Coming this May 16 - 26, 2012, the 86th annual ACAD Graduating Student Exhibition is the highlight of the academic year. With works from nearly 200 graduating artists and designers from all areas of art, craft and design, this is one exhibition of Canada's most exciting creative minds that you certainly do not want to miss.
Are you a graduating student in the last year of your program at ACAD? Be sure to understand the requirements for graduation and convocation, and get involved with your grad show and convocation ceremony.
Grad Committee
Are you interested in being a part of the grad committee? If so, volunteer today! We hope to have one volunteer from each department represented on the committee. Contact Dan Barnfield (dan.barnfield@acad.ca) if you’re interested.
Application Deadline
The deadline for graduation applications is Wednesday, February 1, 2012. If you expect to graduate this spring (even if you don't plan to attend the ceremony), you must submit an application to the Registrar’s Office for graduation by this date. There is a $30 grad fee that most of you will already have paid with the fall tuition. Some of you may have slipped through the cracks, and will be contacted by the Registrar’s Office once your application to graduate is received if you still need to pay this fee.
- 2012 Grad Application (PDF, 75 KB)
Be sure to attend the final Grad Info Session to go over Convocation Day and the Procession – Wednesday, April 4th @ noon in the Lecture Hall. It’s very important that you’re there!
Grad Checks
The Registrar’s Office will be checking each of your student records to ensure that you have the courses required to graduate. We will notify you if you are on track to graduate in May of 2012 or if we see any discrepancies. Notification will be sent to your acad.ca email address. We anticipate that all grad checks will be completed by the end of November. If you’ve not heard from the Registrar’s Office, please drop by the Registrar’s Office in December to check on your grad status.
Course Work from Other Institutions
If you are completing courses at other institutions that are required to fulfill your grad requirements, your official transcript with the final grades must be received by the ACAD Registrar’s Office no later than May 1, 2012.
Convocation is coming soon, but first, you have to register to graduate! The deadline for graduation applications is Wednesday, February 1, 2012. If you expect to graduate this spring (even if you don't plan to attend the ceremony) you must submit an application to the Registrar’s Office for graduation by this date.
As a senior year student, you’ll have the exciting chance to participate in the 26th annual ACAD Graduating Student Exhibition. This unique exhibition is a special glance into the work of graduating students from ACAD’s Ceramics, Fibre, Glass, Jewellery + Metals, Drawing, Media Arts + Digital Technologies, Painting, Photography, Print Media, Sculpture, and Visual Communication Design programs.