for the latest updates on Conferring 2020.

Schedule of Ceremonies

DkIT Conferring Ceremonies 2020 will now take place online due to COVID-19 restrictions. A schedule of ceremonies can be found below. Details of how to access the ceremonies will be provided to graduands over the coming weeks.

Session	Date & Time	School
1	Monday 14th December, 10.00am	School of Health and Science
2	Monday 14th December, 2.00pm	School of Engineering and Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (CELT)
3	Monday 14th December, 4.00pm	School of Informatics & Creative Arts
4	Tuesday 15th December, 10.00am	School of Business & Humanities
5	Tuesday 15th December, 2.00pm	School of Business & Humanities

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

Accessing the Ceremonies: Information on accessing your virtual conferring ceremony will be provided here in due course. Following the welcome address and introductions, each student group will be graduated in turn.

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.

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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/).