Graduation
Our Relaxed Graduation
York St John is committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for everyone, and this includes those attending our Graduation ceremonies.
Graduation is a time to celebrate your achievements with your family and friends; however, we understand that some students may find attending their graduation ceremony overwhelming.
Our relaxed graduation event is designed for anyone who might feel more comfortable in a relaxed setting, including, but not limited to, students and guests with learning difficulties, autism, social anxiety, or sensory processing difficulties. All Academic Schools are included as part of the celebrations, and it’s open to everyone who is eligible to attend graduation in November 2026.
November 2026 Graduation ceremonies
We plan to host our relaxed graduation event in our beautiful Chapel of St John the Evangelist on campus during the same week in November that ceremonies take place in York Minster.
If you have received your graduation invitation to the November 2026 ceremonies and you would like to transfer your graduation to the relaxed event, please complete our interest form by no later than 4.00pm Wednesday 30 September 2026.
Relaxed graduation interest form
The purpose of this form is to register your interest in attending our relaxed graduation event. At this stage this is only an expression of interest, if you later decide you wish to attend the ceremony at York Minster this will not impact your attendance in any way.
Please note if you wish to attend either event you should still go ahead and book your gown and guest tickets for the graduation ceremony you have been invited to. This confirms your attendance and lets the Graduation Team know you are due to attend. After the registration deadline (4.00pm 30 September) we will contact you with further details and if you do wish to attend the relaxed graduation event we will make arrangements, your GradAttire booking will remain intact. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact our graduation team.
Please access the leaflet below for additional informational regarding our November 2026 Relaxed Graduation event.
