What does conferral mean?
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Conferral is the act of conferring or bestowing an award, where your academic achievement is recognised at a public ceremony which is also a meeting of the Council. Conferral generally occurs at a scheduled graduation ceremony either in your presence or in absentia. All students are conferred at the next available round of ceremonies.
If your award is conferred at a graduation ceremony in absentia this means that your award is granted to you, but you are not there in person to receive your award.
You have the
option in
myGraduation to attend a later ceremony within one year of the
award being conferred.
All graduands eligible to have awards conferred at
that ceremony, the names of graduates whose awards had been conferred at
meetings of the Council since the previous graduation ceremony, and the
names of all doctoral students whose awards are being presented at the
ceremony, are printed in the graduation ceremony program booklets, which are
a matter of public record. Students who have had their award conferred at a
previous ceremony before they attend will also have their name in the
booklet with the date of conferral next to their name.