Class of 2024: QUT graduation ceremonies celebrate student success

The university will host 25 ceremonies over nine days for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying business, law, creative industries, education, social justice, science, engineering and health degrees, as well as students studying short courses through the QUT College.

Tickets for guests are purchased by graduating students when they register for their ceremony. This year's ceremonies will be held at The Star Brisbane Event Centre in George Street in the Brisbane CBD, next door to QUT's Gardens Point campus.

December graduation ceremonies

• Tuesday, December 10 - Faculty of Health
• Wednesday, December 11 - Faculty of Health
• Thursday, December 12 - Faculty of Health, Faculty of Business and Law, and QUT College
• Friday, December 13 - Faculty of Business and Law
• Saturday, December 14 - Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
• Sunday, December 15 - Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice
• Monday, December 16 - Faculty of Science
• Tuesday, December 17 - Faculty of Engineering
• Wednesday, December 18 - Faculty of Engineering

Live streams

All ceremonies will be live-streamed. Each stream will begin 10 minutes before the ceremony start time. The streams can be viewed from Windows and Mac OS X, Apple iOS and Android mobile devices. A recording of each live stream will remain online for six months. 

Chancellor Ann Sherry AO's message to graduands 

Graduation marks the successful completion of your university study at QUT and the transition to the next phase of your life.

We congratulate you on this great achievement and acknowledge also the wonderful support provided by your family and friends, and the commitment of the university's academic and professional staff.

You are graduating to a fast changing and uncertain world where we will see an even greater reliance on innovation, new ways of working and the importance of collaboration to address global challenges.

One of the keys to success in this world is the advanced thinking, creative and social capacities that we hope you have gained during the high-quality university education you have just achieved.

QUT is ranked among the world’s top young universities. We take pride in the fact that we place a premium on the international and national accreditation of our various professional degrees, and our graduate employment rate remains well above the national average for Australian universities.

QUT's links with industry, commerce and government - and our teaching and research excellence - are seen as a model by many other universities. We are committed to strengthening our record of quality and achievement through academic and research advances.

Since its establishment, QUT has graduated more than 300,000 people. You now join them as a member of our alumni family. It's now 40 years since I undertook postgraduate study and graduated from QUT, and the knowledge, understanding and networks that came from that have been of value in all I have done since, in ways I would never have imagined when I sat in your place.

We encourage you to continue your relationship with QUT through the university’s active alumni network. As a member of that group, you will be able to access professional and social benefits that will help you throughout your professional life and beyond.

We are always interested in our graduates’ ideas and experiences and your input toward the further development of courses, teaching and mentoring is greatly valued.

While today marks the end of a chapter, it is also the beginning of a new and exciting chapter in your lives. We step into a world that is ever changing with all the excitement and challenge that poses.

Apply what you’ve learned and the values we've instilled to the next phase of your lives: stay inquisitive, keep learning, treat others with respect, be kind to yourself and others, and help change the world.

On behalf of QUT Council, I congratulate you on your graduation, wish you well and look forward to your continuing QUT connection.

- Ann Sherry AO, QUT Chancellor