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Awards Ceremonies - Entrance Scholars and Awards Day

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Receiving your Invitation Email

When you receive your invitation email, the following information will be included:

  • The date and time of your ceremony
  • A link to confirm your attendance
  • An invitation to the ceremony and reception for your guests
  • Car pass for parking

Academic Robes

  • Participants in the Ceremony are required to wear academic gowns.
  • Gowns will be provided free of charge for the occasion and may be collected on the day from Phelan Conan Limited in the Conservatory at UCD O’Reilly Hall.
  • See invitation email for details. 
O'Reilly Hall with a calm lake on a sunny day

Registration and Guest Tickets

  • On the day, go to the Conservatory in O’Reilly Hall to register. The registration desk will open one hour before your ceremony starts. 
  • Each award recipient may bring two guests to the Ceremony and reception afterwards. An invitation to the ceremony and reception for your guests are attached to your email invitation. It is regretted that we cannot accommodate additional guests.
  • Guests should enter through the front doors of O'Reilly Hall, handing their tickets to staff as they go inside. 

Car Parking

  • A limited number of parking spaces are reserved for the Awards Ceremony.
  • Vehicles should enter the Belfield Campus via the N11 entrance and follow the directions of the traffic stewards.  
  • Vehicles must be parked in a designated space with the car pass displayed on the dashboard.  Entry to reserved car parking is strictly by car pass only (see invitation email for car pass).
Entrance Scholars map

Map of UCD Belfield

Use the handy map for Entrance Scholars and Awards Day ceremonies to find your way around on the day. (Opens as a PDF).

There is also the (opens in a new window)UCD Interactive Map to help plan your visit.

Contact UCD Conferring

Ground Floor - Open Plan, Tierney Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4

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