Academic dress collection from 7am . Your graduation ceremony is also referred to as “commencement” or “convocation”. Graduation is the award of a diploma or academic degree, or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it, in which students become graduates. Professors and candidates enter into a designated area with a stage where academic staff will sit during the ceremony. You’ll get to hear from esteemed faculty members, guest speakers, and shake the Chancellor’s hand. The date of graduation is often called graduation day. For example, most universities in Sweden are research-oriented and may present their students with bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees covering all academic streams. Their name is called and they would go on to the stage to get it. The graduation hat tradition was initially adopted by students at Line of young people at a commencement ceremony.