Eligibility and Apply to graduate

All RMIT students must apply to graduate. When you apply, you'll get to choose if you want to graduate at a ceremony or in absentia.

On this page, you will find information about: 

Prepare for graduation
How to apply for graduation
Important notes

Prepare for graduation

1. It is important to update your personal email in myRMIT before the result release day of your final semester. Your personal email address must be valid, distinct from your RMIT student email, and must not be left blank. Otherwise, you will not receive your digital academic statements following your completion and conferral (graduation).

2. Two weeks after the results release day, you will receive:

The official completion digital transcript and Statement of Completion (SAC) sent to your personal registered email.
- Note: Students completing their programs from October 2022 onwards will automatically be issued a digital SAC via My eQuals along with their completion transcript.
An official email will be sent from the RMIT system to your student email address (sxxxxxxx@rmit.edu.vn) and personal registered email confirming your program completion. This email will include information on the graduation application, available graduation options, and a reminder about the upcoming loss of access to your RMIT account

Graduation assessment & email timeline – Academic year 2025

Semester	Student Group	Completion Assessment	Graduation Email Notification
Semester 1, 2025	Completed students	Assessment completed	Graduation application emails have been sent to Semester 1, 2025 graduands via their student and personal email.
Semester 2, 2025	Completed students	Assessment completed	Graduation application emails have been sent to Semester 2, 2025 graduands via their student and personal email.
Semester 3, 2025	Projected to complete students	To be confirmed	Graduation application emails have been sent to students projected to complete their program in Semester 3, 2025.

Definitions:

Completed students: Students who have officially met all program requirements and have been formally confirmed by their School.
Projected to complete students: Students enrolled in sufficient credit points and expected to meet graduation requirements by the end of the semester.

How to apply for graduation

The deadline to apply for graduation for the 2025-1, 2025-2, and 2025-3 cohorts is 30 January 2026.

Students who do not submit a graduation application by the deadline will be automatically graduated in absentia. In this case, your name order and personal email address will revert to the system defaults.

You're ready to graduate when you have:

met all academic requirements of your program
no missing results or credit transfers
no outstanding debts to the University.

Receiving the confirmation email from the RMIT system two weeks after the results release day indicates that you have completed your program and are eligible to graduate.

When you apply to graduate you can choose to graduate (be conferred) at a ceremony or in absentia. You can select your option in the Graduation option section when fulfilling your Graduation application on the myRMIT. 

Important

The graduation option you choose will affect when you receive your digital testamur. Please read the information below carefully and choose the option that is most suitable for you.

Please also note, you will lose access to all RMIT systems on the day you graduate.

Graduate in absentia:

'In absentia' means that your award is conferred without you attending a formal graduation ceremony.
You will be conferred (graduate) at the end of the month in which you apply to graduate in absentia by the cut-off date. You will receive the set of digital academic statements (testamur, AHEGS, conferral transcript) one week after you graduate (your conferral date), with no fee applied.
Note: Refer to the table below for all 2026 in absentia conferral dates.
After the digital testamur is issued, you will receive an email on how to access your digital academic statement and how to order a hard copy testamur. The fee to order hard copy testamur is 55AUD including shipping.
Your access to RMIT systems will be removed on the day you graduate in absentia.

2026 In Absentia conferral dates

Students marked complete or who applied for or changed their graduation option from 'ceremony' to 'in absentia' after the cut-off date will be conferred in the next conferral month.

Month	In Absentia Conferral date	Cut-off date (inclusive)
January	30 January	23 January
February	27 February	20 February
March	31 March	24 March
April	30 April	23 April
May	29 May	22 May
June	30 June	23 June
July	31 July	24 July
August	31 August	24 August
September	30 September	23 September
October	30 October	23 October
November	No conferral	Not applicable
December	16 December (same as Melbourne ceremony date)	14 December

Attend the ceremony:

RMIT Vietnam students can choose to attend the RMIT Vietnam or RMIT Melbourne ceremony. You can select your preferred ceremony when completing the graduation application. The dates of the ceremonies are:

2026 Melbourne ceremony: Details for the 2026 RMIT Melbourne graduation ceremony are not yet available.For details of the RMIT Melbourne ceremony, please visit the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony page.
2026 Vietnam ceremonies are scheduled from Thursday, 9 April to Friday, 17 April 2026. The specific dates for each program will be updated.
Further details have been published via the Attend the ceremony page.

If you choose to graduate at a ceremony, you will officially graduate (be conferred) at the ceremony, and:

Receive your hard copy testamur on your graduation day. Note: Students who have graduated in absentia and come back to attend the ceremony (alumni) need to order hard copy testamur with the cost of AUD 55.
Receive the full set of digital academic statements (testamur, AHEGS, conferral transcript) one week after the date of your ceremony.
Your RMIT student credentials (student email, Canvas, etc.) will be deactivated on the date of your ceremony.
You will be required to pay the ceremony fee to attend the ceremony.

To apply to graduate:

1. Log in to myRMIT with your RMIT student ID and password. If you forgot your password, you can follow the instructions here to reset it or contact RMIT Vietnam's IT services.

2. On the myRMIT portal:

Select Graduation
Select Apply to graduate/ Change graduation option
Follow the instructions in Graduation Application Guidance to (a) select your graduation option, (b) confirm your preferred name order on the testamur, (c) confirm or update your personal details, and (d) submit your application.
For students attending the ceremony:
- Confirmation of attendance for the Vietnam ceremonies is now open. Please follow the instructions provided in the above guidance to complete your submission.
- For students applying to attend Melbourne ceremonies, confirmation of attendance is currently unavailable. Please keep track of the Melbourne Graduation Ceremony webpage for updated information.
Check that your personal details in RMIT's records, including your personal email address, are correct.

Important notes

Supporting documents

While waiting for the official certificate, you have the following options as supporting documents for your work/study applications:

Request the Confirmation letters that confirm you have completed your program at RMIT. Please log this request via Student Connect.
Use Official digital academic transcript in My eQuals. In the transcript, there is a completion date (i.e. the date you complete your program at RMIT).
Use Digital Statement of Academic Completion (SAC) in My eQual
- Students completing your programs from October 2022 onwards will automatically be issued with a digital SAC via My eQuals along with their completion transcript.
- Students completing your programs before October 2022: You can order a digital or hard-copy SAC. Please refer to this page for more information about SAC and how to order the digital and/or hard-copy version.

Loss of access to RMIT systems

Up to 24 hours after you are conferred (in absentia or at the ceremony), your RMIT student credentials, including your student email, Canvas, etc., will be deactivated. This is a legal requirement for RMIT.

Before then, make sure you transfer the contents of your RMIT student emails to your personal email and download any course materials or other important information stored on RMIT systems.

Eligibility and Apply to graduate