CEREMONY BRIEFING

 
 

BEFORE THE CEREMONY

Confirm your attendance by completing the RSVP via e-invitation together with your payment slip and Graduate Employability Survey 2024 Completion Slip for Graduands & Guests by 18 April 2024 (Thursday) to LAKARAN TUAH SDN BHD.

There will be STRICTLY no allocation for any additional tickets.

The guest invitation cards and graduation attire will be provided on 20 April 2024 (Saturday) and 21 April 2024 (Sunday) at GG06 & GG07, Block G, Level G, UCSI University Kuala Lumpur Campus during the Homecoming Celebration. Please note that the mortar boards are provided to Master’s and Bachelor’s degree holders only. Graduands are required to present the Graduate Employability Survey 2024 Completion Slip during gown collection.

For International Students outside Malaysia, entering Malaysia to attend the convocation will need to adhere to the Malaysian Immigration’s SOP. Please ensure that you have liaised with the Malaysian Embassy in your respective countries on the procedure to enter Malaysia as a tourist.

 
 

PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE CEREMONY

The graduation ceremony will be held at Grand Ballroom, Level 12, Le Quadri Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Arrival of Graduands

On the day of the ceremony, graduands are required to assemble at the allocated registration rooms at Level 11 (as directed), Hatton Restaurant, Le Quadri Hotel:

  1. 6.30am (for morning session); and
  2. 1.00pm (for afternoon session)
Guest Admission into the ceremonial hall

Please remind your guests to bring along their invitation cards to the convocation ceremony as entry into the hall will be ONLY ALLOWED by the presentation of invitation cards. Guests without an invitation card will be denied admission into the ceremonial hall. However, the guests may view the ceremony through live streaming at GG007, Level G Block G.

Dress Code
  • Graduands
  • : Formal Attire; ADVISABLE to wear comfortable shoes

    Male: Long sleeve button shirt with trousers/slacks and tie
    Female: Blouse/shirt with knee-length skirt/pants or knee-length dress

  • Guests
  • : Formal attire - Strictly NO T-shirts, jeans, sandals or slippers.
Briefing session

The e-briefing video will be displayed prior to the commencement of the ceremony in registration area at Level 11, Hatton Restaurant, Le Quadri Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

 

DURING THE CEREMONY

Presentation of Awards

Ensure that you have your graduation name card ready (your name cards will be distributed upon registration on convocation day)

Present the card to the Name Reader prior to going on stage

Walk a few steps and doff your mortar board (i.e. touch the mortar board)

Bow to the Pro-Chancellor and receive your scroll

Walk down the steps to return to your seat, following the prescribed route.

Face Masks ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE WORN AT ALL TIMES during the presentation of awards.

To show respect to all fellow graduands and the ceremony,

You are to remain seated in the graduand area once the ceremony has begun, except when you are on stage to receive the scroll from the Pro-Chancellor.

Discipline during the ceremony

Face Masks are encouraged to be worn at all times, no handshake, frequent hand sanitisation and practise good personal hygiene throughout the ceremony.

Please do not leave your seat during the ceremony except when called upon to receive your scroll. Please ensure that you use the restroom before the procession into the ceremonial hall. You are also expected to have taken the appropriate meals before the ceremony.

As graduation ceremonies are momentous occasions for everyone, movement in the ceremonial hall is restricted to ensure that the ceremony is conducted smoothly and with decorum. Guests are prohibited to leave their seats to take photographs during the ceremony. Guests who leave the ceremony hall during the ceremony will not be permitted to re-enter until a suitable break in the programme has been reached.

 
 

AFTER THE CEREMONY

Graduands and guests are required to leave the hall in an orderly manner once the ceremony ends.
The ceremonial hall shall be closed for housekeeping, sanitisation and preparation for the following session. Graduands and guests shall proceed to Foyer Recital Hall, Block G, Level LG1 for refreshment.

Photography (Optional)

UCSI University’s appointed convocation photographer provides OPTIONAL photography packages such as

  1. Individual/ family portrait photograph session
  2. Other convocation photographs in various sizes (i.e. individual portraits, group photos, stage photos, and etc).

The costs of the optional packages will be borne by the graduand.

If you intend to take up any available studio packages, you are encouraged to take the photograph before / after the ceremony at GG006, Level G, Block G. Please note that the individual / family portrait photography session is prohibited during the ceremony. Your name will not be repeated if you have missed your turn in the proceeding.

There will be several mini studios set up by the photographers during convocation day at GG06, Level G, Block G, UCSI University Kuala Lumpur Campus.

This is subject to change and you are advised to seek information nearer to the event day.

For the returning of gowns and the collection of photographs, you are advised to proceed to LAKARAN TUAH at the following address.


LAKARAN TUAH
No. 7 – G, Jalan 5/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa
56100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +6017–667 5571, +6019–290 7211 & +6012–217 8813
Email: [email protected]