Bishopdale Theological College

The Bishopdale Theological College graduation ceremony is to be held on 4 April 2025 at 7 pm at All Saints Anglican Church, Nelson. Applications for the BTC graduation will close on 15 Mar 2025.  

Please email Loyola van Rooyen Buck at [email protected] or call 03 5488785 for more information.

Auckland Graduation Ceremony

The Auckland graduation ceremony is to be held on 24 May 2025 at Church Unlimited. Applications for the Auckland graduation are now closed.

Please email [email protected] or call 09 8367 826 for more information.

If you are attending the graduation ceremony, then you are required to hire your own academic dress. Please check that you have completed all the requirements of your qualification. If you have completed, or expect to complete, your qualification in the current semester, you need to check with your faculty that you have met the requirements for your particular programme.

What to wear to graduation (Academic Dress Hire)

Certificate graduands:

Formal dress is required (including a tie). An academic gown is worn.

Diploma graduands:

A Diploma gown must be hired and worn over formal dress. Laidlaw College provides a hood. A mortar board is NOT worn.

Bachelor/GradCert/GradDip/PGDip graduands:

A Bachelor’s gown and mortar board (trencher) must be hired and worn over formal dress. Laidlaw College provides a hood. GradDip and PGDip graduands may choose to wear the hood from their undergraduate degree.

Masters graduands:

A Master’s gown and mortar board (trencher) must be hired and worn over formal dress. Laidlaw College provides a hood.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or call 09 836 7826.