graduation

/ˌɡɹædʒuˈeɪʃən/noun

The occasion or process of finishing a course of study and being awarded a diploma or degree.

Example sentences

“My parents flew in from Texas for my graduation.”
“After graduation, he moved to New York to start his first job.”

The American ceremony is also called 'commencement', confusingly named for the graduates' beginning, not the end. You attend a graduation but earn a degree.

education

Related words

seminarA small advanced class in which students regularly meet with a professor to discuss research and ideas.concentrateTo direct all your attention or thinking toward one thing.workshopA meeting or class where a group of people learn about a subject by doing practical activities together.memorizeTo learn something so well that you can recall it exactly, without looking.campusThe land and buildings belonging to a university, school, company, church, or hospital.reviseTo go over something written and change or improve it.