Graduation

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Students lined up at a graduation ceremony in the United States in the early 20th century

Graduation hats being tossed by fresh graduates of ISB (Hyderabad, India)

Medical student graduation in Avicenna Mausoleum, Hamedan, Iran

King's College London graduands wearing academic dresses without caps

A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution.^[1][2] It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. Graduates can be referred to by their year of graduation.