Convocation
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A convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose, mostly ecclesiastical or academic. The Britanica dictionary defines it as "a large formal meeting of people.
Student receiving academic degree from Azim Premji during convocation. Adi Godrej in background.
A cadet of the Royal Military College of Canada plays bagpipes in Currie Hall during the College's fall Convocation.
Line of young people at a commencement ceremony
Student receives diploma from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City
Graduation
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A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day.
Students lined up at a graduation ceremony in the United States in the early 20th century
Graduation hats being tossed by fresh graduates of ISB (Hyderabad, India)
Medical student graduation in Avicenna Mausoleum, Hamedan, Iran
King's College London graduands wearing academic dresses without caps