Hibernia College Graduation 2026

Ceremony times (provisional)

We will host three ceremonies on the day at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS): 

Registration and gowning will be staggered: 

Ceremony 1: 8.30 a.m.– 9.15 a.m.  

Ceremony 2: 11.30 a.m.–12.15 p.m.  

Ceremony 3: 2.30 p.m.–3.15 p.m. 

Please register and gown at the time outlined to you in the graduation invite email. Please note times are provisional until you get the invite email.

Registration and tickets 

All graduands will be invited to purchase their ticket for their own ceremony. An invitation will be sent to your personal email address by the Graduation team in September.  

Each graduand’s ticket includes admission to the ceremony, two guest tickets and gown hire. The fee is €125.  

Due to venue capacity, tickets are limited to one ticket per graduand. No additional guest tickets are available beyond the two included with the graduand’s fee.  

Children 

A small infant who can sit on the lap of one of your guests does not require a ticket. Any other children attending the ceremony will require a ticket. 

Gowning 

Armstrong & Oxford is the gown provider for Hibernia College. You hire your gown through the registration form in your graduation invite email. You collect your gown on the day of the ceremony in the RDS. On arrival, please register first at the Hibernia College desk before proceeding to collect your gown from the gowning area. 

Photography 

Lafayette Photography will be providing a professional photography and framing service. You can book this service online in advance of the ceremony through their website. 

Graduating in absentia 

If you are unable to attend the ceremony, you will be conferred in absentia. To receive your parchment, please complete and submit the Supplementary Fee Online Payment Form linked in your graduation invite email. You will receive your parchment by registered post after the ceremony. A fee of €15 will apply.  

Venue 

This year’s ceremony will be held in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) in Dublin 4. The RDS is easily accessible by car, taxi and public transport (DART and bus). For full details on making your way to the RDS, please visit the RDS website. 

Accessibility  

Although the RDS comprises of iconic historic buildings, it strives to be an accessible venue for all. For further information, visit the RDS website.  

If a graduand or guest requires assistance, please email graduation@hiberniacollege.net. 

Sustainable graduation 

This year, we strive to hold a sustainable graduation ceremony and minimise environmental impact while celebrating achievement. This will include going as paperless as possible (such as a digital graduation booklet) and no use of single-use plastics. For more information on sustainability at the RDS, visit their website.  

Privacy notice for graduation 

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 govern the way that organisations use personal data. Personal data is information relating to an identifiable living individual. 

Transparency is a key element of the GDPR, and this privacy notice is designed to inform you how and why Hibernia College uses your personal data in relation to graduation. 

Why we are processing your personal data 

It is necessary for the College to process your personal data to ensure that: 

• You are invited to your graduation ceremony 
• You are able to book and pay for your tickets and gown 
• Your name appears in the graduation ceremony booklet 
• You have an opportunity to provide feedback on your graduation experience 
• We are able to respond to any questions you may have related to your ceremony and forward your query to another department if it’s not graduation-related (e.g. certificate queries) 

Under the GDPR, our processing is necessary for the performance of your student contract and for the legitimate interests of Hibernia College. 

All graduates 

Whether attending or not attending a graduation ceremony, your name, programme, award title (but not your classification) will be included in the College’s graduation ceremony booklet. 

Graduation dates are available on the Hibernia College website, and registration and ceremony times are typically emailed to graduands two months ahead of the date. If you have any queries related to graduation, please email graduation@hiberniacollege.net. If you would like us to speak to another individual on your behalf regarding your ceremony, please let us know by email. 

Graduates attending a graduation ceremony 

Graduation is a memorable public statement of students’ achievements, and the following features are essential parts of the ceremony. Graduands are conferred by programme and alphabetically. Your name (but not your classification) will be read out at the ceremony immediately prior to you walking across the stage. 

Recording 

Hibernia College records the graduation ceremony, and this may be used for social media clips. The recording will be available for viewing for a restricted period of time after the ceremony on our public website. The event may also be shown live as a webcast. 

Images 

During the ceremonies and celebrations, the Hibernia College photographers will be present. They will take the opportunity to capture individual and group shots for the graduation website, the College social media channels, future graduation booklets and for marketing and promotion in Ireland and overseas. 

Visual images may be used in both printed and electronic formats. Verbal consent will be sought from you and your guests for close-up pictures prior to photographs being taken. If you do not wish for your photograph to be taken, please inform the photographer when consent is requested. 

If you appear in a photo as part of a large group or crowd and are not the focus of the image, you must notify Hibernia College after the image is captured if you have any objections. 

Prize winners will be invited to have their photo taken with their award and will also be photographed on stage while receiving their award. These images may be made publicly available with your prior consent. 

Disability and access needs

Information relating to disability and access needs will only be used to make reasonable adjustments at the ceremonies. This information will not be shared with any other department within the College and will be deleted from our records after the graduation ceremonies. 

Alumni association 

All alumni automatically become members of the Hibernia College Alumni Association (HCCA). You will have a lifelong connection to the College and your fellow alumni. From time to time, we will email you with information about College services, news and events that are relevant to you. Each email update we send will include an unsubscribe option at the end. 

More information and contact

Hibernia College’s Data Protection and the Handling of Student Data Guidelines can be viewed here.

You can contact the Data Protection Officer by email at dpo@hiberniacollege.net. 

All graduation queries should be directed to graduation@hiberniacollege.net. 

Parchment, transcript and certificate queries should be directed to aao@hiberniacollege.net.