Pembroke College Cambridge

General Admission to Degrees

General Admission to Degrees concerns the conferral of the following degrees:

BA, BA with M.Eng, M.Sci or MMath, and VetMB

 

General Admission for Pembroke graduands: Wednesday 26 June 2024

College timetable:

The arrangements for the day are usually as follows (timing details are provisional and may change slightly. Final details will be posted closer to the day):

  • 9.15-11.30 am: opportunity for professional portrait photographs
  • 10.45 am: Briefing and attire check for all MMath, MSci, MEng, VetMB, as well as BAs with surnames A-G, Old Library
  • 12.00 noon: Graduation photograph, Library Lawn
  • 12.45 pm: Drinks Parties (various venues, tbc)
  • 1.30 pm: Buffet lunch in marquee Bowling Green
  • 3 pm: Briefing and attire check for BAs with surnames H-Z, Old Library
  • 4.15 pm: All graduands gather in Old Court to proceed to the Senate House
  • 4.50 pm: Graduation ceremony in the Senate House
  • 5.45 pm: Afternoon tea in the College garden
Ceremony tickets

Tickets are required for admission to the Senate House. Two guest tickets per graduand will be provisionally reserved (graduands do not need a ticket for the Senate House for themselves). There will be a small number of additional tickets available. Graduands may apply for one additional ticket and these will be allocated by pulling names out of a hat.

Even if your additional guests do not have tickets for the ceremony at the Senate House they can still enjoy the day and will be able to take photographs of you all proceeding to the Senate House, and coming out afterwards. There will also be a live stream of the graduation to watch online.

College lunch and tea

You and your guests are also invited to attend lunch and afternoon tea as guests of the College. We hope to be able to accommodate up to three guests per graduand. We are unlikely to be able to give out further tickets in addition to that, but you can ask to be put on a waiting list in case any spares become available. A charge applies for those additional tickets.

Tickets for both the Senate House ceremony and for lunch/tea are issued on the day and left in envelopes with the Porters.

Dress

The dress code is very strictly enforced.

Barham Dinner (graduands' dinner)

This will be held on the Monday of the week of General Admission (Hall, 7.30pm, black tie) and is for graduands only. Invitations will be sent out nearer the time. Date: 24 June 2024.