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In Pictures: Winter Graduation 2025

Winter Graduation 2025 took place from Monday 8 December to Friday 12 December.

People mingling and enjoying refreshment at a winter graduation garden party. A Christmas tree stands in the middle of the marquee.

The ceremonies, which took place in the Whitla Hall, and garden parties - set in the University's historic quadrangle - were supported by a large number of colleagues working together across all Schools and Directorates, demonstrating how much we care about our students.

woman in graduation robe standing in front of a Christmas tree at a winter graduation

chocolate and meringue-based cake desserts laid out on a buffet table

four young men of South Asian origin, partly wearing traditional dress, walking in a celebratory way towards the camera with an old redbrick building in the background

young black woman in red dress being helped with her graduation robe

group of four young women and a man celebrating in graduation garb in front of the cast iron gates of Queen's University Belfast

a Queen's University Belfast Winter Graduation 2025 programme brochure laid on a red chair

group of four women - three of them singing into microphones - at a marquee event

two women and one man standing with a woman in a wheelchair - all dressed in formal clothing - with an old redbrick building and tower in the background

group of smiling security personnel standing at the steps of a large hall in the background

large balconied hall with many people standing upstairs in the foreground and on the ground floor at a graduation event

two men monitoring audiovisual equipment behind the scenes at an event

large group of new graduates celebrating their achievement outside a hall with Christmas tree pictured in the background

two women in warm clothing smiling to camera with an outdoor Christmas tree pictured in the background

young woman in graduation robe pictured with family and friends outdoors in front of an old redbrick building

three men jokingly bent on one knee offering bouquets of flowers to a smiling woman in front of the gates of an old redbrick building

view from the balcony of a graduation ceremony taking place in a hall. Left side of the picture shows the gathered academic procession - right side shows graduands or graduates

an academic procession, in graduation robes, processing in front of an old redbrick building

two young men and a young woman - catering staff - in white shirts and red aprons posing for the camera in an event marquee

man in graduation robe jokingly sticking his tongue out with his young child in front of an old building

woman wearing graduation robe, hat and scarf with Arabic lettering, holding a bouquet of flowers in front of an old building

young international man in graduation robe celebrating with his family in front of an old redbrick building

young woman of Asian origin celebrating her graduation with a young boy on the lawn of an old redbrick building

aerial view of an academic in graduation robe and hat addressing an audience in a large hall

five women in warm clothing smiling to camera in the foyer area of an event hall

young Asian man in red and blue graduation robe celebrating his achievement with his parents while someone takes a picture in the foreground

happy looking young woman in black coat taking photos with her camera outdoors

two smiling young women in graduation robes - one holding an umbrella or parasol - standing on the lawn of an old redbrick building

group of smiling young women and men standing at the desk of a graduation gown collection point

a young woman in graduation robe and her family and/or friends posing to camera in front of an old redbrick building

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