Notification of completion
Once you lodge your final archival thesis or dissertation to the School of Graduate Research via the Candidate Centre in Enrolment Online, a recommendation will be made to the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Training and Development (ADVC RT&D) of the School of Graduate Research (SGR) that you be formally admitted to the degree.
You’ll be issued a digital transcript (which states your completion date) automatically and free of charge via My eQuals. If you require a Statement of Academic Completion, you can order this via Statement of Academic Completion.
Your access to student email and RMIT systems will be removed
The University is legally required to deactivate your student email account and withdraw access to RMIT systems, including Canvas and myRMIT. This will occur on the day you graduate, whether at a ceremony or in absentia. If you do not apply to graduate, you will automatically graduate in absentia on the last working day of the month and your access will be removed.
To avoid losing access to important information, please ensure you save personal copies of any emails, course materials, or other essential documents stored on RMIT systems before your access expires. It's also important that you remember to update your personal email address in the RMIT system before you graduate.
If you need to retrieve documents or files after losing access, you can lodge an enquiry through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
Graduation
Learn about graduation ceremonies, dates and options on the Graduation page.
Up to two weeks after your graduation, your digital academic statements, i.e. Testamur, transcript and Australian Higher Education Statement (AHEGS), will be available online via My eQuals. You can also purchase a hard copy of your Testamur on the Academic transcripts page.
Please note that your degree must be conferred before you can begin to use the title of Dr.
