Matriculation
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Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.
Students arriving for a matriculation ceremony at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, UK
Convocation
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A convocation is a group of people formally assembled for a specific purpose, typically ecclesiastical or academic.
Matriculation
…special ceremony. Some colleges that have a formal matriculation ceremony call it as such, while others call this enrollment ceremony for new students a "convocation". A few colleges, such as Trinity College in Connecticut, use both terms, referring to the gathering as a convocation and the formal signing in as a…
Degree being awarded at a University of Toronto convocation
A cadet of the Royal Military College of Canada plays bagpipes in Currie Hall during the college's fall Convocation.
A college convocation banner in India
Interior of Convocation House, Oxford, the meeting place of the university's convocation