Upcoming graduation events

Invitations to register for your graduation ceremony will be emailed closer to the time. Please ensure your personal email address is updated in the student portal.

Graduation 2027

On January 1 2026, MIT and Unitec became a single organisation meeting the skills and training needs of Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland.

Our upcoming Degree, Diploma and Certificate ceremonies will be the first delivered by our organisation as a unified experience, recognising all the latest grads of what is now the country’s largest on campus provider of applied education, side-by-side.

We are pleased to confirm the following ceremony dates for 2027:

Monday 17 May – Wednesday 19 May
Cultural celebration events

Wednesday 19 May
Certificate level graduation ceremonies

Thursday 20 May – Friday 21 May
Graduation ceremonies for programmes at Level 5 and above

Venue

All Unitec and MIT graduation ceremonies will be held at:

Due Drop Events Centre
 770 Great South Road
 Manukau 2104

Ceremony Times and Programme Allocations

There will be multiple ceremonies held across the graduation period.

Specific ceremony times, programme allocations, and registration information are currently being finalised and will be published here as soon as they are confirmed.

Please check back here for updates.

Need help? Contact us

If you have any questions or need additional help, please contact our Graduation Office.
Email: graduation@manukau.ac.nz

Frequently Asked Questions

We understand graduation is a personal celebration for our graduates, their families and well-wishers, as well as being an expression of who we are as a community of learning.

Now, as a single organisation, MIT and Unitec is taking the step forward to honour the choices the Class of 2026 made to study with either MIT or Unitec, while also recognising together we represent one much larger provider.

Presenting a unified experience, while making space for next year’s graduands to be recognised alongside their peers, by the schools and faculty members who supported their success, allows us to acknowledge those important connections while reflecting our present status and looking towards the future.

The experience will connect all our successful graduates as alumni of the largest on campus provider of applied learning in the country.

The achievements of all our certificate graduates will be honoured in the same arena as those receiving diplomas and degrees.

The week will represent the truest reflection of who we are, as well as the work you do to connect individuals with exciting career opportunities and help our region, its iwi, communities, services and industries to thrive.

Due Drop Events Centre has the necessary capacity and availability to produce the high-quality experience graduates deserve.

Aotea Centre and Auckland Town Hall, which we have also used previously, did not have availability to host an organisation-wide weeklong celebration of graduate success in 2027.

As an added bonus, parking at Due Drop Events Centre is free.

No decisions have been made regarding Graduation Week venues beyond May 2027.

Ceremonies will be grouped according to discipline areas and schools.

Graduates will sit and be called onto stage by faculty members of the school of the provider they originally enrolled with and studied at.

The most prominent brand on the parchments they receive will be of the provider they originally enrolled with eg. either MIT or Unitec.

The Testamurs will state that they are awarded by “Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec”, being the legal name of the awarding entity. This is the same approach as used in 2026.

For degree and diploma recipients, regalia requirements will be based on the qualification a graduate is receiving. The process for ordering regalia will be shared with eligible graduates directly.

Regalia will not be an official part of our certificate ceremonies in 2027.

We understand that for some graduates being able to share their success with the community, family and friends in this way has been an important part of graduation experiences at MIT and Unitec in the past.

Unfortunately, due to the location, away from the central city, and packed schedule for our combined ceremonies we will be unable to offer this in 2027.

This approach will be reviewed ahead of Graduation Week 2028.

Two complimentary guest tickets will be issued to each graduate attending the ceremonies.

Additional guest tickets will be available for purchase through the ticketing agent, once all graduate and complimentary guest seating in the auditorium is accounted for.

Tickets beyond this complimentary allocation will cost $10 per additional ticket required.

Past graduation events

Certificate Graduation (Levels 1-4), 20-22 October 2026

Levels 1–4 studies completed  in Semester 1, 2026

Degree and Diploma Graduation (Levels 5-8), 20-22 May 2026

For all our graduands who completed diploma, degree or postgraduate studies (Levels 5–7)

Certificate Graduation (Levels 1-4), 17-19 March 2026

Levels 1-4 studies completed in Semester 2, 2025

Degree and Diploma Graduation (Levels 5-9), 14-16 May 2025

For all our graduands who completed diploma, degree, postgraduate or masters studies (Levels 5 – 9)