The 2025 USIU-Africa 47th Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Only students who will have completed degree requirements will be allowed to participate.

1. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

• All graduation-related communications will come only from graduation@usiu.ac.ke.
• No official communication will be sent via WhatsApp.

Always include your student ID number in all email correspondence for faster reference

2. DINNER DANCE: The graduation dinner dance will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Venue- Movenpick, Nairobi. Charges: 5,000/=

3. GRADUATION E-TICKETS: Kindly note that e-tickets for graduating students have been sent to your email addresses. In case you do not receive your e-tickets by Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 5.00pm, Ticketsasa team will be available on campus on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 1.00 pm and Friday, September 26, 2025 at 1.00pm to provide support to graduands who will not have received their tickets.

4. PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AND ANY SPECIAL NEEDS: Names of graduands with disability / special needs or with guests with disability / special needs who will be attending the commencement ceremony need to be forwarded to Millicent Wanderi on mwanderi@usiu.ac.ke and Elizabeth Wanjiku on ewanjiku@usiu.ac.ke by 22^nd September 2025 for appropriate planning.

5. GOWN ISSUANCE: Gowns for undergraduate and graduate students will be issued at the University Auditorium backroom upstairs from September 16, 2025 to September 23, 2025; Mondays - Fridays -------------1.00 p.m. – 4.00p.m; All gowns must be returned by October 9, 2025. A fine of Kshs.1,000.00 per day will be charged effective October 13, 2025, for overdue gowns. Any graduate who retains the academic regalia after October 21, 2025 will pay a fine of Ksh.10,500.00 and still return the regalia.

Doctoral students to contact the vendor directly through contacts shared earlier for arrangements.

6. REHEARSALS: All students expecting to participate in the ceremony must attend a mini graduation rehearsal on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 1.30pm and a major rehearsal on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 1.30pm. The Line-up will begin from Parking B opposite the hostels. Those who do not participate in the rehearsal will not be allowed to participate in the Commencement Ceremony. During rehearsals, the procedures of lining up, marching, seating arrangements, exiting, and so on will be presented and all matters pertaining to graduation explained. PLEASE NOTE YOUR POSITION IN THE PROCESSION. The line–up will be sent to your emails and also posted on the USIU–Africa website at a later date.

7. PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOGRAPHY AND LIVESTREAMING: Please note that the university will be taking photographs and recording video footage of the ceremony. The event will also be live-streamed on our official univesity social media pages, and media partners networks. We kindly request that you review and complete the consent form available here: Consent for Photo/Videography and Use of Images/Videos

8. GRADUATION FEE: - Graduation fees vary depending on your level of study and completion date:

Doctorates: All doctoral students to pay Kshs. 15,500 - graduation fees.

All Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate students who are not planning to attend the graduation ceremony (In absentia), will pay only the respective graduation fees as indicated above. No gown deposit will be required.

Go to payment-options/ for information on the various payment options and share payment details to finance@usiu.ac.ke for payment verification. Please do not send graduation payment confirmations to the registrar’s office.

9. FINAL CLEARANCE : The Registrar's Office will activate your final clearance automatically and will send a follow up email once this is initiated. Students who complete degree requirements in August 2025 will be eligible for final clearance after graduation. .

10. YEAR BOOK UPDATES: For any enquiries regarding yearbook 2025 please reach out to the Year Book team on yearbook@usiu.ac.ke

11. EXIT SURVEY: We would like to thank all students who have completed the online exit survey. For those who are yet to do so, kindly take a few minutes and complete it on https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/RZzFdyeF. This feedback will go a long way in helping the registrar’s department in serving you better.