Your time to shine
Graduation is the formal process of awarding your degree and marks your successful transition from uni student to qualified professional.
To those who've helped you through it's much more than that. For your friends and family, lecturers and tutors, graduation is their time to share your success and show how proud they are of all that you've achieved.
Your invitation will be emailed to you approximately 6 weeks prior to your ceremony. The invitation will include the date and time of your ceremony.
2021 Graduation dates
Sunshine Coast
USC Stadium, USC Sunshine Coast
- Tuesday 6 April - Saturday 10 April 2021
- Wednesday 29 Sept - Friday 1 Oct 2021
Fraser Coast
- Friday 23 April 2021 at 3pm at Brolga Theatre, Maryborough
- Thursday 14 October at 4pm at Beach House Hotel, Hervey Bay
Graduation 2020
On 1st October 2020 our April and September graduates were invited to attend a virtual celebration and while it's not the graduation anyone had planned we hope they still felt the love of the USC community.
We can't wait to celebrate with both our 2020 and 2021 cohorts at the April 2021 ceremonies.
Meet recent USC graduates
Emma Williams
Bachelor of Paramedic Science
Emma shares that at the start of her degree she was very nervous as a mature age student. Emma was excited and humbled to receive a University medal on her Graduation day, and proud to represent Indigenous Australians.
Graduation stories
USC Newsroom
‘Tomorrow’ series author becomes a Doctor
10 AprilA multi-million bestselling author and renowned school principal who ditched tertiary study several times before finding his passion for educating and entertaining young people has celebrated receiving his first honorary award from a university.

Former Vice-Chancellor awarded top USC honour
9 AprilAfter guiding USC to extraordinary success over 15 years, former Vice-Chancellor Professor Greg Hill AO has a permanent link to the University he embraced as part of the family.

Bright prospects for Rubie and her graduate family
5 AprilUSC’s week of graduation ceremonies from 6 April will be a quadruple celebration for new Maroochydore State High School teacher and double USC graduate Rubie Orman.