e-Tickets (QR codes) with the ceremony information will be sent to the registered guest(s) by SMS 2 working days prior to the respective Commencement Day. Please ensure you have the e-Ticket for entering the campus/hall. Graduates may also retrieve the e-Tickets for their registered guests via AIMS (Student Services/Alumni Services > Confirmation of Commencement Attendance) when necessary.
Use of e-Tickets
Graduates and guests must access their e-Ticket link and display the dynamic QR code on a mobile device for scanning at the CityUHK campus and ceremonial hall entrances. To verify the e-Ticket’s validity in real-time, the system only recognises live, dynamic QR codes. Screenshots or printed copies will NOT be accepted. To avoid delaying admission to the ceremony, graduates please send the e-Ticket link and instructions to your registered guests in advance.
Graduates will be assigned a seat. Free seating for registered guests.
Sample of e-Ticket
The e-Tickets (QR codes) for graduates and guests are differentiated by colours. Blue is for graduates and red is for guests. The Visitor QR Code for campus entry (black in colour) is NOT eligible for admission to the ceremonial hall. Please refer to the samples below for reference:
Important Notes to e-Ticket Holders
- Before entering information of your guests, please make sure that they have read the Personal Information Collection Statement.
- To enter the CityUHK campus and the ceremonial hall on the Commencement day, graduates and guests must access their e-Ticket link and display the dynamic QR code on a mobile device for scanning at the entrances. To verify the e-Ticket’s validity in real-time, the system only recognises live, dynamic QR codes. Screenshots or printed copies will NOT be accepted. The e-Ticket is non-transferable and admits the registered graduate/guest only. Security staff at the campus entrance or ceremonial hall may request to check your HKID card, passport, or other personal identity document if necessary.
- Commencement e-Tickets are blue (for graduates) or red (for guests). The Visitor QR code for campus entry (black in colour) is NOT eligible for admission to the ceremonial hall.
- Graduates will be assigned a seat in the hall, while registered guests will have free seating. Seats for registered guests are available on a first-come-first-served basis. If the hall reaches full capacity, registered guests will be directed to a designated venue to watch the live broadcast of the ceremony at a designated venue.
- The hall will be open for admission about 30 minutes before the ceremony.
- The right of admission to the hall is reserved and subject to the venue's conditions of entry. Late-comers will only be admitted at the appropriate points of the ceremony as determined by the University. The academic unit reserves the right to deny entry to graduates/guests arriving more than 30 minutes late.
- Each person is limited to one seat only. Please do not occupy extra seats with your belongings.
- Your e-tickets can only be used to enter the hall once. If you need to temporarily leave the hall, please inform the security staff at the entrance to obtain a re-entry ticket.
- As courtesy to the ceremony, any person who disturbs the event or other attendees will be asked to leave the venue. No demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in the ceremonial hall or other areas. Graduates will be subject to disciplinary actions according to the CityUHK Code of Student Conduct.
- Eating and drinking are prohibited inside the ceremonial hall.
- Official photography and video recording will take place throughout the Commencement. Ceremonies will be live-streamed across various platforms on the day of the event. Please be aware that your image and/or video may be captured and posted on CityUHK’s websites and social media for promotional and archival purposes.