If this is the last term of your certificate or diploma program, you are eligible submit an Application to Graduate.
Why do I need to apply to graduate?
Applying to graduate is the first step to officially graduate from your program study. It lets us know that you have completed all your courses in your certificate or diploma and that you are in your last term of study. When you graduate, you officially receive your certificate or diploma, and it is sent to you by mail.
See the chart below for when you should apply to graduate.
| Program completed by |
Apply to graduate |
Conferral Date* |
Convocation Ceremony |
| October 31, 2023 | September 15 - October 16, 2023 | November 24, 2023 | June 19 and 20, 2024 |
| December 20, 2023 | September 15 - December 15, 2023 | January 26, 2024 | June 19 and 20, 2024 |
| February 28, 2024 | January 15 - February 15, 2024 | March 22, 2024 | June 19 and 20, 2024 |
| April 30, 2024 | January 15 - April 14, 2024 | May 24, 2024 | June 19 and 20, 2024 |
| June 30, 2024 | May 15 - June 15, 2024 | July 26, 2024 | November 6, 2024 |
| August 31, 2024 | May 15 - August 15, 2024 | September 23, 2024 | November 6, 2024 |
| October 31, 2024 | September 16 – October 15, 2024 | November 22, 2024 | June 18 and 19, 2025 |
| December 20, 2024 | September 16 – December 16, 2024 | January 24, 2025 | June 18 and 19, 2025 |
| February 28, 2025 | January 15 – February 14, 2025 | March 26, 2025 | June 18 and 19, 2025 |
| April 30, 2025 | January 15 – April 15, 2025 | May 23, 2025 | June 18 and 19, 2025 |
| June 28, 2025 | May 15 – June 16, 2025 | July 25, 2025 | Fall 2025 (TBD) |
| August 29, 2025 | May 15 – August 15, 2025 | September 2025 (TBD) | Fall 2025 (TBD) |
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*Conferral date is the date your credential (Certificate or diploma) is officially confirmed and communicated to you. It is not the same as a convocation ceremony. Please note that if you are a Health Care Aide learner standard conferral dates listed here may not apply, as your conferral date is now dependent on when you take and successfully pass the Alberta Health Care Aide Provincial Exam. All Health Care Aide learners are given 60 days from the completion of courses to write their exam; official graduation will commence after this examination period. |
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Preparing to Submit your Application to Graduate
We encourage you to submit your Application to Graduate as soon as possible in the final term of your program.
We need to ensure that we have your most accurate and up to date information in order to process your Application to Graduate. Delays in processing your application will be created if your file is not accurate.
Before you submit your Application to Graduate, learners should check their MyBVC and verify that following information is correct:
- Legal name to verify information
Your legal name is the name that appears on your government issued photo identification such as a passport or driver’s license. If your legal name has changed, is incorrect or needs to be updated, please fill out and submit a Change of Name form through email to grad@bowvalleycollege.ca. - Address to send your parchment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your current mailing address is kept up to date to receive your parchment. You can verify or update your mailing address by logging into your MyBVC, going to ‘Registration’ and clicking on “Change Address”. If an original parchment is returned for incorrect mailing address, you will be notified by email. If an original parchment is not returned to Bow Valley College a $50 parchment replacement fee will be applied for a parchment replacement. Refer to Mandatory non-instructional fees chart. - Personal email address - this should be the email that all your college documents are sent to, for example, MyCreds transcript shares.
Frequently asked questions
If you have any questions about whether you are in your final term, contact Academic Advising.
You need to have finished all your classes to graduate. Work Integrated Learning is a mandatory part of your program and must be completed before you graduate. Optional work experience for the Chiu School of Business is considered a class and must also be completed before you graduate.
We have deadline to the Application to Graduate process so we can confirm eligibility to graduate for students as they finish their programs. If you missed the deadline, please see the chart above for the next period. You can submit during that time and be included in the next round of graduations.
You will first receive an auto-reply email when you submit your Application to Graduate and within three weeks, we will let you know that your Application Graduate has been accepted.
If we cannot process your Application to Graduate, we will let you know as soon as possible.
For us to process and accept your Application to Graduate, it must be fully complete and contain your most up to date information.
You can expect to receive your parchment within six weeks after the conferral date. It will be mailed to the address we have on file for you.
If you are an International learner, we will automatically send you your Post-Graduate Work Permit documents within two weeks of the Conferral Date. You do not need to request these documents.
Please click here for additional important information.
You must first submit an Application to Graduate in order to receive information on how to register for Convocation.
We will send you an email inviting you to register to attend Convocation closer to the Convocation date. Convocation registration is optional, you are not required to attend in order to receive your parchment or to graduate but who doesn’t like to celebrate?
Click here for additional convocation information (guest info, how to book portraits, venue, etc.)
