Higher Education

Best pictures from first day of Stirling University winter graduations 2024

Overall, more than 1,000 students will graduate on campus this week.

Friends gathered together to celebrate their academic achievements, posing for photos in front of the loch. Images: University of Stirling

By Alex Watson

November 21 2024, 4:22pm

November 21 2024, 4:22pm

More than 300 University of Stirling students graduated during a ceremony on campus today.

Held in the National Tennis Centre, the event was the first of three to take place at the university this week.

Overall, more than 1,000 graduates will celebrate their academic achievements, joined by their loved ones and faculty members.

Tomorrow, tennis star and Dunblane lad Jamie Murray and retail entrepreneur Stanley Morrice will both receive honorary degrees.

Professor Sir Gerry McCormac, principal and vice-chancellor, said: “Graduation is always a special occasion for the university – a time to celebrate with our graduates and their families and friends, and an opportunity to recognise the hard work and academic achievements of our students.”

Here are some of the best photos of the big day, captured before and during the ceremony.

It was a day of joyful celebration for many who had worked hard throughout their university courses.

Graduates proudly carried bunches of flowers and scrolls containing their degree certificates.

Students from all across the world who studied at Stirling graduated today.

Graduates were joined by their proud families and friends.

There’s always time for one more graduation-gown selfie.

Graduates were dressed to the nines under their gowns.

The ceremony was held in the National Tennis Centre on campus.

Graduates and their families were all smiles on such a happy occasion.

Students congratulated each other as they waited for the ceremony to begin.

Friends who had bonded during their time at university made new memories on graduation day.

University staff turned out to celebrate and congratulate today’s graduates.

The University of Stirling ceremonial mace is carried in all processions, and forms part of the graduation ceremony.

The cheerful atmosphere in the graduation hall was infectious.

It might have been a chilly day, but the weather stayed dry and sunny for Stirling’s smiling graduates.

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