Completing your course

Once you come to the end of your studies, you will be formally ending your student status, planning your graduation, and becoming a member of our worldwide Alumni network. Once an Antonian, always an Antonian! Find more about finishing your course here.

End of your studies, the Academic Office will email you with the End of Student Membership Form. An End of Student Membership Form can be requested at any time, though it is only processed after your student membership ends. Completing this form signals the end of student membership and the start of an alumni relationship with the College, and generates the return of the College deposit once all charges are settled.

Student membership ends for Master’s students on the day their University card expires, and for DPhil students on the day that leave to supplicate is given. Once student membership ends, students will no longer be able to access the following College facilities:

  • Old Main Building
  • College Library and Gulbenkian Room
  • Computer Room
  • Printing/photocopying facilities

Students will no longer be able to eat in Hall with their University card. Meals must be paid for by debit/credit card and will be charged at the non-student rate.

Students can receive mail/post into their named pigeonhole until mid-September (students whose courses finish at the end of September then use the A-Z pigeonholes).

Students who will be continuing to another course at St Antony’s College in the next academic year (e.g. progressing from a Master’s degree to a DPhil) should not complete the form until the end of their final course.

College email addresses will stop working three months after the University card expires. Please refer to the University’s IT Services website for more information about what happens to IT access when the card expires.

The College offers a free of charge mail forwarding service for three months after a student leaves. A form from the Lodge should be completed on departure with a forwarding address (UK or international) so that any mail received by the College can be sent on.

The Accounts team aim to return deposits within six weeks of receiving the End of Membership form, assuming the student has finished their studies. Students planning to close their UK bank account imminently should notify the Accounts team.

Students can also choose to donate their deposit to the Antonian Fund, which supports a range of initiatives enhancing all aspects of academic and student life across the College. They will then become a Member of the St Antony’s College Leavers’ Society. More information about the Leavers’ Society will be sent by the College’s Alumni & Development Office.

At Oxford, degrees are conferred at degree ceremonies. Students can graduate straight after finishing their degree, or later, in person by attending a ceremony, or in absence.

It is not possible to attend a degree ceremony following completion of a Certificate or Diploma. Students are not permitted to graduate if any fee debts are outstanding to St Antony’s College or the University. Please refer to the University’s Regulations for Degrees, Certificates and Diplomas for more information.

You can find more information about graduation and the dates of ceremonies here. Please direct any questions to the Academic & Student Support Officer.

Current students and many alumni are now eligible for transcripts through the eDocuments service, please see Academic transcripts for further information. There is a one-off registration fee of £18 for the eDocuments service.

The College can write a bespoke letter on College letterhead for students completing their course before 2007. Please request this via the Academic Office.

After graduation, you will become a member of a social and professional community of alumni who share the same academic interests. Antonians benefit from having access to the College whenever in Oxford, a free High Table once a year, invitations to events, seminars and lectures, and the Alumni Liaison network.

Antonians who make a financial gift within two years of their graduation, no matter the size of the donation, will also become members of the St Antony’s College Leavers’ Society. Membership is extended each year a gift is being made.

The Development Office is keen to stay in touch with all Antonians; alumni are invited to keep the College informed of their activities and engage with the St Antony’s Liaison Officers, who act as a fundamental link between the College and Antonians around the world.

Alumni are invited to follow the College on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and we would be delighted to send you the Antonian Newsletter and e-bulletins.

Alumni are welcome to contact the Development Office at any time.