Unifest - FAQ
Unifest 2024
Various stations with exciting offers await you at the event. You can have photos taken, take part in various activities with your family and friends, sample culinary delights and receive a jewellery certificate from your faculty. There will also be a stage programme with a joint hat toss and closing concert. You can find the programme here.
Admission to the event area begins at 9:30 a.m.. From this time onwards, offers will be available at the booths. The official program starts at 11:00 a.m..
You can find the conditions of participation here. After the registration deadline, we will contact the respective examination offices, which will check your registration. We will then inform you of the examination office's confirmation of your participation. If you have any questions about the conditions of participation, please contact the examination office responsible for you in good time (before the registration deadline).
Rejection and admission notices for participation in the Unifest will be issued by the responsible examination office after comprehensive examination. If you have any comments on the decision made, please contact the examination office responsible for you.
Registration for Unifest is exclusively open to graduates of Bonn University.
No. The event is not aimed at doctoral students. The exact conditions of participation can be found here.
Yes, in this case we ask you to contact us in advance at universitaetsfest@uni-bonn.de.
Graduates from previous years can participate in the Graduation Walk, but the graduation must not be older than 6 years (i.e. it must have taken place after 01.01.2018). Participation in a previous graduation ceremony must not have occurred. Participation in 2020s digital Unifest does not count as participation. You can find the complete conditions of participation here. We would like to point out that places are limited.
There is no participation fee for the event. However, graduates must participate in the event wearing the traditional gown and beret. Both must be ordered until the 26.06.2024 in advance of the event from our cooperation partner Robe Academicus. The link to the vendor will be automatically sent to graduates after they register for the Graduation Walk. For the rental of gown and beret the provider will charge a rental fee of 15.00 €. In addition, a rental deposit of 70.00 € will be charged. After returning the clothing, it will be transferred back to the specified account.
There is no dress code for accompanying persons.
No, the event area is not covered. Please dress accordingly and bring an umbrella, if necessary.
In principle, the event will take place even in bad weather. In case of severe thunderstorms, storms or similar, a decision will be made on a case-by-case basis with the local authorities on how to proceed.
During the event you can freely move around the area. The stage program is followed standing. There are no seats in front of the stage.
If you are unable to attend, please send an e-mail to: universitaetsfest@uni-bonn.de. You will only be able to take part in subsequent years, if you cancel.
Yes, that is normal. The communication is only through the graduates. Please inform your accompanying persons about possible changes.
In this case, please contact us by e-mail at universitaetsfest@uni-bonn.de and indicate the persons including the full name.
You have the option of registering up to three accompanying persons in the registration form. As some graduates bring no or fewer than three people with them, we may allow an increase in the number of accompanying persons in individual cases. Please contact us by e-mail if you would like to register more than three accompanying persons. In any case, the accompanying persons must be registered before the registration deadline.
No. It is not possible to register accompanying persons after the registration deadline.
Drinks and snacks can be purchased during the event.
We will publish all information on the general conditions of the event on our homepage in good time. You will also receive all information by e-mail, when you confirm your participation.
You will meet your faculty outside the event area to run in together. Please find the meeting point of your faculty in the event plan, that was sent to you in the attachment of the confirmation email of your participation.
The robes will be collected in the assembly hall of the main building of the University of Bonn and returned after the event. Please find the pick-up and fitting time of the robe in the e-mail you receive from our cooperation partner Robe Academicus.
Children up to the age of 6 do not need to be registered as an accompanying person.
The Horbach company will contact you to confirm your details. Once this has been done, the Graduation Box will arrive at your address in June. Please ensure, that you provide an address where you can be found in June. Otherwise the box cannot be delivered. The address must be an address in Germany.
There will be photo stations at which you can take photos. You can download the photos afterwards. Of course you can also take photos yourself.
Contact
Team "Unifest"
Address
3rd floor, room 3.024
Dechenstraße 3-11
53115 Bonn