Who should you invite to a graduation?
Most universities give each graduate a limited number of ceremony seats. That limit decides who you invite and how you word it.
Find out your seat limit first
Most universities admit a limited number of people per graduate to the ceremony itself — usually between two and four. Sending invitations before you know that number means taking them back later.
The limit is normally announced on the faculty page or by the student office, and it can change from year to year.
The ceremony and the party are two invitations
The ceremony has a seat limit and is formal; the celebration afterwards is neither. Putting both in one invitation leaves the relatives who cannot get a seat feeling invited and shut out at the same time.
If the two are at different places and times, two separate invitations read more clearly: one carries the ceremony details, the other the party.
The school and the department are part of the invitation
This is the biggest difference from a wedding invitation: where you graduated from is as much a part of the invitation as who you are.
The school and the department sit in their own field and print right after the name. Leave them empty and the line does not appear at all.
Do not let them miss the cap toss
The moment guests most want to catch is the cap toss. Writing it into the programme with its time is what keeps the relatives waiting outside the hall from missing it.
Add a meeting point for photos as well. After the ceremony people cannot find each other in the crowd.
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