How to reserve, pick up, and return your regalia:
STEP 1
Reserve your Regalia
- Online regalia reservation will be available from September 15 until September 29. The link will be posted here. Please refer to our FAQs for details about on site regalia reservation.
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Graduates will not be able to cross the stage without regalia and their line-up card.
- To determine what regalia looks like for your degree, refer to the list here.
- The Fall 2026 ceremonies will be ticketed events.
- Graduates will be able to purchase up to four (4) guest tickets ($25+tax/ticket).
- Graduates will be sent an email in September with information on how to how to purchase tickets for guests.
STEP 2
Pick up your line-up card and regalia
- Check the schedule (below these steps) to find out when you can pick up your line-up card, cap, gown, and hood (regalia). At the pick up location, you must go to the line-up card table before you proceed to the regalia pick up station. The schedule is posted below.
- You must bring:
- Your McGill ID card (or any other government-issued photo ID)
- A bag or garment bag and hanger to carry your regalia
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If you have asked someone else to pick up your line-up card and regalia, please complete the 3rd Party Authorization form. At the McGill Campus Store, this person must show a copy of the form, available on their mobile device, and their government-issued photo ID, to a member of the Convocation staff.
- Review On Convocation Day to prepare for the event! IMPORTANT: You must arrive an hour and a half BEFORE the start of your ceremony, with your regalia, line-up card, and ticket to line-up.
STEP 3
Return your regalia
- Your cap*, gown, and hood must be returned according to the below schedule.
- If you cannot return your regalia yourself, someone else can do it for you. Gaspard uses a barcode within the regalia to verify it has been returned, rather than the identification of the person returning it.
- You will be charged $210 for bachelors, $202 for masters, and $724 for doctoral regalia, plus taxes, if you do not return your regalia.
- Transcripts will not be issued until your regalia is returned or the fees are paid.
- *Note: PhD recipients must return their doctoral beefeaters (cap). Undergraduate and masters recipients may keep their mortarboard hats
Lineup Card and Regalia Pickup Schedule
- Pick up will only be available for you on the dates specified on this schedule. Please do not go to the pick up venue on any day that is not listed for your ceremony, as your line-up card and regalia will not be available.
- If you have an issue with your line-up card or regalia pick-up, contact convocation [at] mcgill.ca - please do not contact the McGill Campus Store for questions about academic regalia.
| CEREMONY |
LINE-UP CARD & REGALIA PICKUP SCHEDULE |
LINE-UP CARD & REGALIA PICKUP VENUE |
REGALIA RETURN Location |
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A.M. Ceremony Health Sciences*, Engineering, Science (including BARSCI), *Includes Dental Medicine & Oral Health Sciences, |
Friday, 16 October 2026 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday, 19 October 2026 7:30 am to 8:30 am |
McGill Campus Store |
Place des Arts |
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P.M. Ceremony Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts, Education, |
Friday, 16 October 2026 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday, 19 October 2026 9:00 am to 1:00 pm |
McGill Campus Store |
Place des Arts (after the ceremony) |
Line-up Card
The line-up card lists your preferred name, degree, and any honours you have been awarded. The information on the card will be read by the convocation orator as you cross the stage at the ceremony. Line-up cards are automatically generated for graduating students. They must be picked up prior to your convocation ceremony, according to the schedule.
Convocation awards and prizes will display in the Convocation program but not on the line-up card. Convocation awards and prizes that have been approved by Senate also display on your transcript.
Convocation honours (e.g. Dean's Honour List, Distinction) will be read at the ceremony, will display on your line-up card but do not appear in the Convocation program. Honours also display on your transcript.
Guests
The Fall 2026 Convocation ceremonies are ticketed events. Graduates will be able to purchase up to four (4) guest tickets ($25+tax/per ticket). Infants that are less than two years old and will be sitting on an adult's lap will require a special "infant" ticket. Infant tickets are free of charge and can be requested when you pick up your lineup card.
Information on how to purchase tickets for their guests will be sent to graduates closer to the ceremony date.
On the day of the ceremony, guests should plan to arrive early to enter the Convocation venue and take their seats. Graduands begin to enter the venue approximately 30 minutes before the ceremony begins, announcements and videos are played before the arrival of the platform party and the start of the ceremony.