每个学校和学院的学位授予典礼都各有不同，不过总的来说，主要程序都大致相似，其中许多正式句式非常值得我们记下来，用的时候就脱口而出了。
1. 主持人请出授位院长
Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice-Chancellor, Derek McCormack.
2. 授位院长授予学位
For a Chancellor, it is my pleasure to present the following graduants in the master of philosophy.
The Doctor of Philosophy is the preeminent qualification the university can confer and present the highest level of Academic study. It is the result of years of focused research, and is grandeured as original contribution to the state of knowledge in a field. For a Chancellor, it is now my pleasure to present the doctorate graduats of the university, with a thesis entitled "I Understand It Well, But I Can Not Say It Proper Back - Language Use Among Older Dutch Migrants in New Zealand", H.M.F.
Ladies and gentlemen, would you join me again, and congratulating our Philosophy graduats.
3. 授位学生代表讲话
Ladies and gentlemen, Doctor I.K., a graduate of the Doctor of Philosophy, will now speak on behalf of the student body. Please extend a warm welcome.
小结：
My voice doesn't carry very well. 我心里很紧张。
***** I welcome you all to spend time to be with us today, to share in our success. Thank you for allowing me the wonderful privilege of speaking on behalf of all Applied Humanities graduates.