About 300 graduands will attend the ceremony at the Dunedin Town Hall on Thursday.
Chief executive Dr Megan Gibbons said celebrating and acknowledging the students’ work was an important part of their educational journey, and a proud moment for family and staff.
"Because of Covid-19 concerns, we had to cancel our March 2022 graduation ceremony, although around 4000 qualifications were conferred.
"As part of an online celebration at the time, we ran a survey asking our grads what kind of alternative event they might like to have.
"They overwhelmingly asked for a formal event where they could still cross the stage.
"It was important to many of them as an acknowledgement of their achievement."
Dr Gibbons said it would be a large-scale, traditional graduation ceremony — just like those held in the past.
In recognition of the disruption faced by Otago Polytechnic’s original March graduands, gown hire for this cohort would be free.
"We’re really keen to make sure this is a wonderful day for our grads, their whanau and all our staff, who work so hard to support our learners’ goals and ambitions."
