Graduation 2020
After careful consideration, USC has determined that no graduation ceremonies will proceed in 2020. This is due to the government's requirement that no mass gatherings occur, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Graduation is our favourite time of the year, and we always look forward to celebrating the success of our graduands. We are saddened to have to make this announcement and recognise that it will be a great disappointment to you. However, the health and well-being of our community must come first.
When the government restrictions are lifted and large public gatherings are permitted again, we look forward to celebrating your graduation with you and your family and friends.
What happens now?
- You will graduate in absentia. You will be advised of your completion date by Student Services.
- Your electronic documents will be available to you and hard copies of your documents will be posted to you. Please ensure your mail address is correct in USC Central.
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.
Angela Harrison
Executive Master of Business Administration
For Angela it was the highest honour to be able to sit on stage with all of the academics and really be counted. She was ecstatic to have graduated, she shares "no-one was ever going to do it for me, I had to do it for myself."
Jackson Dickfos
Bachelor of Business/Science (Sport Management)
Jackson is a student who gave all he had to give – and definitely made his mark at USC. Jackson shares that crossing the stage is a heart drop moment.
Graduation stories
USC Newsroom
Caboolture graduate uses degree to help chronically ill
27 MayNew USC graduate Maddison Schuster is now among the hundreds of Sunshine Coast social workers striving to help chronically ill older people access support services, particularly in the age of COVID-19 restrictions.
Honours study focuses on trauma and burnout
25 October 2019USC Psychology Honours graduate Tyne Smith has been able to apply her thesis findings immediately in her role as a Child Safety Officer, helping to understand and explain human behaviour.
Arts/Business graduate gains medical industry job
18 October 2019A new USC graduate is using skills from her Arts/Business degree in a new healthcare industry job that involves frequent travel around north Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.